"Empty pots make more noise" is an apt
description for the couch experts and I am sure most of you would have come
across one such expert in your lifetime. The topic could be anything in the
world and you can see quite a few of these special people commenting in social
media networks or jumping into the conversation stressing their point of view
without having a total knowledge of the topic under discussion. I keep
following wildlife and nature on the social media networks and there has been
so many topics that has been extensively argued or commented and the experts
are good in their comments but then they keep tending to dump all faults on the
authorities without out giving any thoughts of the ground realities that exists
in the discussions that is being done.
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One
incident comes to my mind right away about a Man eating tiger that was shot dead
in Nilgiris ranges and this topic was raging on both Facebook and Twitter with
scores of people just blaming the forest department of not capturing the animal
and commuting it to a zoo. To be frank even i have queried the decision to kill
the man eater instead of the capturing the same but then in this particular
incident i chanced on a post by a facebook friend who is a retired forest
officer and while going through the post and its comment i came to understand
the other side of the story (authorities) wherein there are so many factors
involved that needs to be considered which we as ordinary citizen are not aware
of while we make our comments.
It
is very easy for all of us to sit in our air conditioned office/home and pass
comments on the operations that is taking place on the ground... be it a
cricket match, a football match or the hunt for the man eater without an iota
of idea the actual conditions in the field. In short the people who are not
experts needs to give constructive comments instead of negative or abusive comments
that seems to be the trend. We in India have many other factors that has direct
implications to any specific issue right from political angle, unscrupulous
persons and there is no point in just commenting and winning likes on a post. It
is said if you are not happy with what is happening then get on the ground
yourself and try to change that is happening instead of crying foul .... this
will not happen for who wants to leave the comfort and security of their spaces
and be faced with ire of scorned persons.
This
is my opinion and is not directed at any person or group and any such inference
if any is by the reader :)
