September 18,
2001
LAW AND EXPLOITATION
The basic Problem of Humanity is
Exploitation of man by man. Rarely are such exploitations confined to
individuals. Such confined incidents of
exploitation of an individual by another individual are a distinct class by
themselves. They are individual
aberrations, or skewed actions by individuals who have themselves become the
aberrations of the society. They come
under the Law and Order Problems of the Society, where individuals' Rights and
Privileges or Properties have been violated or appropriated by the other.
We as
members of a reasonable civilised society, are or shall be generally more
worried when an individual man or a few or a group or groups of people exploit,
another small or big group or other groups or majority or significant sections
of the society, for their personal and their own group benefits and
comforts. They are indicative of
something basically wrong, or things sliding badly down to usher in, open or
more dangerously invisible Dictatorial Oppressions in the Society. The Problem is much more serious and worry
us a lot when the exploitation is specific, and is a product of the oppressors
prejudiced or perverted biases and interests. Unlike what many think, these are not those cases where the Law of
the Jungle prevails in a Society, or in a specific area for sometime due to a
sudden crisis like the failure of law and order, or due to some natural and man
made calamity, or due to some social or political or economic or other
upheavel, when one is unto himself or herself or is concerned about his or her
children family house property and belongings, and every one is a law unto
oneself. Only in such circumstances,
and in those areas, nothing but Natural Laws like 'might is law' or 'show of
power gets respect' or 'flexing the muscles succeeds' or 'barring the fangs
produce results' or 'showing the teeth gets its way' or 'rule of the powerful'
or 'survival of the fittest' or the evil base prcatices of 'show what needs to
be shown and get what you need to have done' operates. Under such conditions every one is equal,
and is subjected equally or exposed to the forces of Nature and the lawlessness
of the Jungle! There are then no
complaints of favoritism or any time for it.
And there are no room for nepotism and biases.
Nature appears to help and harm everyone
equally, or equitably that the fittest benefit and the sharpest survive. Under
such situations there really is no room space or time, nor any scope for the
cunning and the crafty. Such ones can
not have their way and go far long!
Soon Nature will catch up with thm. Only the powerful, physically fit, mentally well endowed,
intelligent alert and quick to respond and react, can survive. The capable and those who can live with and
live on Nature by themselves can survive.
That means only those who work by themselves untiringly with physical
and personal efforts can survive. That
is one of the reasons why the dominant groups do not like Nature and
Natural Forces, and are against those who live happily and in harmony with
Nature!
Human Problems started the day when people
realised that, they can do things they want and need to be done better, much
easier and in the shortest time, with the least pain and discomfort to everyone
around, only through group efforts,
collective contributions of their full might, team work, and community
activities. And the intelligent the crooks and the selfish then evolved the
Rules and developed Norms of expectations, formed the behavioural Regulations
and laid down the Codes of conduct for coming together, living as a community,
and joining hands for any collective work.
When more and more social benefits of mutual help and collective works
were realised, there emerged amongst the people cunning crafty selfish elements
who shirked work, avoided hard work, skirted difficult tasks, cheated others
and the society to live on others works, efforts creations and produce! Here, at least now, We SC&ST Dalits should also realise the Truth that
the Societies of the World, never framed their own Laws.
The Laws were always created and made by the
cunning and selfish ones, who call themselves to be the great leaders or big
intellectuals or the conscience keepers of the Society. They claim on
their own to be sole speakers of the entire society, on behalf of all the
people in spite of the differences and divisions or disagreements in the
society. They always are either from
the dominant groups, or else work for the dominant groups like dogs in return
for wages bones recognition and cooption some day. They draft and codify the laws in the name of betterment of the
whole society. But they actually do
that for the benefit advantage, and continued betterment and easy management of
their affairs at the cost of the rest in the society. Then they go around to tell the people and the world that the
Laws were made by the Society for the Social Good of all the People, Welfare of
the whole Society and Progress of the entire Nation! Thus the Laws are made for the private, personal
benefits and advantages of the dominant people or groups, and never for
dispensing Justice and or ensure Fairness, Peace and a fair Order.
Laws often serve the purpose of enforcing
some ones Law and Order, and forcibly maintain Peace in the Society in the very
face of exploitation, injustices, and unfair practices hiding behind the Laws
loaded always in favour of the dominant groups for whom, and exactly for which
purpose the Laws were made. Even when things go amiss for the powerful
influential individuals and groups with contacts and links, and the situations
are very bad causing serious damages, raising public protest and uproar,
including attracting perhaps International Criticisms, the Laws Govts and Courts
step in to deal with the offenders under the Law and as per the provisions of
the biased Law. Since the Laws are
generously built in with convenient loopholes and 'saving clauses' in favour of
the dominant groups and the powerful individuals, punishments and real
prosecution are avoided for a long long time till people forget the whole issue
or loose interest in the case. Maximum
the Laws will result in the imposition of a disproportionately light weak
lukewarm meaningless punishment, to let the culprits with contacts and
influence get away easily or even go scot-free without any punishments. That is exactly the reason why Laws are
made. And definitely not to punish the
guilty powerful people, and or protect the People, the Real People, the poor
weak helpless ordinary and the majority!
Laws were invariably made to maintain some
sort of enforced Silence of the Oppressed and Exploited, establish surface
peace, and an order under the compulsion of the Law and fear of punishments for
going against or violating the laws. The laws only helped the cunning and the
crafty who basically wanted to violate the Laws of Natural Justice, deviate
from Normal Human Behaviour, exploit others, harm the genuine interests of
others, and still go about in such an unfair and unjust business safely without
any fear of or giving any scope to the Victims to ever pull them up for legal
violations, through the Courts or other legal measures. Thus Laws enable the bad elements in the society
to violate Justice and harm others safely with the protection of the Laws they
themselves or their forefathers had framed, with the specific intention of
violating the interests of others with impunity, while masquerading and acting
as if they are the protectors of the unsuspecting victims, and as 'Samaritans'
are out to put an end to the Evils of the Society.
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Thankfully
adopted from the Telugu Weekly News Paper, JANAMITRA published by
P Vishnumurthy
from Yanam - 533 464 a part of the Union Territory of Pondichery in Andhra
Pradesh Coast.
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