I think parents -- or anyone for that matter -- have a right to be irrational. We human beings are often driven by fear, even if that is an illogical fear. I think the parents have a right to withdraw their children from the school, a right nobody can deprive them of, even if an educated person should today know that HIV/AIDS doesn't spread the way they think it does (normal social contact).
The media is hyping up this issue, and we're falling for it? Perhaps some away-from-the-headlines counselling and discussing might have helped to find a solution that all sides feel comfortable with. FN On 12 July 2014 10:02, Cecil Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Bring back the Untouchability Offences Act of 1955 and arrest all the > parents of the Rivona School students. They are teaching the HIV kids like > 'untouchables' or 'harijans' and therefore have to be penalised by the > Government. > > "Untouchability is the practice of ostracizing a group by segregating them > from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate." > > Are the Rivona parents of such a high caste that they can treat OUR kids > like Untouchables? Arrest them all! > > Cheers! > > Cecil > > ============= > -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in
