Dirty politics
Yes, perhaps we are out of our mind. I am referring to Mr. Delwar's letter (DS:14/01/05). We (including the journalists) have a tendency to publicly harass and humiliate people with the slightest information of any misdeed by them without going into the context. There is always something beneath what is apparent. We must critically analyse the things before jumping into conclusion and definitely should not go out in public. It is said that hate the crime not the criminal even a criminal has a right to defend his act.
How come someone can accuse a former Air Force chief for a petty watch theft and that too was run in our news media? There is lot of news coverage to publicly harass and humiliate people (not public figure) of dignified positions which in effect disgraces the institutions they belong to.
For actual misdeeds there is the legal process to bring the guilty to book media coverage is not a decent or ethical idea. I agree with Mr. Delwar that this is dirty politics by some interested quarters.
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