DRAMALOGUE

I’ve seen many comments saying Zeeshan is “getting what he deserves,” that what goes around comes around because he harassed his own cousin. But this mindset is deeply dangerous. Sexual assault is never justified, no matter what someone has done. When we start excusing violence by saying someone “deserves it,” we normalize abuse and create a vigilante mentality where people feel entitled to act as judge, jury, and executioner. This way of thinking is exactly what fuels mob violence and even large-scale injustices, like Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinians under the claim that “they deserve it.” Once society accepts revenge as justice, harm spirals out of control and innocent people pay the price. What’s happening to Zeeshan at school is not justice, it’s another crime. And the correct response to a crime is due process, not revenge. Zeeshan deserves accountability through a fair system and a punishment that fits his crime, not random people deciding what punishment he deserve...