Is it easier to be a ‘hard man’ or be a just person?
Well, judging by the growing number of self-projected ‘hard man’ politicians, it must be easier on the thought processes to be inThexible.
The plight of Shamina Begum, the UK-born and -raised teenager, who with her newborn child is seeking a return to Britain has brought forth a storm of controversy. And in the mix of social media outrage and cheap tabloid headlines, certain types of politicians and pundits vie with each other to be perceived as being strong in the face of terrorism. You can hear voiced, ‘She has made her bed and let her lie in it. Let her rot in Syria.’