Pathetic
So the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission wants to ban free mobile phone calls, to protect the young from ‘…erosion of moral values…..’
Apparently parents, who of course did not have the convenience of mobile phones, mistrust their children, who do.
Isn’t that a confession that they have failed as parents? Why do parents need the government to do their job for them? Why can’t they just sit down with their children and talk the problem, if there is one, through?
And what’s wrong with romance? Isn’t it natural and healthy? What are we afraid of here? That in an enjoyable and probably quite innocent exchange over a mobile phone, the moral fibre of Bangladesh is about to collapse? If the moral structure of your country is as fragile as that, let it collapse and go find something better!
C’mon you old fuddy duddies, get a life, or at least allow your offspring to have one.
Bangladesh isn’t exactly a fun place to have to be, primarily because of the miserable views of the older generation. Let people enjoy themselves as much as they can, for heaven’s sake. Not everyone wants to practice miserableism. If you do, practice it by yourselves, and let the young be happy.
Richard Murphy
Somewhere in England
Too long a spell?
Eid holidays this year cast a long spell of newspaper absence. I may be sharing the feelings of many others that it was an exceptionally cruel spell. Newspapers are not merely for news; they serve other functions and fill other needs of regular readers and contributors. For some, it may be a sort of lifeline to their day to day life and living.
Yes, TV may be a substitute for some but a rather poor one in any case. Both in format and presentation, TV by definition and style lacks genuine depth and substance and most of all adult analysis of things behind and below ‘breaking news’.
Remember, we live in a world of a twenty-four hour day, a 24/7 week, and 24/365 year world. And thanks to communication/IT revolution, it is a world interconnected like never before; a small world getting ever smaller, literally held in the palm of the hand..
So where is the need or excuse for newspapers to remain shut for days on end while the rest of the world goes by?
Could the daily papers adopt or invent if necessary a will and ability and go that extra mile to not remain absent for consecutive days?
Is that too much, too innovative to expect? Let a ‘daring, different’ daily like New Age give it a try.
Husain
Dhaka
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