Sunday, November 7, 2010

Civic Sense- the "Desi" way


Civic sense is nothing but social ethics. It is consideration by the people for the unspoken norms of society. A lot of people assume that civic sense is just about keeping the roads, streets and public property clean. But civic sense is more than that; it has to do with law-abiding, respect for fellow men. [Source] .In other word, it's an important identity of the entities of a society.
Okay, but who cares?

That's right, so what's so special about it?

I think you know, but just in case.

Take a look around, will you please?

Spit marks, urine, vulgar graffiti, random garbage and overflowing sewers at every nook and corner of India.People must first question themselves and their own civic sense. Roads are not dirty because nobody cleaned it, but because somebody dirtied it in the first place. Walls of public toilets, movie houses, railway stations are "colored" with spits, making them as well as the whole society, the whole nation, the whole country ugly. Who have did these? Was it YOU? No? Good, but how many times YOU have asked someone to stop dirtying your place, your city, your country? So what say, do YOU have adequate civic sense?
Using 'everybody does it' is an excuse and only an excuse. In India, even prominent personalities indulge in proud displays of lack of civic sense. Take for example, ministers who delay planes with complete disregard for other passengers or companies that freely pollute rivers and lakes. It is difficult for a country to change its mindset when its leaders themselves are setting bad examples, round the clock, all the time. [Source]
To be continued.. check over time

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