Think about peaceful ways to protest
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It is natural to get irritated whenever insulted or provoked. It is also a constitutional right to protest such provocation. But the way I see protests are being conducted is not right. Of course religion comes first but I saw in The Daily Star that a police car was being vandalised by the protestors. The maker of the provocative film is far away from Bangladesh, but the police car that was destroyed was an asset of the state and the people. If the police had not come early, more damage or destruction would have happened. The government will use the taxpayers' money to replace the police car and repair other cases of damage. This is the money that could be used in other development works. My point here is, let opinion leaders ask people to adopt peaceful means of protest. The same message of anger can be communicated and received peacefully. There are so many means of protest which are equally effective. Condemn provocation but don't destroy national property. And not every foreigner in Bangladesh is the maker of the film. Some are development experts and we need them; others are tourists, they bring money to the economy; some are investors, they create jobs. I am an African student living here for 2 weeks but I made friends with people.
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