Few
days ago a radio program was banned because of something they were not supposed
to say. The Ministry of Propaganda (because
at such behavior It can´t ever be called Ministry of Communications. Actually
it has another name) claimed the hosts have infringed upon the law (a very tricky one; the one why publicity
went reduced from the media, but that’s another subject) because one of
them told gay a seven years old boy who called them up and answered, based on a
joke, that he preferred Cristiano Ronaldo instead of Messi. It was infamous, tweets
came and went either supporting or condemning the program, which is why I want to
write some. Most people don’t really care about something outside until it’s
brought up to the media. I was a listener of the program and many times
disagreed with the hosts, actually I reserve my opinion of them, but, and no
question, they’ve been so very funny. I really liked it…
Due
to the incident everyone got something to say to them. Apparently the fact a
child gets involved made everyone disgusted, especially those who don´t listen
to the program. To me it’s easy to judge if the argument gets framed only for
making feel in a certain way. So it did.
One of the most popular comments was that they screwed it up; and it got so strong
that the host, next day, had to ask for an apology to a bunch of people who usually
don´t listen to them. They did.
As
a lawyer, there are several perspectives, although we don’t work here in
Venezuela the same way abroad. To be more specific, the parents of the child
didn’t have to press charges, actually, according to what I’ve heard, the
parents supported the program (why not? But that´s another subject) the program
got shut because of an administrative procedure The State opened. Like I said,
here it’s different. There is this methodology, kind of Orwellian; perhaps
taken from Nineteen Eighty Four, where the sanctioned, besides being banned and
vilified, have to say sorry just for the pleasure of a couple of chairmen; and
it was so…
There’s
something called The Principle of Good
faith as a pillar of The Law; and it declares that it is always presumed
unless proving otherwise; and the otherwise hasn’t been proved yet. Besides,
there are two points I’d like to share here: gay is an insult, so you can’t ever say
it to a child, and to finish this: when morality comes from a position of power
it is cynicism, and cynicism, as administrator, it is just nefarious…
How about you?
What do you think?
