I'll narrate an incident I was a part of while travelling back home last week.
The local trains were 1.5 hours late because of a technical snag. And you can't imagine the rush that gathered at CST station at the first sight of a train. There were a few unruly men who got into the ladies compartment. They found it extremely funny that most ladies were even protesting that they get out. Some women hurled their choicest of abuses. Me too actually. But to no avail. We then noticed a ladies police officer sitting by the window, watching the show calmly. When we pushed her to straighten these men out, she simply said: "I'm off duty..Bother someone else."
So I had a question, whether a public servant can ever be off duty? Or make it an excuse for not standing up for the right cause? It made me angry to think, that had something worse happened, Miss Useless-lazy-two-shoes would still be a dumb spectator.
If a doctor were to come across a gravely injured person, while he is on vacation, would he not be responsible to try and save his life? Or would he stand short of his duty because he is not to be bothered?
I know some professions are tougher than others in this matter. Some don't allow you to be off-duty ever! Every person does have the right to take a break from his routine work and react as any normal human being would, in a situation of urgency. But does that have to be at the cost of someone else's life? Or a woman's self respect?
Do read this: http://www.quora.com/People/Who-is-the-worlds-greatest-living-badass-and-why
Read Anjishnu Kumar's answer on Bishnu Shreshtha.
That settles it. I don't need answers. I don't need excuses.
The local trains were 1.5 hours late because of a technical snag. And you can't imagine the rush that gathered at CST station at the first sight of a train. There were a few unruly men who got into the ladies compartment. They found it extremely funny that most ladies were even protesting that they get out. Some women hurled their choicest of abuses. Me too actually. But to no avail. We then noticed a ladies police officer sitting by the window, watching the show calmly. When we pushed her to straighten these men out, she simply said: "I'm off duty..Bother someone else."
So I had a question, whether a public servant can ever be off duty? Or make it an excuse for not standing up for the right cause? It made me angry to think, that had something worse happened, Miss Useless-lazy-two-shoes would still be a dumb spectator.
If a doctor were to come across a gravely injured person, while he is on vacation, would he not be responsible to try and save his life? Or would he stand short of his duty because he is not to be bothered?
I know some professions are tougher than others in this matter. Some don't allow you to be off-duty ever! Every person does have the right to take a break from his routine work and react as any normal human being would, in a situation of urgency. But does that have to be at the cost of someone else's life? Or a woman's self respect?
Do read this: http://www.quora.com/People/Who-is-the-worlds-greatest-living-badass-and-why
Read Anjishnu Kumar's answer on Bishnu Shreshtha.
That settles it. I don't need answers. I don't need excuses.
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