Twisted Hysteria

A couple of stray dogs mauled a kid in a neighbourhood in Bangalore the other day, and an infuriated mob then hunted down and killed 20 stray dogs in revenge. It got me thinking, when innocent women got beat up on Rest House Road a few months ago, and the whole "moral police" campaign sparked off incidents of violence against women around the city, no one in the crowd ever lifted a finger to help them. The intent to spread hatred and disturb public order was pretty clear in those incidents of violence, while the dogs were probably acting out of natural instincts like hunger. Where were they, that same outraged and proactive public, when those girls got beat up? Probably somewhere valiantly meting out justice to something weaker than themselves, like dogs, that they know don't stand a chance against them. Running scared from anything resembling a real threat.