Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta the good faith principle. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta the good faith principle. Mostrar todas las entradas

miércoles, 27 de septiembre de 2017

Calm down folks!




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?