IS THERE ANY WAY OUT TO MAKE THE POLITICIANS MORE REFINED? (JUSTINPRINT) MAY 1-15,2013
If nothing works just slap...just see how our MLA Jay narayan mishra is behaving.If the means is not good , how you go for a good need. Things has to done democratically.There is a black-sheep in every community .Agents of a political party and politicians unleashing terror to destabilize already deteriorating relation between police-judiciary and administration.Is politics a mockery or of a serious concern ?n the present context corruption is so much linked with power that our politicians have adopted a cynical attitude toward political morality. Maneuvering the anti-defection law for electoral politics with the help of both money and muscle power and other unfair means for the sake of power have affected the political morality of all the political parties and as such none of them can claim themselves to be faithful to nation in true sense. In India every politician understands what is in his or her short-term interest. They know what the party leadership wants, what their campaign contributors want, and what lobbyists want. At what point does the longterm interest of the nation as a whole come into play? Who represents the interests of future generations? Today, our future is determined by cowardly politicians who can only think as far as the next election. Our economy is guided by short-sighted corporations that only care about hitting their quarterly numbers, lest their stock nosedives and they get taken over by a rival corporation.
Sometime I feel the government system , i mean whole government machinery is responsible for putting restriction on both Politicians and the people. They are the ones who are responsible for making sure that everyone follows the law. But under pressure from government and under pressure of corruption, they not only allow everyone to be engaged in unlawful activities but they themselves also get involved in unlawful activities. Could anyone escaped from law if these government servants would have done there job properly? Would court cases would have been pending for 15-20 years, would criminals dare to contest in elections and roaming free on road, could people dare to get illegal water connection, could some used a wall as public toilet, could someone paid some money and got illegal passport if these government servant would have done their job?
As a saying goes "Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible".It is a fact that when we start accusing or start pointing fingers for the present condition of the nation, the first community that comes into our mind, is the community of Politicians. Politicians, who were responsible to rule the nation for us, for their personal benefits, did all sort of corruptions, found holes in the law, tool wrong decision and messed up this nation.
Some people object to many ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in India especially, people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.They say we must have big government because some people won't act decently toward others, some people won't plan for their own retirement, some people are too stupid to take care of themselves properly.
In fact, the entire effort to wed morality and politics is based on the assumption that there are immoral or irresponsible people whom the government must control.It's because politicians don't use the power and money you give them to do the things you want. They use those resources to do what they want. And all they want is more power and more power and more power.
Give people the freedom to make their own decisions, to face the consequences of their own acts, to see for themselves what their actions do to others and how others respond to them.Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.A free society rewards virtue and punishes irresponsibility. Government does just the opposite subsidizing irresponsibility while taxing work and responsibility.
If other states keep taxes constant, voters may punish the incumbent by defeating him in the next election - even if the tax increase is relatively small. Elections are a weapon that voters have to discipline politicians. Sharp and effective though this weapon is, it can be used only once in a while, say once in five years.
We need to have a fast and effective judicial system to discipline corrupt and inefficient politicians, at the same time enjoying the fruits of democracy and the services of the few good politicians we have. Otherwise, the democracy remains lame duck most of the time, becomes active and effective only once in five years, or two years, to go by the frequent elections we have had in India in the past few decades.
It's often said that freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin that if you want freedom, you must first accept the responsibility that goes with it.
The truth is simpler. Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing. Freedom is responsibility. Responsibility is experiencing the consequences of your own acts not the consequences of others acts or making others pay for what you do.
And that's what freedom is. Without government to force others to pay for your pleasures or mistakes, and without forcing you to pay for what others do, you are a free, responsible human being. We have to decide whether we want a nation of self-reliant individuals who improve their own lives by offering needed services to others or a nation in which everyone is responsible for everyone else and so the government must control every aspect of our lives. We don't need a moral revival, we don't need politicians making moral decisions for us, we don't need more controls. If we want people to act more responsibly.
There are plenty of people who won't act responsibly. There are people who have no regard for the consequences of their own acts. There are people who seem incapable of behaving wisely or nicely.
Meaningless shouting, sloganeering and protesting are futile efforts to express dissent. Today's youth is a beautiful concoction of good, creative minds with great insights. So why not choose creative means of expression as the key mantra?
Very often, the youth is misled and provided a wrong perspective. The confusion that leads them in a state of aggression must be addressed. Nobody is born corrupt, they learn it from their elders. Meaningless shouting, sloganeering and protesting is not the right way. The youth consists of good, creative people with marvelous brains, which is going to waste. The effort should be to provide them creative means of expression. One must take an individual stand and never indulge oneself into mindless protest. There are better option also.
Indians may call itself a "democracy" but it is only in name. And we are forgetting the key element to any functioning democracy, a free press that properly informs its citizenry. We have had neither for a long, long time.
If nothing works just slap...just see how our MLA Jay narayan mishra is behaving.If the means is not good , how you go for a good need. Things has to done democratically.There is a black-sheep in every community .Agents of a political party and politicians unleashing terror to destabilize already deteriorating relation between police-judiciary and administration.Is politics a mockery or of a serious concern ?n the present context corruption is so much linked with power that our politicians have adopted a cynical attitude toward political morality. Maneuvering the anti-defection law for electoral politics with the help of both money and muscle power and other unfair means for the sake of power have affected the political morality of all the political parties and as such none of them can claim themselves to be faithful to nation in true sense. In India every politician understands what is in his or her short-term interest. They know what the party leadership wants, what their campaign contributors want, and what lobbyists want. At what point does the longterm interest of the nation as a whole come into play? Who represents the interests of future generations? Today, our future is determined by cowardly politicians who can only think as far as the next election. Our economy is guided by short-sighted corporations that only care about hitting their quarterly numbers, lest their stock nosedives and they get taken over by a rival corporation.
