Harmless Fun or Outrageous ?????

Harmless Fun or Outrageous ?????

In this age of open social media we are more connected than ever.  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp groups etc ensure that we are in contact touch with family, friends and acquaintances.Other than sharing personalized pictures, moments of happiness and events of our life, these mediums have emerged as constant source of funny jokes, pictures and videos. The old age SMS,MMS etc are fully replaced by WhatsApp multimedia messages. We get these political/movies based/sports based - random type of messages and the intention for these circulations is to enjoy and have a small laugh in otherwise busy schedules.

I like most of us is very active on these WhatsApp groups and enjoy the political videos/jokes (often animated, often photo-shopped).   It’s a constant battle between different supporter groups (SRK vs Salman fans , BJP vs AAP etc) and the creativity of originator of these messages give a good reason to laugh to countless people.

However couple of hours back I received a Pakistani comedy show clip by a very close friend.  On the face of it; it was a dig at Indian PM by some Pakistani show but this 5 minute clip had multiple references to Indian Army defeats (65 & Kargil as claimed by them); ineffective RAW and multiple counts of India bashing. Of course this was all presented in a subtle and comical manner.

My reaction to this was quiet aggressive; I really got worked up and asked the friend not to circulate these clips in groups. However I was being made fun of and the group in people tried to pacify me that these are just the harmless jokes and we should enjoy it. Most were silent busy with other important things and decided not to react and let it pass.

I am still to get over it; just to think that this clip is a source of enjoyment and fun for Indians (people in group felt so) has totally confused me. Am I overreacting and unjustified (as stated by friends) in my protests (which almost resulted in a fight with old friends).  I have decided to put this in public domain; Friends, please have a look and help me with an objective view.