Does 'VIP' you mentioned in your email stand for Vulgar and Insidious People (VIP) of Bangladesh?
You may not have heard the story that erupted in England recently. It is like this:
In Sept or Oct of 2011 a senior minister was going home from the Downing Street meeting with the Prime Minister in his bike (yes, ministers do go to work in bikes). As he approached the main gate, the security police would not open the main gate, but opened the side gate; which meant that he had to climb down and push his bike across. Anyway, there was some sort of exchange of words or row. The Police Officer complained afterwards that the Conservative Minister called him a 'pleb' i.e. a common man. A big row erupted. The media had a field day flushing around the news that a Conservative Minister (and he was a multi-millionaire) called a Police Officer a 'pleb'. But the Minister always maintained that he never called him a pleb. Another Police Officer testified that he was indeed called a pleb. The Minister had to resign from his ministerial position.
However, the sting in the tail was that the whole scene was recorded in the CCTV. It was found out that the Minister did not call him a pleb. The Police Officer and his co-attendant Officer accused the Minister vindictively as they both belonged to Police Union and were aggrieved by the fact that the Conservative Party reduced police benefits as part of the austerity measure. Both Police Officers had been dismissed subsequently and the whole of police ethics is under investigation.
The lesson is that in a civilised country, even a minister cannot call a police man a 'pleb' (from where the word plebiscite came), let alone call him "shaala" or "Haalaa" or any other vulgar word. This is the difference between the civilised and uncivilised worlds.
- Anis Rahman
From: SAIF Davdas <islam1234@msn.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 13:31
Subject: [mukto-mona] FW: vip culture
On my recent visit to my Sonar Bangla I noticed with amusement how much the VIP culture is alive and kicking. Dropping names, 'Tui Shaalaa Jaanosh Aami Kay' to curse the police constable ' Aami Oi Zelaar MP,Tui Haalaa Ataao Janos Naa', bribing him, using family connections, using ministerial connections—we try everything to show that we are better than that stinky RickshawWala. Folks, this culture is unique to my Sonar Bangla. It is a fallout of the Saheb-Sir Colonial Master Mindset. These Bangladeshi VIPS cannot pull this VIP BULLSHIT in America, Sweden, England or in Australia. They even call a taxi driver in Washington, sir! In America everyone is treated the same from CEO of a company to its Cleaner. Nobody dare throw their weight around! That's why we sing GodBlessAmerica. Two years ago, a driver in New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark's convoy was caught overspeeding, faced the legal process and was promptly served with regulatory notices. Hasina are you reading?
SaifDevdas
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