fashion & boundaries

Saw a biker with a bandanna emblazoned with a NAZI Swastika.
There was a sense of parody in it, an Indian with a Nazi swastika.

But then that is fashion or should I say freedom; the liberty to express with no boundaries. And if there are boundaries, who decides these boundaries or are there certain boundaries here in India and these boundaries are flippant or fitful in another country.

Perhaps in India we can get away with a lot of things or rather some people some time can get away with most things.

Another example is Raj Thackeray who feels that North Indians should leave Bombay.
40 years ago, it was his uncle, Bal Thackeray who felt the same way but against Gujarathis and South Indians.

Well, 40 years ago the law should have done something, but it didn't.
So it set a precedent of not to act. Now its Raj and he has no indictments against him for spreading animosity & communal hatred.

Well, Raj was charged by a fellow politician - Amar Singh. It took Amar Singh 3 hours to file a FIR against Raj Thackeray. As the cops in Bombay asked him to file the FIR in Marathi. It took Raj 4 hours to get a bail.

All in all, nothing actually happened.

Let's rewind, if we had the opportunity to stop Hitler from making his remarks and gain political mileage, would we? Well he sent 6 million Jews to the death. And his speeches and discourses had enough material and evidence to give any reasonable bloke a clear idea that this guy is going to act out all that he is saying and what do we know, Hitler did!

So what are the boundaries, who sets them and when are these boundaries clear enough to take action.
Who decides these boundaries, is it the majority.
So far it has been held sway by a coerced (under necessity) opinion.
The rest have to live with that opinion.

Society does pay the price in the end, there are no free lunches here.