Sometime I feel the government system , i mean whole government machinery is responsible for putting restriction on both Politicians and the people. They are the ones who are responsible for making sure that everyone follows the law. But under pressure from government and under pressure of corruption, they not only allow everyone to be engaged in unlawful activities but they themselves also get involved in unlawful activities. Could anyone escaped from law if these government servants would have done there job properly? Would court cases would have been pending for 15-20 years, would criminals dare to contest in elections and roaming free on road, could people dare to get illegal water connection, could some used a wall as public toilet, could someone paid some money and got illegal passport if these government servant would have done their job?
As a saying goes "Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible".It is a fact that when we start accusing or start pointing fingers for the present condition of the nation, the first community that comes into our mind, is the community of Politicians. Politicians, who were responsible to rule the nation for us, for their personal benefits, did all sort of corruptions, found holes in the law, tool wrong decision and messed up this nation.
Some people object to many ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in India especially, people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.They say we must have big government because some people won't act decently toward others, some people won't plan for their own retirement, some people are too stupid to take care of themselves properly.
In fact, the entire effort to wed morality and politics is based on the assumption that there are immoral or irresponsible people whom the government must control.It's because politicians don't use the power and money you give them to do the things you want. They use those resources to do what they want. And all they want is more power and more power and more power.
Give people the freedom to make their own decisions, to face the consequences of their own acts, to see for themselves what their actions do to others and how others respond to them.Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.A free society rewards virtue and punishes irresponsibility. Government does just the opposite subsidizing irresponsibility while taxing work and responsibility.
If other states keep taxes constant, voters may punish the incumbent by defeating him in the next election - even if the tax increase is relatively small. Elections are a weapon that voters have to discipline politicians. Sharp and effective though this weapon is, it can be used only once in a while, say once in five years.
We need to have a fast and effective judicial system to discipline corrupt and inefficient politicians, at the same time enjoying the fruits of democracy and the services of the few good politicians we have. Otherwise, the democracy remains lame duck most of the time, becomes active and effective only once in five years, or two years, to go by the frequent elections we have had in India in the past few decades.
It's often said that freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin that if you want freedom, you must first accept the responsibility that goes with it.
The truth is simpler. Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing. Freedom is responsibility. Responsibility is experiencing the consequences of your own acts not the consequences of others acts or making others pay for what you do.
And that's what freedom is. Without government to force others to pay for your pleasures or mistakes, and without forcing you to pay for what others do, you are a free, responsible human being. We have to decide whether we want a nation of self-reliant individuals who improve their own lives by offering needed services to others or a nation in which everyone is responsible for everyone else and so the government must control every aspect of our lives. We don't need a moral revival, we don't need politicians making moral decisions for us, we don't need more controls. If we want people to act more responsibly.
There are plenty of people who won't act responsibly. There are people who have no regard for the consequences of their own acts. There are people who seem incapable of behaving wisely or nicely.
Meaningless shouting, sloganeering and protesting are futile efforts to express dissent. Today's youth is a beautiful concoction of good, creative minds with great insights. So why not choose creative means of expression as the key mantra?
Very often, the youth is misled and provided a wrong perspective. The confusion that leads them in a state of aggression must be addressed. Nobody is born corrupt, they learn it from their elders. Meaningless shouting, sloganeering and protesting is not the right way. The youth consists of good, creative people with marvelous brains, which is going to waste. The effort should be to provide them creative means of expression. One must take an individual stand and never indulge oneself into mindless protest. There are better option also.
Indians may call itself a "democracy" but it is only in name. And we are forgetting the key element to any functioning democracy, a free press that properly informs its citizenry. We have had neither for a long, long time.
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our moral values are disappearing
It's not only in today's political arena - it's everywhere. Moral values are being lost at a great rate as many fall away from traditional values of home, family, a good work ethic, religion, and regard for life and human dignity. These are the foundations that hold us together as a nation and provide the basis for a free and democratic society. These basic human values are instilled at the earliest stages of life, by parents who adhere to traditional values. Children grow up with respect for their church, their elders, for education, for authority, and for the principles that have made our country great. This may sound idealistic. But many have lost the desire to pass on integrity to their children, or may model a very different set of values based on survival through hardship. Young parents without traditional support systems who now find themselves desperately trying just to feed their families and get by - forget prosperity! - may have given up hope for any better way of life, and in the process, lost the will and perhaps the means to bring up their children with a good set of moral values. Our children are adrift in a sea of discouragement and are foundation-less with no direction in life. They will not know what moral values even are in the future if left to flounder with no idea of decency and integrity.
This is the next generation to lead our country
If we ask the question, "Have moral values disappeared from today's political arena?" we must say yes, in light of what our children today are seeing modeled for them by the adults who should be teaching the basics of integrity and moral decency. Leaders in government have no problem with name-calling, sabotage, even what could be seen as bullying, and setting the example for the behavior we, as fair-minded adults, decry as totally unacceptable. Candidates are routinely "bullied" by those in opposition to their views, constantly "beat up" by their detractors and critics. Leaders in office set even worse examples as they conduct illicit affairs and become involved in scandalous behavior - all fodder for news headlines, and all to be pondered by our youth. What decisions will our youngsters come to, then, when they reach their teens and late teens... when they are ready to vote, and some to eventually hold office? What moral values will they have learned? And those not politically motivated - how will they conduct their personal lives? Without moral decency or integrity?
I am agreed with you Pradeep Babu.
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