(8 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)After having multiple heated arguments with a friend I really felt like putting this article down for thousands of readers who would actually help me decide what’s right and what’s wrong.
We all have been eagerly following the chain of events since the terrorist attack in Mumbai on 26th November 2008.The government is proud of itself today because out of 10 terrorist they have captured 1 terrorist alive! They think it’s an honor.
How many people think that way?
A bunch of young boys barely in their teens gun down thousands of people in a metropolitan city and make our defense system dance to their tunes of terror for three days.
Can the capture of a lone terrorist alive be called an achievement or is it the biggest mistake of our government?
Now the response of the government would be 1 -2 months of creating anxiety in the minds of the people by interrogating the lone terrorist (Ajmal) and then probably hanging him. But I personally feel the government will achieve nothing by killing a young boy of barely 20 years. He probably wasn’t aware about the horrendous crime he was committing.
I know many people wouldn’t agree to what I would say but I think instead of killing the boy the government should rather rehabilitate him and make him realize that killing people is not the way to get one’s religion accepted in a society. It is just a fabrication of a religion by a few fanatic people.
This would rather set an example on thousands of youth who get strayed by certain organizations which lead them to believe fake facts. By killing Ajmal or by torturing him, do you think the other terrorist are going to get traumatized or stop committing attacks?
Most of the terrorist attacks in the world are carried with the motive of suicide. These people are fearless and emotionless. They are not scared of death since their motive is to die in the name of religion.
We have killed several terrorists in the past but has terrorism stopped? If we really want to solve this menace, we probably should try a radical way of dealing with this global issue e.g. reverse psychology.
The young people who are trained for such attacks are kept isolated from the world and what they are shown is the world of hatred. They are rigorously trained they are prepared for death. Some of these youngsters are kidnapped or are just threatened or lured into these activities.
So who should be killed – these youngsters or the cruel people who are behind them?
I think right now the government should focus on getting the leaders and the people behind these attacks rather than torturing mere helpless puppets like Ajmal. By using the reverse psychology and rehabilitating the terrorist, they can help show thousands of youth who are lost in the make believe world of certain groups who work for their self motive rather than any other reason to see light at the end of a dark tunnel that they are in.
I know many people might condemn my thought process but I would really like people to spare a minute or two and ponder over this post and voice your opinion.
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January 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am
Well said Tazeen. While agreeing, I admire you for expressing your opinion. It is indeed a significant thought that you expressed about the positive impact by rehabilitating the young terrorists. But more than that, the masterminds deserve severe punishments.
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January 21st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Hi Tazeen,
While I think that dealing with these young terrorists with much radical ways like you said, I am not sure if that will be a successful way of setting them free getting them away from the kind of activities they do.
Most of the times parents fail in helping their kids to get rid of bad habits and getting them away from comitting bad deeds by radical ways. This is actually a much, much and much simpler problem. When this does’nt workout, how could be a 20 years old extremist can be rehabilitated? It is NOT possible. It would be better to rehabilitate him to gods real world and give him a chance to serve him in person but, not serving him in this world by giving pain to his fellow humans.
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January 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
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Position: Hardcore terrorist, preferably rehabilitated. Should have experience of planning, executing and surviving mass terrorist attacks.
Skills: Handling advanced, weaponry, impromptu thinking, and will to die
Do you think, Ajmal will not apply for such a position if he is rehabilitated and left alone?
If someone can mend his mind to be such a hardcore criminal, and again someone can mend his mind to be well behaved human, then definitely someone else can ready him to take up the new position.
No way should a human, who massacarred hundreds should be set free, whether he planned or just executed, they don’t deserve to be part of civilized society.
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January 21st, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Sid,
Well put.
But I think to Tazeen’s point, it probably will make sense to brainwash him for better and use him as an approver for India, rather than hang him to death. He definitely deserves punishment, there is no question about it. But his punishment can be a life sentence (not 14 years..in real meaning of the term) so that he repents all through his life.
To your point, it is almost like leaving a mad dog out in the open….killing it will have the animal rights activists protest, leaving it in the open will have many dead – Choice between the devil and the dark blue sea, you see
…whatever !
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January 22nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
exactly what i meant we have killed terrorists before but has it improved no….imagine if u were young nd kidnapped… when u dint know what the world was nd then ur trained nd shown only hatred… nd then u r made to be aggressive.You attack on the behest of others nd then what happens u get caught nd u r hung to death… so do u think its fair was it really ur mistake when there was no one to show u the right path who is to be blamed here u or the people who put u in such position.Probably by rehabilitating we can prove to thousands of lost youngsters that there is another world which genuinely cares for them and they probably wunt fall into the trap of the wrong people. and secondly it wud reduce the manpower of terrorist organizations…coz fear alone is not going to do that u kill 1 today another one will stand up..probably the killing of one terrorist will be set as an example to create another one so people its high time violence is not the answer for everything.keep ur emotions aside nd think in a rational manner which will be effective in the long run
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January 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
well even i agree wit wat u tryin 2 say bt at d end of d day our thots r jus gonna b put 2 dust by our own politicians. i feel another way of creating a sense of unity among ple is 2 1stly build dat belief in ple dat all muslims r nt terrorist cuz des terrorists attackers ve onli 1 story 2 say dat wrld dsnt accept us as in past deir community ple ve committed crimes lyk des.i feel its d tym 4 our politicians 2 strt lsnin 2 our point of views.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
i agree wit tazeen….ajmals earlier view of d world was only thru a peephole…bt nw he has actualy realised wat he has done…hence he has owned up to a lot of things…what do u think he hasnt gone thru a lot as a captive under the hands of the government now? m sure after going through so much he cannot b brainwashed agn…rehabilitating is the right solution…its only human to give him a fair chance..life imprisonment wil only prove govts weakness in fighting crime…u cant just catch hold of 1 person that uv caught n remove the entire nations anger on him whn hes not even d main brain…but just a scapegoat under d hands of real terrorists..
