On Nice and Not
*totally random
Recently on facebook a group of my buddies nominated me as one of the nicest people they know..sweet..I'm not sure how many others agree with that, because speaking ill of people, getting cheap thrills from malicious gossip and just being indifferent are qualities that have become rather common with us these days.

The Mangalore incident has received loads of publicity..but I think when it comes to morals, we are addressing the wrong ones..we are indulging in plain-speak about the superficial and tangible but what about qualities like compassion which are often found woefully missing in many segments of our populace.

We are concerned that our young are going to 'immoral' places like pubs and clubs but are we concerned about their insensitivity towards others - from the old, to the haggared to the handicapped..Why is it that few people raise their voice when a fit young person refuses to give up their seat on the bus to a older, more in need person, but when the same young person has a few shots at a pub we mercilessly beat him (or her) up?

Basically, the problem is that we're little concerned about moral policing and more about the outward shows..India - the land of family values - bull crap I say. Till people tackle the intrinsic issues plaguing our conscience, we have no right to blow the trumpet about our 'sabhyata'.
Just because a girl/guy enjoys drinking and hanging out with members of the opposite sex doesn't make him/her immoral and it certainly doesn't (in my eyes) prove that the person is worse than someone who doesn't indulge in such public practices but who in the security of his/her house mistreats his/her old parents and beats up the servant or backstabs a trusting mate. period.