Jean Val Jean
One day in his last visit, our son suddenly started talking philosophy. "To your prosperity, so many people have contributed directly or indirectly. Don't you think it is time, you people started giving back to the society".
That was more almost 8 months ago. And we have not started yet. Because our middle class mentality is always, as long as we don't harm others, or cheat others, we are fine. We earn a honest living, save for a rainy day and that is it.
Why do I remember it today?
I was reading about Jean ValJean. You remember him from the book/movie "Les miserables". The person who was punished for 19 years of prison for stealing "a loaf of bread".
Don't just disregard this by saying that it is a story, from another country, from another era. Aren't there many such Jean ValJeans in our own society? In fact in our country, there are thousands of people who are in prison for many years waiting for their judgment.
Yes, of course. The system is very bad. Justice system is bad. No case gets resolved easily. Even if it is resolved, innocents get punished because of corruption in the system.
Yes, the system. Are we or are we not part of the system? Isn't there our role in keeping people in abjure poverty so that they are forced to steal?
That was more almost 8 months ago. And we have not started yet. Because our middle class mentality is always, as long as we don't harm others, or cheat others, we are fine. We earn a honest living, save for a rainy day and that is it.
Why do I remember it today?
I was reading about Jean ValJean. You remember him from the book/movie "Les miserables". The person who was punished for 19 years of prison for stealing "a loaf of bread".
Don't just disregard this by saying that it is a story, from another country, from another era. Aren't there many such Jean ValJeans in our own society? In fact in our country, there are thousands of people who are in prison for many years waiting for their judgment.
Yes, of course. The system is very bad. Justice system is bad. No case gets resolved easily. Even if it is resolved, innocents get punished because of corruption in the system.
Yes, the system. Are we or are we not part of the system? Isn't there our role in keeping people in abjure poverty so that they are forced to steal?
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