Whether it’s the case of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) or children with special needs, trust our ministers to come up with indistinct construal. Such preposterous notions make the general public wonder: ‘Are we honestly in the 21st century?’ The recent indoctrination programme for the LGBT community envisaged by our minister raised eyebrows round the globe. And now a serious lapse by the God Almighty Himself? As reported in the local press, this belated truth was discovered by none other than the Head of the State. Truly stuff can’t get weirder.
Thanks to technology, in a split second you have friends and foes in some God forsaken corner of the world enquiring –‘Did the dude really say it and what on earth does that mean??? I have stopped taking up for our ‘Representatives’, at least in my private circle. Not that I take up for them in public. But when you have your tribe abroad who take pleasure in picking at you for statements made by ‘Public Figures’. Surely, I’m in no way accountable. Period. Unfortunately, such actions evoke a natural reaction – muffled guffaws in person and a caps- LOL in print. Either reaction is not much appreciated.
But, it does leave a sour taste in the mouth. How can people manage to put their entire foot in the mouth and yet manage to stand tall? Apart from physical acrobatics that they seem to have mastered, they are equally proficient in the art of verbal acrobatics. Surely one needs to give them their due. Let’s admit that this lot is indeed exceptionally blessed with a skill to play with words. Many a time words are showered without a second thought while they simultaneously indulge in the routine task of foot in the mouth at ease — leaving ample scope for debates, deliberations and discussions.
Well, if the foot in the mouth does not impress you on the contrary it disgusts you. Then there is a way out. Nothing works better than the magic word ‘Apology’. It is not uncommon for this lot to apologize if not immediately at least in due course of time. And it works wonders because we have an empathetic public, with selective memory or worse amnesia. And a prompt apology is swallowed in a jiffy. And before I forget let me too apologize for this weird write up. For you see as I pen my thoughts the foot is in the mind.
Coming back to the issue at hand, un-researched studies have shown that this terrible foot in the mouth disease is not only incurable but highly contagious. When one of the forty acrobats is infected it does not take much time for the infection to spread. It becomes viral. Every segment of society in turn can then decide to protest, to cry foul or just go to hell. Or best settle down to the fact that the foot in the mouth policy is perpetual, an addiction that can’t be reformed.
