What should be the minimum age of an activist?
I am sure there is nothing called a minimum age for someone to become a political activist in BD.
There was a comment by Andrew in a separate thread few days ago about children protesters [comment #10].
The trend is very alarming!
Not only the under aged these days have become a part of the labor force (becoming a fatality when the employer throw them off sixth floor balcony) and now their latest profession has become ‘dangabajee’ in the name of political activism.
Look at the picture below (from Daily Star). Amazing, isn’t it?? The report said he ran right after setting fire to the tires. Does this boy even understand what he’s protesting?
[Note: The name of the photographer to be credited for the above photo could not be found. The photo appeared in the online version of the Daily Star.]
What motivated him to set fires to tires in the middle of hartal these days, especially when one of the parties staging the chaos carries fire arms in broad daylight, and the other party beats the gunman to death in everyone’s view .
How much was this lad paid to do that? Where are his parents/guardians? Does he go to a school? Does he have a dream to grow up and not do a tiring low paid job?
We need to raise our voice in this regard – STOP SENDING THE CHILDREN IN HARM’S WAY!!! Let them grow first! Please.