Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Tolerance.. continuation

In continuation to my last post.. i would add some more opinion.
Media in recent times has become a force that gives direction to many events. Be it the Dera controversy or the Danish cartoon, media had a great role to play.
One reason for increasing intolerance is also intolerance. I wud like to elaborate on that with an example.
I was reading a column about a Danish Muslim lady vowing to wear Hijab in offic. Now 48% of the people polled by media are against it and 48% are in favour of her decision.
Cant she have a right to wear what she wants to office?? If one can wear short skirt and hat to office, one can surely wear a headscarf. This intolerance of 48% of the people propell the rest 48% of the people to react strongly as they feel the objection to be on their fundamental right.
Its the responsibility of media to play the role of messenger of peace and tolerance and not provide undue provocationn to any sensibilities.

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