Loads of people been coming up and telling me that supporting the bill may not be the brightest things and it may end up being even a bigger monster. So instead of explaining to each one I decided to put it down here. My guess is if you ask anyone what this bill constitutes, they wont have an idea-its the case with most mass campaigns and that's what happens with elections, create hungama and hysteria and you will have enough support. But in this case and I can atleast talk about myself, I support the movement because it tells the Government "I can't be taken for granted". I vote, but I still get idiots to "Govern" me, because the other idiots dont go and vote- I feel helpless. This is a platform for me to voice my opinion. Also, it atleast prevents the Government from passing a hogwash bill which is a bill "Of the Politcians, By the Politicians, For the Politicians".
The Jan LokPal bill is more vigilante in nature and it has it has drawbacks with serious repercussions. And protesting for it does not mean that it has to be accpeted in absolute. A bill to curb corruption does not have to be either that drafted by the Politcians or by the Civilians-it can be a middle ground.
I am surprised that people think it is either this way or that- I am sure even Anna Hazare would accept a solution of a bunch of people constituting the Government and the Junta sitting and drafting a truly effective and implementable bill.
The good thing here is that the people are not willing to take things as is.
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Dude.. you know that I was quite in favor of the protest yesterday. I like the idea of telling the government that you cannot be taken for granted, I like the idea of making corruption shameful before its too late.
I have one major issue as of this morning (when I learnt some more): that the movement insists that the bill which is placed before Parliament (and passed!) is the one which the movement has drafted. "a bunch of people constituting the Government and the Junta sitting and drafting a truly effective and implementable bill" is not acceptable and has been rejected.. Hazare will fast unto death.
"a bunch of people constituting the Government and the Junta sitting and drafting a truly effective and implementable bill" is also a very, very dangerous idea. As a representative democracy, we elect these people to draft bills, negotiate the details, pass them. These are the representatives of the Junta: whatever we think if them, they are more representative than the NGOs who are leading this movement. What Hazare is trying to do is to disrupt that process, and gut the idea of Parliamentary democracy: unelected NGOs can introduce themselves directly into the legislative process.. You can imagine what I think of that.
Oh.. I am not saying that Parliamentary democracy is perfect. I am glad that the original bill has been discarded, and that Pawar has been chased out! But government is imperfect everywhere. Ours is an imperfect world.. What Hazare is asking for is something much worse than what we have.
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