PS:- GOVT CATCH HOLD OF THE ROOT ORGANISTION…THN WE WILL BELIEVE THAT OUR GOVT FIGHTING AGAINST TERROR!! ONLY JUST HANGING AJMAL WONT MAKE US FEEL SAFE…GV HIM A CHANCE…SET AN EXAMPLE 2 OTHER COUNTRIES
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January 22nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
i agree to tazeens point…it does makes sense…….4m past soo many years we’ve been killing terrorists, but nthng has stopd them from doin the bad. i feel brainwashing the survivors to d positive can help to some extent….the lone terrorist has alot of fear in him(as human we all do in such stituation).punishment for sure but not killing him n having more terrorists like him in line….n we cant totally stop but to some extent reduce it…. so y not do support causes wic helps in benefitting ur own country????? y not spread d message across the minds,in wic it is still fresh????
i wud strongly support n do ma best in spreading….
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January 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 am
Tazeen, Neha and Ruchi… We punish by hanging them because they deserve it but not to scare other extremists. And again like Sid rightly said, he has been turned into extremist first by a bunch of people. Then, we strive hard to rehabilitate him and get him into civilized world. Don’t you think there will be a very, very high probability of him going back to his profession again if he is lured into it again??? He will be a normal person first then, changed into extremist, then become a normal person again by REHABILITATION can be back to an extremist if circumstances demand. Basically, he will be easily vulnerable to change. It is a risk that should’nt be taken at the expense of any reason.
You said killing him would not solve the entire problem of terrorism. Then, would you agree that keeping him alive would solve it??? All we can do is feel sad about his fate, fortune and karma; same as we feel about the fate, fortune and karma of the innocent people he has killed in the attack. Did these people deserve to die??? NO but they did die and same with the case of the arrested extremist.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 11:23 am
so killing him wouldnt solve the problem so either there is always a risk of experimentation…..nd by saving him u give n example to thousnds of helpless lads who are strayed..if u kill him the terror organisations juz get another example to proove how bad the world is..nd i think neha made a valid point regarding how can u blame that guy for 1000 of peoples death when the masterminds our sum1 els..i am from mumbai i have experienced the attacks have livd with the terror of hearing the bullets and blasts after certain intervals..still i have this not cause i emotional this cause it shigh time we think in a rational way…and to think of it Hemant Karkares family have also forgiven ajmal…my only question what would u get killing a 20 yr old guy ya who hasnt seen the real world and has just seen the world through an eye view of fabrications.y..nd Krish i really apprecite ur thoguht i no one to judge whats right or whats wrong but for once i think ppl keep ur agression aside nd think over it…the interrogation itself is like a rehabilitation for Ajmal coz he realises what a fake world he was made to believe…wen u said that those innocent ppl didnt deserve to die i agree at the same tym this young lad didnt deserve to be the scapegoat when a bunch of fanatics mayb preparing another set of attacks..you hve heard In the newspaers abt Ajmal but wht did u hear int he newspaper abt the government doing to catch the main culprits nuthing???we r just grasping whats near us but forgetting that there is a huger solution to be achieved..nd do u think police interrogations are easy i think Ajml himself must be praying for his death ryt for the torture the govt must b putting him through…
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January 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
So, we got hands on only one terrorist.
Do you mean to say that if we would have got 12 terrorist alive instead of 1, then you are suggesting we should rehabilitate the whole lot and leave them back into civilized society ?
And tomorrow we arrest another 25 terrorists in another massive attack? do the samething again? rehabibilitaion??
And the masterminds that you talk about who are behind these young lads, they would have been Ajmals at sometime. Somebody should have set them right.
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February 17th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I absolutely agree with you! I want Ajmal to be spared death sentence. And if possible rehabilitated. By killing him terrorism won't stop. Terror leaders won't probably even take much notice of the fact that Ajmal has been hanged. They will keep doing their work. The route of terrorism lies in poverty, ignorance, fanaticism, etc. These things have to be cured to cure terrorism.Hanging Ajmal would do nothing but satisfy people's thirst for revenge.
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February 17th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Unfortunately I cant share your sentiment in your interest in cultivating the good you intend to see. I would be interested if you had the same line of thought if it were one of your own that were among the people that were massacred. The Israelis at Chabad house were mercilessly tortured before their death. Was this also 'taught'? The trauma that they have put people through and the nation through should be shown to them. I dont advocate the death sentence…noooope. That would be too easy a way out. Kasab should be slowly killed….infact every day he is alive is the day he prays that he be put to death. Slow and painful and brutal death is what he deserves. But yea..please pray for him, please approach the human rights commission to plead with them that he is given good food, good clothes etc etc so that he understands the 'humane' side of things and he changes for the better. Ah…the bliss of having intelligentsia like you..the nation would always be on its knees…..
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March 1st, 2009 at 5:27 am
i appreciate your comment but alas i feel you haven't be following the news much i think ..The entire attack had been directed in fact when they had to live when they had to die when they had to drink water or even what they had to eat was ordered to them through satellite phones by their leader…..i remember watching news where the terrorist at nariman house was even asking whether he could give one biscuit to the hostages..so they had no liberty…they were just human robots..i am not against death sentence i am against the ignorance…hang the leaders give them slow torturous death that they deserve not for only Mumbai attacks but other attacks as well around the world..
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