Behind those Four-Walls of Prison

Its about a hypothetical situation that takes you inside the four-walls of a prison

"I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in goal is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long." -Oscar Wilde

Now, this is more like a hypothetical situation and just out of no where. It was only yesterday that I was watching this movie: “The Shawshank Redemption” with my friend, when we sat to think…..”What if we were in prison?” And then it all started……

Life is full of uncertainties and truly so, and God forbid if we end up in a prison (for reasons which may be immaterial in this case) and say for a longer term. Given a choice what is that one thing (of course non-living) you would love to take that will allow you to spend your days in prison with some comfort. There may be lots of things that may come to your mind…….books, musical instrument, drawing materials, drinks, cigarettes, photo albums, TV, etc.

Since we are discussing something hypothetical, so CAN we say we would be able to survive there if we had the Internet? My discussion may not be relevant to a lot of “Citizens” of the world, but perhaps to the “Netizens” of this world. If we take the case of AO Members, can any of you really stay away from the Internet or the computer for more than a day? We may not be having any direct use of it; as in; we may not be programmers, but yes for any information we just rely on Internet. And yes indeed we have some of our aspirations that cannot be completed without the Internet. You want to write articles, essays, research papers, book reviews, etc you resort to the Internet. You want to play some games, download music, make travel plans, know places, learn about your favorite actor / actresses / musicians / role-models / authors / movies / courses / business etc you again look forward to the Internet.

Indeed it has become the part and parcel of your life; you even like deleting those junk mails. Study indicates that people are happy to see at least “few" mails in their inbox; though irrelevant. From this hypothetical situation we can derive the importance of something which may come as a blessing in disguise; if ever convicted to live a life of a prisoner. In real life also we seem to be confined within the four-walls of: ethics, religion, society, faith, truth, law, etc.

“Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.” -Epictetus

And we are able to cross these boundaries, because we have a virtual medium or platform, which won’t reveal any of our activities to the outside world, nor would reprimand us for trying to go outside the four-walls. And in the process does it promise you to make a happy man, or a more complete man?

Its’ your call to answer!

To read about The Shawshunk Redemption

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