Re: [HumJanenge] How can a common man show his anger against elected politicians?

Our Democracy is worse than the benevolent dictatorship. Whomever you
elect follows the same path.
MYTHOTE

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, jaiprakash narain <coljpn@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> stay away from them, do not even vote for them, they r not ur leaders but ur
> enemies who have eaten all ur hard earned money like the elephant of UP.
> From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
> To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, 27 November 2011 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] How can a common man show his anger against
> elected politicians?
>
> If a citizen is dissatisfied with the State, he can do the following
>
> 1) do nothing
> 2) swallow his anger
> 3) pick up his pen and dash off a missive
> 4) pick up his chappal and slap the offender
> 5) pick up his bow and arrow and shoot the offender
> 6) pick up his knife and stab the offender
> 7) pick up a gun and shoot the offender
> 8) pick up his bomb and blow the offender to kingdom come
>
> Oh and I forgot,
> 9) courtesy Aruna Roy and Arvind Kejriwal they can waste Rs.10 by filing an
> RTI
> 10) Courtesy Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal they can complain to the
> Lokpal.
>
> The only options which are not a complete waste of time are 1), 2), 5), 6),
> 7) and 8)
>
> Sarbajit
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Sant Mathur <santmathur@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Its unfortunately an exruciatingly slow process,to begin with,but can get
> accelerasted as the time passes.
> Unlike in the past,wildfire effecte could be created through uce of ICT.Some
> agencies specialise in this work.
> Succintly the message to be conveyed has to be drafted(best done in
> consultative manner and even then pilot-tested) and got circulated.If it
> catches the fancy of popular electronic media,so much the
> better.Perseverence is the name of the game for assued success.
> There're teething troubles,as usual for pioneers,and that shouldn't deter
> the people committed to lofty causes.
> spm
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:37 PM, M K Singhal <mk.singhal@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Rahul Gandhi has been instigating people to show their anger towards
> mismanagement and corruption in UP ever since he embarked on his election
> campaign from Phulpur a few days ago. The question is how can a common man
> show his anger in this context.
> On the same day, when Rahul was going to address the rally, some students
> tried to approach him and hand him a memorandum. They were not only stopped
> from doing so but even kicked and manhandled by not one but by four
> responsible central ministers for this act, although heavy security guard
> provided to protect Rahul was there to protect him. Thus the common man is
> not allowed to come anywhere near their leaders to express their grievance
> (let aside anger). The said four ministers are sitting safe in Parliament
> and the court has exempted them from arrest. Not a word was discussed in
> Parliament on this.
> Only yesterday, a common man slapped Sharad Pawar to show his anger against
> rising prices. He was not only arrested but charged with a no. of offences
> and put in jail for fourteen days. The parliament spent a full session today
> (25/11/2011) deprecating his act and did not carry out any other business.
> In the past when Kiran Bedi etc said some words affecting respectability of
> parliamentary members, some members decided to move a privilage motion
> against her.
> Also in the past, when some common man threw a chappel towards an elected
> representative, he was badly handled.
> In none of the above cases was it known that they wanted to physically
> assault the said elected representatives. They were only showing their anger
> against them.
> In yet olden times, people used to show their anger by throwing rotten
> tomatoes. This is now not possible because of the strict security search
> carried out before any common man goes to attend any elected representatives
> rally.
> I invite suggestions from members as to what is the best way of showing
> anger against elected representatives by a common man. I fact, I would like
> Rahul Gandhi to clarify the people he addresses in this matter.
> mksinghal
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