I don't think India has any more of a rape problem than the rest of the world. Yeah, we are a developing country with immense inequality, where the ratio of dbags to educated people is high but steadily declining. Education is free in India you know, even if it's substandard in places. And we do not teach children to rape in school.
I have some big issues with this documentary, even if makes me look anti free speech, which I am not. Indian society does not need a mirror after it's already proved to the world that it will not take misogyny lying down.
Just like you cannot punish someone for the same crime, can you shame a society twice for the same incident? Why should every Indian be deemed responsible for this? twice? It clearly shows the agenda is to shame society, not to educate. which I have a problem with.
Just because a gold digging lawyer is made to sit in front of a wall of legal books, he is deemed respectable and the face of Indian society. Has anyone seen his case history? He's known to file cases for fame against the sitting president of India, a would be president, against the victim of sexual abuse in the supreme court sex scandal and many more frivolous cases. He was mocked and abused when he made this statement two years ago by all Indians. The net is full of debates on Indian media as and when this was unfolding and not once has anyone endorsed his views. The bar council reprimanded him for his comments almost immediately, ie 2 years ago.
see this eg
quoting from the article
"My specialisation is simply this: If you have no way [out] in your legal matter, you come to me and I'll solve it," Mr Sharma said. "I'm not joking. This is what I do."
and
He cites a couple of cases from more than a decade ago in which he has rescued his clients from dire straits. More recently, in an appeals court, he said he convinced a judge to reduce the sentence of a head constable in Gujarat who had been convicted of murder in front of 19 witnesses. "I pleaded that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time and his sentence was reduced," he says. "And since he had already served five years in prison, he walked free."
Yeah, His integrity is questionable to say the least. He will do anything to win a case. Whatever said and done, he made the same argument in court, and what happened? Were these guys not convicted and sentenced? What does that show?
The problem is that BBC is not run by idiots, they know very well his intentions. They know very well the convict's intentions, who still says he's innocent. His dead brother was the main culprit according to him. The juvenile(who can't be sentenced for more than 3 years) is also blamed by him. All others are to blame more than him. The entire society is to blame according to him, just please don't hang me, he says. These guys are like a goldmine for BBC, which is giving a platform to this unrepentant motherfucker and his douchebag lawyer who are willing to say this shit on camera in the hope of commuting the death sentence and some monetary compensation. The lawyer is using him to gain fame by fighting this historic case, and BBC is using both of them to demean Indian society. It's crystal clear to me as an Indian, and that is why I am outraged.
One thing that struck me was not including her boyfriend in the documentary. Yeah, Indian media says he was a "friend" but why does BBC hide it? Because Indian women don't have boyfriends and this would show us to be progressive?
The issue of censorship isn't something new in India either. We do not have absolute freedom of speech because mob violence is a reality here and Indian society has been up in arms against the government whenever it has tried to silence it's citizens. We are still a deeply democratic society and the fight will be on till we get absolute freedom of speech. In a way, this whole banning has backfired badly on the government and this well truly help the cause of furthering free speech over here. Even then, I implore you to at lease see their point of view, which isn't about covering up rape, but to not glorify this sickos. The don't want more people raping and then justifying it by saying they saw it on TV that it is against our culture for women to be out at night. Yeah it sounds stupid if you live in a developed nation, but out here, it's a problem, especially if this is the only "education" these guys will receive. It's a clash of ideas more than ideals, in a society of haves and have nots.
really guys, think about all the Indians who go abroad to study or work. Do you think such campaigns do them any good? Are they not going to get stereotyped?
and yeah, downvote button's to the left. thanks