{"id":512,"date":"2009-02-15T22:42:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T22:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2009-02-15T22:42:59","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T22:42:59","slug":"moral-police-no-just-hooliganism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/moral-police-no-just-hooliganism\/","title":{"rendered":"Moral Police ? No, just hooliganism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the Media giving so much weight to what really are young hooligans taking out their frustrations on  vulnerable people. They are doing it simply because they can, taking safety in numbers.  Acts of cowardice really. But one of the so called &#8216;vulnerable people&#8217; will turn out not to be vulnerable,  and some one is going to killed if this does not stop. And then the riots will really start.  There are too many other things in India that need attention.  Like hunger. Like unemployment. Like terrorism.<br \/>\nThe Media must stop giving these people lofty names. This is not the talibanization of India, this is the hooliganization of India><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the Media giving so much weight to what really are young hooligans taking out their frustrations on vulnerable people. They are doing it simply because they can, taking safety in numbers. Acts of cowardice really. 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