Holy cow, unholy violence
October 06, 2015 08:54
If you love cows and care for them, you have three choices: Choice A: Build goshalas or cow shelters where the animals can be taken care of. But this is an expensive proposition. Choice B: Ban beef, stop farmers from selling cows and bulls to
butchers, outlaw the culling of cattle, punish cow smugglers, declare
all slaughter houses illegal, lynch people who eat beef, and justify all
this using complex arguments. Choice C: Build local slaughterhouses near farms so that commercially
unviable cattle can be humanely culled nearby, without their having to
endure great suffering while being transported in horrible conditions to
distant slaughterhouses.
Guess which is the preferred option of the rising multitude of go-raksha
vigilantes? Not A, as it is too expensive and tedious. Not C, because we are conditioned to believe that violence
can do no good. So it is Option B, which has the advantage in that it
gives people power. It allows them to terrorise and dominate Muslims and
liberals. It gives them global attention and makes them the focus of a
controversy-hungry media. It is this rather than cow protection that the
go-rakshaks really seek.
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