Years behind bars worse than a minute ending with death: Nadia Jamil

Popular actor Nadia Jamil has been battling cancer for quite a few months now and is keen on sharing updates of her recovery and the introspection she’s been doing while at it.

In August the Damsa actor announced that she is “out of the danger zone,” following which, she shared her personal account of dealing with the ordeal and defeating the disease.

And now, when that the country is at the pinnacle of distress with the recent rape cases coming to light, Jamil has shared her two cents on public hanging being termed as a solution to curb the heinous crime.

In a recent series of tweets, Jamil took her precious time to explain how punishments such as public hanging, or the public display of violence towards criminals can in fact lead to the desensitisation of violence altogether.

“In the dark ages, people were publicly beheaded, their heads stuck on display. Everyone would walk past, stare, and walk on,” said the Behadd actor. “Violence continued, rape spread like wildfire and became a common tool of war to avenge. Men were stripped off of their sensitivity and women were forced to be badges of honour,” she added.

In another tweet quoting the example of New Zealand, Jamil went on to explain how because the rape statistics were minimal, happiness charts boomed. She expressed how that was because the people over there invested in “high quality education, protection, prevention and sensitising the populace.”

“A sentence of 30 years behind bars is worse than a minute that ends with death,” she added.

To further reinstate what she believed was instead the real solution, Jamil added, “We will be safe when justice is speedy and regular. When laws protect and the rich, powerful murderers, rapists, drug lords, criminals are punished as well those without money, power or land. We will be safe when humanity not politics rules the day. We will be safe when we choose to.”

The Mujhe Jeenay Do actor went on to conclude that “the choice is collectively ours.” Jamil said that it is up to us whether we choose guns, bombs, brute power or art, literature, music and laughter.

“Sensitivity or harsh walls blocking out empathy and emotion? Peace or rape? Safety or this world we have ruined for ourselves? The choice is ours, we are a collective. Let’s choose love,” she urged.

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