We all seem to have lost patience. At least that is what appears if we take into account the number of unpleasant incidents of fights, beating up, smashing things that take place in the city. And the most common among these are ill-feelings between the young and the cops. See it outside discos, on the campus, in markets. What is the reason? Are the young people always at fault, are they forever a nuisance or have the cops not accepted the total new lifestyle of the young? Probably the idea hasn't sunk in as yet that girls and guys can be good friends, can have good clean fun late at night. Or is it that the attitude of the young is too rude or sometimes crosses all limits? We talked to residents on the issue.Manvinder Singh a Ist year student was quick to defend the `young ones'. ``These protectors of the law are living in primitive times. For them everything we do is fishy and has some shady motive behind it. They haven't changed with the times or probably they just pretend to be ignorant to suit themselves.''Ritu Chaudhry, doing post-graduation was apparently amused, and her amusement was not without reason. ``Can you believe it, that I was sitting with my cousin in the canteen at the back of the Law Department when this over enthusiastic cop came up to us and told us to come with him to the chowki. When we asked him the reason, red in the face he told us that he was not entitled to give any explanations to us. We were according to him, acting indecently. Of course the matter was solved, but it left such a bitter taste.''``They have all the right to check everything wrong to maintain the decorum and peace in the city. We would go to the dogs without these saviours of law. But it is because of their attitude of being rude, unreasonable and acting mighty that all sympathies towards them is lost. This habit of `I am always right' is difficult to digest all the time'' says Rajan Walia a management student.But according to one keeper of law, ``these people have nothing else to do except roam around the streets, make noise and create trouble. Their answer to every allegation is that they are modern and trendy. We are always blamed in the end, if we do or don't do our duty.''Like they say, some wars never end!
