Saturday, March 24, 2007

They won!!

No, its not some sport i am talking about here....its about this situation i encountered a while ago. I was driving home and on my way home i took a left turn, i hear this big thud, i look back and see these two guys lying on the road with their scooter next to them. For a few seconds i was in a state of pandemonium, i pull over ahead only to realise this fuckin ass rammed my car, my beautiful white shiny car with this scooter which is no better than a relic. I was agitated and was confident that it wasn't my fault so i confidently walk towards them in a fit of rage in order reprehend but before u know it, tables turned this mob of say 6-7 guys beset me, they gave me this nefarious look. One guy raises his hand to strike me, the other guy who "SEEMED" rational stopped him and insisted that we have a dialogue first, it seemed ok to me because i was sure it wasn't my fault.

Then he starts his weird explanations as to how it was my fault. I start to retaliate and explain to him that it could not be my fault as he rammed into me on the left, and i had given a clear indication of my intent to turn. Then another blithering idiot from the crowd rants "Im a driver too, you should have shown your hand before turning". That was it i lost my cool i told the asshole that the driver of a four wheeler in INDIA is always seated on the right, and it was not possible for a person driving to show his hand through the left window. He insisted i should have looked back to see if there was traffic before turning. Well i believe a driver is normally supposed to look in the front while driving, isn't he? or have the rules changed? is that the reason for the ever increasing soar in road accidents?

Well finally i guess they were out of silly excuses and other sort twaddle, so it was time to use their final weapon.....violence......so they start with a threat, they say concede or we beat the crap out of you. Well now i was shitting bricks, i didn't quite like the idea of getting beaten up by a mob of 6-7 uncouth thugs. One guy suggested i at least take the injured to a hospital. The injured guy on the other hand refused the offer and insisted that i cough up 200 bucks. Well i some how managed to set the deal for 100 bucks. I paid him and walked off.

The moment i got back into the car i felt miserable, i learnt that in this world evil wins unlike in the stories u heard when u were a kid, or the movies we see. In the real world its survival of the violent and influential. Justice does have a place though on this deluding planet, too bad that place is a thick book probably collecting dust.

2 comments:

Florence R. said...

ur lucky to be alive n not in the hospital with the other guy

Natarajan Shanker said...

I totally agree.

Its "survival of the strongest" in this world, no matter how hard people make pretenses about "justice, morality, ethics".

"God is on the side which has the strongest battalions".