The new icon of human emotions, the one piece of human belonging that effectively exhibits human wrath - shoes. The pink chaddi's days of glory are over, shoes are now enjoying the mantel of the ultimate insult. Starting with George Bush Junior, world over, politicians are getting the brunt in the form of the new ambassador for brunts, the shoe.
The home minister Mr.P Chidambaram looked more amused than shocked when an emotionally challanged journalist hurled (but missed) a shoe at him during a press conference. this sikh aint great at aiming i understand. The minister had refused to argue with the journalist on whether the CBI is right about the 1984 anti-sikh riot report submitted to the court, this caused the journalist to 'protest' and hence the hurling.
and since the journalist was let off without any charge, I have been thinking.. We all must probably visit the shoe stores around the time of discount sales. What with the elections round the corner, you never know when you run into politicians. Well, for that matter, why stop with politicians? Anger is anger, where is that stupid neighbour of mine who parked his bike in my parking slot? and that friend of mine who...well actually i forgot what he did, but he is also getting a shoe for sure!
You see, this is meant to happen. We are a civilization, we need to progress, and where is the use if the progress is only in the area of technology? There should be emotional progress, bring on the shoes!
Jokes apart, the truth of the matter is that, some people just dont take their feet seriously, how will they walk after flinging one of their shoes at someone? I am quite positive that the home minister did not return the journalist's shoe. Thats quite rude of him actually.
By the way, if you are planning a shoe attack, carry an extra pair. For better emotional satisfaction, plan a twin shoe attack, why throw just one shoe and be left with its pair? Actually, if you have enough attacks planned, you can get a good quote from a shoe seller, maybe you can think of buying them wholesale. Cutting costs will help, now being recession time and all..So, as I said, we can think of more options, we are a thinking lot, arent we? civilised lot to be more precise.
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Seeing people nurturing violent thoughts.. we should have had a "red stilettos" campaign instead of a pink chaddi campaign (it was a silent yet strong protest -
I donated a kiddy chaddi by the way)..
Our country never learns..
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hmm, red stilletos, sounds good. think of something, we will launch a protest! whats life without something to protest abt :)
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Jarnail Singh the Journalist, hurled the Shoe(s) over Mr P.C.
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The above provocation was caused to the Journalist over the issue of “Jagdish Tytler” being given a clean chit in the case of Anti-Sikh riot of 1984 (i.e killing of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, by two of his own Sikh bodyguard’s which eventually led to a riot and killing of nearly 3000 Sikh community people).
I jus wanted to let know, that it wasn’t over the Gujarat riots.
One more, every body is angry over something or some one and it can’t just be vented by hurling shoes (actually he meant to be show his protest and not attack him, everyone can come to know, from the TV clippings.)
If everybody hurls shoes, then as discussed, the shoe company’s can produce just a single shoe, exclusively for hurling purpose, which would be cost effective.
Being a democratic country, the protest, which we do, should have at least a considerable amount of impact (I think sending of pink chaddi’s might in no way have troubled or embarrassed them, they might have sold them directly to a whole sale dealer, and who knows, those who have sent them, will be buying the same ‘chaddi’, by paying for it again. No I'm not at all kidding, it's true)
hey yes, thanks for pointing it out, it aint the gujarat riots, its the 1984 riots, will change it.
this post is just a light take on the way people are venting their anger. its a fact that this is not the right way to vent out.
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