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Thonigala Inscriptions are of the 2nd Century BC and carved on Rock. information courtesy;Internet

Thonigala Inscriptions are of the 2nd Century BC and carved on Rock. information courtesy;Internet
Tonigala. (a.) Parumaka Abaya puta parumaka Tisaha wapi acagirika Tisa pawatahi agata anagata catudisa sagasa dine. Dewana pi maharaja Gamini Abaye niyate acanagaraka ca [tawi] rikiya nagaraka ca. Parumaka Abaya puta parumaka Tisa niyata pite raj aha agata anagata catudisa sagasa

History; Path to future

History; Path to future
Reading Future through History, Nagala mountain and the Stupa of the Nagala Kanda Rajamaha Viharaya, Nikaweva, Polpithigama, Kurunegala District.

Friday, May 4, 2018

The batten stick

a few days back, on a front page of a daily paper,  i saw a picture of a big officer raising a large stick against some women. 

Beating women, physically or psychologically is something you & i must hate. 

i didn't read the news clip, in a way it is good because the names of the person involved, i do not know. i am not interested in knowing either. it is good because i can freely concentrate only on the incident when writing this essay, without trying to memorize the face of the person. But i must say i felt really sad about the women affected. 

The officer must know that there are people beaten very many, several ways here and there of the world. 

If a person raise even a single finger against 'poor' or against any social or cultural segment known or recognized as 'beaten class' or poor or what ever term you use to highlight them or introduce them, is not a crime but is a unforgivable sin. 

Do you know how some earn their living, not only in this country but also around globe? 

Some men and women beaten by socio- economic, political and otherwise injustices across globe and that isn't something applicable only to this part of the world, region. 

I didn't like the stick, 'the batten stick' that the police officers used in the past. 

Is it something banned by now, because i have not seen any police officers wearing it with the uniform. 

What was the purpose of giving the police officers the batten sticks?  

The batten sticks, no officer uses to apply oil or for something else. 

It is a stick given for them to hammer or beat wrong doers.

How do you define 'wrong doers'?, the book of law provide us descriptions.

It was a stick lawfully handed over to the police officers in the past? 

The law explains, in some pages of the books of the laws, unless a decision given after hearing a verdict, suspect is not a criminal and in some other pages it says that 'every human creature should be treated humanly' not harshly and mustn't torture. 

human rightly speaking , the police station should be the first place where any man or a women can be entered with no fear in their minds, specially when seeking for some justice. 

Crime , i am not going to think meaning of the term or legal definition of the term. 

If the police can identify the things leading to crime, the police must take actions to eliminate those issues other than trying to beat the 'beaten' or those who were already beaten various ways by various socio-economic etc. 

The police officers are 'Peace facilitators' and are not the group established to spread or improve or encourage crimes. 

If a person raise a knife or a pen or a voice against something beating them in everyday lives, even as self defense mechanism or as something to protect their and of others reputation, there is a little chance that he or she gets protection from the law, i believe because 'money is the king' of this world, not abilities or skills or honesty of a person. 

The money has become the most powerful thing of the world, sadly. But what do you find, written in big books of laws, human rights?

The human rights laws. behind every law fact written in books there is a right behind it. 

the term 'Human rights' has become a joke by now. Most people across world by now consider  the term human rights is something that is applicable only to certain class of people not for poor or women, sadly. 

But those who were beaten or ill treated cannot be identified easily not only because they go and file case against 'the relevant' but also because of the 'psycho-physical ailment or hazard called 'law blindness', according to my level of awareness.

If the world say that the law treat everyone equally is a bullshit. 

If you have money, oh yeah, you are treated equally and brilliantly by law. 

The lawyers are expensive, one mustn't forget, the poor treated the way that the rich want cannot hire a lawyer to earn some justice other than praying the 'God'

Who introduced the batten stick, by the way? the law must try to arrest the law who has introduced batten stick type tools encouraging the police officers to beat so called 'wrong doers'.

If there are no punishments explained in books 'e.g. if a person take a bribe he should eligible for minimum 100 batten stick punishment. 

There is a conflict between the way law describe laws or punishments, and the protective or guardian tools given to them to 'protect law and order of the society from crime and other issues. 

There are ways how the law justify things in this world. One can say that the batten sticks are given for them for 'self defensive mechanism purposes, am i incorrect here? 

If a group of really poor people (no politicians involved) decided to organize a rally against 'gas price rise', what do you do? sending tear gas tanks or sending some constables with batten sticks? Because for politicians and for certain economic class , gas price rise' or bacon price rise is something nothing but for poor, if you raise bread or rice even from a 20/= is a big issue.

If they eat bread everyday, Rs.20x30= 600/= rupees they will have to earn 600 hundred rupees extra every day to feed their children.

From 12 mid night today, the prices of milk powder that you purchased so far for about 320/= rupees (400 gram packet) will be increased by 50/= according to some sources.  if you give cow and gate for your kids, or cow's milk, how does it affect your monthly expenditure, if you belong to middle, middle class or poor class?


Is your batten stick polished and ready? 





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