During my undergrad days, it was quite common to find students discussing "mass bunks" when the whole class would fail to show up on a day. Now the point of it was to make sure that no classes were held , so you end up having a day off and not missing out on classes at the same time. Imagine it working the other way around... the professor banishes all students from his class for bad behaviour so that he can have an off day :). Something like that transpired in the TN assembly today where the 'honorable' members put on their best infantile behavior for exhibition. The entire opposition was evicted from the House after demanding an explanation for use of force on lawyers in the High Court promises. No question hour, no dialogue... just valuable taxpayer money at work subsidising the member's tea, coffee and paruppu vadai. the ignominy of it all!! i wonder what the members still in the house had left to discuss... maybe something important like the hem line of shriya's skirts the evening before at a muhurat or the "apparent" bulging of Namitha's waistline.
Now the lawyers are no reincarnated Buddha's but the very notion of use of force seems too regresssive and high-handed. That coupled with the fact that it happened on the premises of the institution that is supposed to protect the rights to protest doesn't bode too well. When the opposition gets voted to power the next time, they will then want their "off" time to discuss relevant issues like the balding head of rajini and want to declare it as an endangered species. Such comedy will ensue that somebody should make a reality show out of this all. Sex sells but stupidity sells better.!!!
-shri
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