The last thing mankind can do is to
forget policing himself. Man - has elevated his place among the living
creatures - as a character that is capable of crafting laws and designing the
social landscape of all living creatures. It's a role we all believe is rightly
placed unto him.
But something interesting happened some few days ago. The matter rotated around - LOVE. Yes, love. A Far East nation passed a law restricting male-female interactions "so as to tame their romance". Closer to where I reside, two under-18s were arrested for kissing in a "manner that suggests romance."
What captured my imaginations was the
justification propagated to warrant the restrictions imposed. Which
led me to ask these questions: Is there any measure of romance? Can
romance be tamed through laws and arrests? Can physical contacts be the only
proof of romance?
I understand and accept the reasoning behind these restrictions. It's grounded on the need to save mankind from the unforgiving jaws of HIV/AIDS. Its philosophy is sound and clean. It seeks to advance the thinking that lack of decency is the cause of destruction we witness.
Despite the sweetness of this reasoning, I find it useful to scratch it further to unearth the fallacy in its application. This is why. There is no way we can treat actions and thoughts differently. Actions demonstrate the thoughts we harbor within us. Thoughts on the other hand are enriched by the content we consume.
It's a proven truth that bad
content begets bad thoughts and bad thoughts beget bad actions. To punish
persons for their actions without questioning the content they consume is akin
to jumping the queue. It's valueless. It advances hypocrisy.
War against HIV/AIDS can only be won through cleansing of our thoughts. We must refine what we pump into our brains if we aspire to live in a safe and clean world. To jail persons for kissing is farcical and negates the very objectives that we purport to advance.
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