In China, due to one child policy, government are killing the almost fully developed fetus in the name of abortion. The unborn child, which is by the parents who already had a child and try to have another child without the government consent. But once the government finds out it will be forcefully aborted, even it its about seven or eight months of pregnancy. The infant, who never got the chance to see the light on earth, with their tiny eyes; are the victims of one child policy in China.
Although, I forgot the year and month the article appeared on the Reader's Digest written by a Chinese Doctor, opposing the system of the kill. The doctor had to leave china for her opinion not to kill the child that was aborted when she was on duty and she was not willing to kill the baby. She was even ready to adopt ‘the child’ to give her own rights to have her own baby in future. The medical assistant injects the aborted child on the softest part of the infants head, to so that they will die soon. In China, these medical assistants makes more money, than the doctors. With the population growing high 1.35 billion and ever growing higher, its a government policy to ‘control the population’ and for many of them who are doing this kind of act, who kills new born child is just another job in china.
Is landing in bad job is sin then ? Is bad judgment is sin then ? Who decides what is sin ? Perhaps its easy to judge from outside. Is some bad decision made by some people at worst condition is sin then ? Everybody knows, we tend to judge people for that one decision, I mean that one bad decision; which goes wrong, because of that one decision made in that hard time and situation, which seems to be the result of bad time, situation and condition; where one seem to be losing all common sense at that very moment. Does this mean, weak decision made on bad condition is sin then ? but they live that life and we don't.
It can always be argued on.
In recent years, I have been hooked to watch, crime patrol, an Indian reality crime show, desperately trying to find some answers to some of the perplexing question of life that lies in our society. Just like all of you I too, thought, murder is one of the worst possible sin, one can commit in life. But after watching the complete story and understanding the real reason behind it, I have come to the conclusion that; even the cold blooded murder is not always a sin. There are times, I would not want to vote for punishing, at all; for the murder one have committed.
For example a man, who was convicted of murdering his best friend and ended his life in prison was indeed roped in to the murder of his own best friend. The person who booked him to kill is none other than; the one who got killed, and he was paid only 90,000 indian Rs. while the killed guys would have made 1.5 million if the fraud had not been exposed by the crime branch of India. See my blog post ‘should he be punished for the murder of his best friend ?’ for more details.
I have also watched time and again, on the very crime show that, murder or lets called it sin, have been committed by the people, who have all the common sense, moral integrity and God fearing; yet, its just that one split seconds decision they made at that time. Does that bad decision, is what makes it a sin ?
The teenage girl of Dahishar, India, who was so exploited by the corrupt and powerful politician of the area, to the max, just to elude her, of her simple right; to get a ration card. The corrupt politician, whose name was Mangesh Kadam*, abused the power and authority and used it to exploit her sexually to poor girl; should indeed be blamed for his own murder. His throat was slit open, before be was heavily overdosed of alcohol. But at the end of the day, the teen girl and her employers, who treated her like thier own sister will have to serve the jail term or the punishment at the end. I would not have called this a heinous act of crime or sin just the bad decision at the worsts condition. Just a spring overreacted, after a long and hard push.
I also sympathised; with my whole heart to the servant, who served his masters for seven years. He had borrowed some Rs 30,000 for his marriage, but he could not return the loan on stipulated time, due to his meager salary. The mistress had another plan in her mind to settle the dues with him, “if you kill my in-laws [mother and sister of her husband] then you will be free from the dues or I will even give you more money than you can imagine.” There was huge money - about 70 corod worth of flat in big city of India - after their death in her name waiting to be transferred. He was reluctant to take the offer, but a poor servant could not leave the job, nor he was allowed to leave his job. Having no option, he did killed the ladies, but it so happened one died and the old one survived, to tell the story to police, in front of the family members.
I do not want to go further arguing on, should that poor servant be charged for something he was trapped to ? Does he deserve the punishment, which he never wanted to do, but was forced to do ? He had fear, fear of God; moral integrity and the good judgement that this murder is a sin, yet he ended up doing exactly; what he feared for.
I would like to tell my readers that I am not trying to justify any crime mentioned above but I am only trying to understand the real reason behind an act called sin.
What makes an act a sinful act then ? why it is regarded sin ?
Who does not know the logic of Nazi officers, who killed millions of jews in gas chambers and other brutal ways to clean Germany during Hitler's ruling era and later on, when the victims and other agencies in Germany wanted to prosecute the case against them, they simply responded; they were just following the order from the ‘top’. Does this mean they don't have the sense to differentiate what is right and what is wrong ?
How justifiable that response is ? and more than that how justifiable the murder they committed during their work life ? or they just choose to blame the whole situation to ‘others’ for the life they lived ? Like the injector of aborted child, those Chinese medical staff at every abortion section of the maternity hospital in China ? Should a job be blamed for the bad decision ? or a person finds it so easy to hide their own hidden weakness under the coziness of job, situation, condition or bad time to hide their own flaws ?
Then, who decides what is sin ?
For a murder, which is the mother of all sin, a parents may call it siblings rivalry, society may call it unacceptable and unbelievable act, human rights activist may call it inhuman or barbaric act and judicial system calls it illegal, government may call it taking stern action to implement the system on track and a thinker may call it illogical and insane act, when a philosopher with psychological insights may call it manifestation of deeper dwelling frustration of other issues, a corporate house may call it job well done for survival, press may call it unhealthy competition. You may call it bad and he may call it good. But a religious leader comes forth saying, this is evil and devils work and this is sin. Huge bunch of our society will go on agreeing with the religious leader. Yeah, this is sin !
Therefore every society needs more social reformers, not a religious leaders to understand the deep root of the cause; rather than jumping into the wrong conclusion when it comes to an act called sin.
But, it it seems that my work is still not done, what makes an act a sinful act then ? why it is regarded sin ?
*Could be fake name, as I use it what they used the name but crime show normally do not reveal the real name, when they dramatise it for public viewing.
Note : this article was published before in Nepalidvocate.com
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