Shoes of Honour

Written on account of: The increasing number of shoe-shooters [public slappers are remembered too] whose numbers have been constantly snowballing these past few years.

Dedicated to: All those who have picked up their shoes atleast once in their life-time, to target on a living thing who/which spoke/did a few things, that a few noble creatures couldn’t tolerate.

Subject Matter: Throughout history, foot wears have always made their reason-to-fly very clear. Pure hatred. During elections, it is so common to see garlands everywhere, but very few know that for every 1000 garlands, there is a shoe. During the ritual, some shoes martyr, while some others remain as injured soldiers forever.

At Loggerheads -Current Affairs vs. History: During some rare moments, shoes become birds of anger. They caw to indicate their enemy of target [mainly politicians] to stop their blahs and blah-blahs. Well, shameless as some targets are- the emphasis of the shoe gets lost, as soon as its soil underneath dries up, while the shoe-shooter gets an exclusive 4-wall festival treatment, in some remote location- a day after the shoe throwing ceremony is over.

Well, let’s not discuss on the effects of the shoe which hurls through the wind and sacrifices its future to hit the criminal on the dais. But it is always a mystery trying to understand the true motive of the shoe shooter who raises his hands towards the historical moment. What will his mindset be, before the ‘product launch’? Will he be nervous to throw the shoe? Or will he be just too angry to think about it? Or is he well-prepared that he will throw the shoe no matter what, because he just wants to do it anyways?! [History + Statistics have proven together that it is always the men folk, who perform the shoe hurling ritual, as they deem themselves fit enough to hit/run/escape when they are chased in the crowd, compared to women aspirants.  Ofcourse some choose to stay and face the dire facial embellishments post-launch, while some others choose to remain the anonymous ‘star of the hatred crowd.’ But it really depends on the social upbringing of the shoe-shooter. (I can’t get more ridiculous than this!!!)]

While many shoes-of-honour have bestowed its grace on several individuals ranging from George W.Bush to Rahul Gandhi [the most recent joinee in the honour list], we do need to notice that the victims have always been popular personalities. The question is, what if we put the shooter and the victim in one room and make them ask ONE question to each other. What will the victim ask the shooter? What will the shooter ask the victim?

For a start, if the victim was a business man he might possibly ask: “Why didn’t you throw both the shoes together. As a receiver, I would have gained something apart from the physical pain and public damage. We both would have both had a Win-Win situation then.” (Duhh!)

Or if the shooter was a say, a philanthropist, he might say, “I gave you what I had, its upto you to use it or pass it on someone who you feel the same way I feel for you.”

Well, whatever the moral is, I have but one thing to say to you - the reader. “You have made 5 minutes of your lifetime, very meaningful, by reading my blog. Thank you.”