My recent blog - I am sure this stands true for Ind,Pak and BD too

[donrahul]

As several predicted, the heat of the Mumbai attacks have visibly faded and people have started discussing about India-Eng test series and Ghajini. Nothing wrong, as life has to move on.

The Media during the aftermath of the Mumbai carnage was literally filled with candle light processions and other assorted signs condemning the act. Most were directed against Politicians. Some equated the politicians with terrorists or is it the otherway round? People were demanding instant action. Wanted heads to roll and people demanded accountability.

My entire question is regarding this. Do people have the rights to demand accountability? Polling is at 60 - 65 percent usually, which includes the illegal votes that forms a small percentage. Other than people whose income is taxed at the source, the rest hardly bother to pay the requisite taxes. Regarding public property, there is hardly any ownership from the general public, who tend to abuse it, rather than use it judiciously.

There is a lot of complaints about bribery, corruption in the Government establishment starting from the lowest clerk to the Ministerial berth. But one must realize that bribery and corruption is just like the market. Unless there is demand, there will be no supply. Corruption exists because people are ready to pay bribes. And Government servants(not a stereotype, but the sizable portion which does) demand bribes, because the number of people who are ready to pay up are more.

So when the general public has so much, stacked against them, do they (we) have the moral rights to demand accountability from politicians and Government officer?

 

[MAX786]

As several predicted, the heat of the Mumbai attacks have visibly faded and people have started discussing about India-Eng test series and Ghajini. Nothing wrong, as life has to move on.

The Media during the aftermath of the Mumbai carnage was literally filled with candle light processions and other assorted signs condemning the act. Most were directed against Politicians. Some equated the politicians with terrorists or is it the otherway round? People were demanding instant action. Wanted heads to roll and people demanded accountability.

My entire question is regarding this. Do people have the rights to demand accountability? Polling is at 60 - 65 percent usually, which includes the illegal votes that forms a small percentage. Other than people whose income is taxed at the source, the rest hardly bother to pay the requisite taxes. Regarding public property, there is hardly any ownership from the general public, who tend to abuse it, rather than use it judiciously.

There is a lot of complaints about bribery, corruption in the Government establishment starting from the lowest clerk to the Ministerial berth. But one must realize that bribery and corruption is just like the market. Unless there is demand, there will be no supply. Corruption exists because people are ready to pay bribes. And Government servants(not a stereotype, but the sizable portion which does) demand bribes, because the number of people who are ready to pay up are more.

So when the general public has so much, stacked against them, do they (we) have the moral rights to demand accountability from politicians and Government officer?

Your defination of Bribe and people's readiness to pay the same seems to be little rouge as far as your argumentation is concerned. Because the context under which you are figuring out the term "Bribe" has no relevance with the subject at hand that is "Terror attack in Mumbai". Only reason behind failure of India to deal with terror attack like the one in mumbai is because of its poor productivity to understand the essence and accordingly apply remedial measures to thrwat back a terror attack.

And hence you can't question Moral right of the citizens to ask for the accountability can be justify as it is a constitutional right of every citizen whether he is paying the bribe or not.

 

[donrahul]

Your defination of Bribe and people's readiness to pay the same seems to be little rouge as far as your argumentation is concerned. Because the context under which you are figuring out the term "Bribe" has no relevance with the subject at hand that is "Terror attack in Mumbai". Only reason behind failure of India to deal with terror attack like the one in mumbai is because of its poor productivity to understand the essence and accordingly apply remedial measures to thrwat back a terror attack.

And hence you can't question Moral right of the citizens to ask for the accountability can be justify as it is a constitutional right of every citizen whether he is paying the bribe or not.

My point here is that the citizens themselves do not take responsiblity at the grass root levels. Even a Traffic light is disobeyed when there are no traffic cops around. There are people who misuse the Military canteen,which provides all kind of things at subsidized rates for the people in the armed services. When we as a citizen look out for opportunities to break the law and exploit whatever that could be exploited using a small loop hole, how do the citizens expect the politicians to behave any better..

 

[MAX786]

My point here is that the citizens themselves do not take responsiblity at the grass root levels. Even a Traffic light is disobeyed when there are no traffic cops around. There are people who misuse the Military canteen,which provides all kind of things at subsidized rates for the people in the armed services. When we as a citizen look out for opportunities to break the law and exploit whatever that could be exploited using a small loop hole, how do the citizens expect the politicians to behave any better..

I can well understood citizen's moral responsibility to help for good governance, but you understand Indian people or for that matter all in south asia are work holic and hence they can't choose to divert their attention towards such tregedy for prolong period of time. First they need to think about earning bread and butter in which they have to face lots of challanges and hence they have elected government representatives to look after all civic issues. If government servant or politicians don't obey their responsibility to perfom well then every citizen have every right to question their efficiency. Breaking of law and exploitation is a common phenoman which can't be prevented but definetly everyone can come out with appropriate ideas to thrawt it back.