On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:40, Dinesh Venkateswaran <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the Roys (including the Aruna one) are jealous in a most natural way, > only because none of their protests for any cause have become national the > way Anna's has. Roys, blame the media for not paying enough attention to > your stuff, please dont blame Anna.
This is so spectacularly short-sighted that it is astounding. A pop quiz for all those on a "please don't blame Anna" trip: what exactly are the difference between the Lokpal Bill and the Jan Lokpal draft? (Other than the PM exemption, which is really a misnomer since the Lokpal Bill doesn't provide the PM any kind of immunity from being prosecuted by the Lokpal after s/he vacates office.) Seriously, I would like to see intelligent responses to that question. Do you even care that one bill The truth is most regular viewers of news channels and readers of editorials cannot answer that question. The focus, of course, lost ceased to be on the proposed anti-corruption mechanisms and shifted to the obstinacy, idiocy, brutality, etc., of the government and the call for arms of 'Team Anna'. I, for one, think that the well-structured and thought-out proposal put forth by Aruna Roy and her colleagues is greatly superior to either version of the (Jan) Lok Pal that are currently hogging the limelight. That they don't receive greater attention is due only because they aren't 'sensationalist' enough, and don't go on hunger strikes at the Ram Lila grounds and overtly seek their followers to picture them as a successor to JP and Gandhi. People don't only raise their voice to seek attention for themselves. They also raise their voice to seek attention for ideas. To accuse 'the Roys' of being jealous is laughable and is the response I'd expect from someone who isn't interested in these issues except as a spectator sport (most sofa- and mouse-potatoes) and has not given any thought to the content of what they're saying.
