The use of
public humiliation
Was an
instrument of social control.
Being paraded
on a donkey or
Ostracization was some of measures.
Village heads
were custodian of laws.
Justice was
instant; shame was deterrent.
Some are
repressive; some are oppressive.
However, it had
curbed antisocial.
Such systems are
banned though in vogue somewhere.
Only national
laws are operative.
Shoddy trial,
loop holes and late justice
Dampen victims
and embolden offenders.
New kind of
public harassment is on.
Sections
outfits exercise their own laws.
Any infraction,
real or perceived,
Invites their
wrath that attacks infringers.
Once societal
control was exercised
Through a
network of people’s eyes and tongues.
Women were more
under observation.
Many owned
ownerships of woman’s conducts.
Globalization
of values are set
Against
conventional narrow mindsets
With
intolerance in operation.
Thick skin
thrives; the rest shrink into their shells.
Ignore
mistakes; look for wrong and blunder.
Let go of
pernickety tendencies.
To be stupid is
man’s prerogative.
Tolerance to
ignore such things is great.
18.07.2016