The Virtue Compass

Judging someone is high up the list of offenses one could make, especially in the politically correct society. Judging, is simply observing someone ’s way of living and inferring your opinion from that. People judge others silently all the time. For example, if I enter a bus, I would be more likely to sit next to a well dressed man than, say a homeless person. This could be termed ‘judging’ but it happens all the time, sub consciously even. It would be unacceptable if I were to go to a person and tell them (indeed, command them) to live life my way. This is unacceptable because each person has their perceptions changed due to the way they were brought up. Morals change from place to place: A person eating cow meat in North India, and in Manchester are treated differently. A person having a dog delicacy in China might be less scorned than if he was to eat it in California. On the flip side, murdering someone is a vice everywhere, but these type of ‘universal’ crimes are few. I b...

Section 377 has been struck down. Homosexuality has been decriminalised in India, Yay I guess. I don’t think anyone was actually jailed for homosexuality, thank god. It was the stigma. But hopefully, people are accepted, now that it is not illegal anymore. It is time to fix marriage laws (and while we ’re at it, maybe have a uniform civil code too) and adoption laws. Lets fix this country one law at a time. In the United States all this took just about five years, from decriminalisation to normalisation. I would optimistically give India 10 to 15 years. Maybe by then, more individuals will be brave to come out to their parents. More people of the same sex holding hands in the streets. More acceptance. Another reason I think, that Indians do not feel particularly happy with the judgment might be because of the pedophiles/harassers that slip a grip towards your thigh (especially in movie theaters and buses). The statistics are baffling.  A survey found out that 30% of ...