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Middle class Indians are basically #Sanghis. Was having a discussion with family on #WA. Someone mentioned that cops were thrashing people for riding 3 on a scooter during #Lockdown. That's wrong and illegal, I said. What followed was u_n_b_e_l_i_e_vable. Lemme tell'ya

"This is India! People just don't behave, that have to be taught a lesson"
Me: But it's illegal, tomorrow it could be someone from our family caught up in a crowd.
"That wont happen, Its only the law-breakers who get beaten up"
Me: But...
"Do you know how hard our cops work?

And so it went on and on. First, it was No one can change things in India, this is the way it is, then it was the opposite: Change will come, in its own way. Don't be negative; everyone's working hard during #Covid19 emergency and #Lockdown.

After an exasperating debate about false equivalences; and why looking for a balancing positive is to condone the illegality (they would NOT accept that) - it was a truce. Then offline, I sent them this:

The responses were equally telling: One was a grudging:
"Unfortunate. Education and training levels of police personnel are not upto snuff - as with general society. The good thing is that these policemen who commit such excesses are usually held to account."

A killing, a homicide was dismissed as merely
'Unfortunate'. I suppose fortunate would have been multiple fractures and coma for 10 days with residual head injury.

The other response was denial-ism.
"The media always makes it out to be sensational, meaty news. Don't know how true this is."
That's alright then, No need for anguish over a story that would be shocking if it were true, but if we doubt it we can sleep peacefully. Good Night!