Monday, April 20, 2009

Genetic aberrations

A property dispute between two neighbours in the obscure Indian village of Saffadirpur was enough of a provocation for one of the warring neighbours to pour acid on a baby girl, barely four months old.
I have been writing for a long time now, but in this case, I am tempted to throw style and ethics to the winds and express my revulsion in the strongest possible terms.
How should a man who has the heart to severely hurt a helpless baby be treated? Any ideas? Would a trial and even capital punishment be good enough for this psychotic monster?
Revolting as it is, this is not the first case of people hurting babies being reported in the media. There have even been rape attempts upon infants.
I remember the day, when as a sub editor with an English daily, I was supposed to edit a news story on a six month old victim of a rape attempt (?????). Usually nimble on the keyboard, my hands were cold and clammy that night.
I am also mother of a beautiful baby girl and I know what I go through even when my little angel catches a cold. The thought of a baby screaming helplessly under excruciating pain made me feel abominable for not being able to protect her. That might be an irrational feeling, considering how far removed I was from the incident.
From what I have learnt of genetics and biology, nature has programmed human beings to look at babies protectively and nurture them as a matter of instinct.
Don’t the clumsiest of us immediately go gentle at the sight of a baby? That is how nature made us. It was to make sure that the adult of the species would protect the young to ensure their survival.
So I suppose that makes these psychos, genetic aberrations. May be they ought to be done away with.
Those who would raise eyebrows and yell “human rights”, please look at a child closely. The little bundle does not know how to speak, has the softest of limbs that only know how to be caressed, not fight back and also has complete trust in adults.
People who subject them to pain are not humans in my dictionary and so human rights don’t apply to them. Terrorists fighting for whatever they believe in, suicide bombers, etc are all better than this breed of ghouls.
At least, they have an ideology, they are making misplaced attempts at being martyrs. Criminals are better. They want money and will steal, or kill someone who has a chance to defend himself. Who would hurt a baby? A cruel, sick, coward. Someone who does not have the guts to take on an equal adversary.
Terrorists and criminals, mafia dons et al deserve a chance at reformation. But these people don’t. They are pests who should be eliminated.

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