Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The arguments the society never has.../you cant stop an idea whose time has come

When people decry the loss of moral fabric, society going to dogs, etc..it makes me notice one thing very clearly....Memory is short. We remember the ethical arguments we are having now ..but we forget that we "Dont" have so many arguments ... Let me start with a simple example..

How many of us participate in the ethical argument of requirement of money in todays society..? Or look upon some one who is making a lot of money as an agent of satan?

I wud say very very few. Infact the most likely answer wud be that as long as he is making money the right way..who cares?

Linking the fact of caste , religion and character to riches or allowing it to bias our support is sumthing that is considered real real stupid.

But it was not always so. There was a time when these questions were big questions and engaged the media in a debate that seems so passe now.

I will give some such arguments which ..if u discuss now..u would be considered a man from stone age..
1. Any industrialist owes it to poor to feed and clothe them.
2. As a hindu nation we cant have shahrukh khan as our king of bollywood
3. Women should not be allowed to wear revealing outfits like jeans..
4. Sex education corrupts the youth..(btw this is not so stone age....)
5. Ban internet

The point is that there are some countries that still are debating these questions.

I feel that there is a concept of a one way Valve and critical flow limit in society.
What it means is that there are always two sides to any argument..and although each side is logically correct, Practically there is only one side that works.
In the initial stages of a Polotici-Social environment , these two sides of arguments hit against each other. The society is locked into a stalemate. This stalemate or blockage breeds the non-Practical side of arguments because that argument rests on dreams and rhetoric. Desperation fuels hopes and desires..

However as long as there are substantial people in either side , neither wins.
But..there is sumthing that pushes the flow in one direction. In case of India there were many pushes..English, the Liberal Hindu view, introduction of Computers. These act as one way valves in which the society moves towards one direction...Once this critical flow and breakdown is achieved the momentum generates new one way valves ....making it more difficult for the flow to be reversed...
We can always argue about the direction of flow but once it has reached that mass we cant stop it.Put it simply
"you cant stop an idea whose time has come"

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