Rape Bill and Italian Marines

Whether it is the Italian issue which is making this "R@PE BILL" a hash or whether it is the other way, both are equally in the same state. Lowering the age for consensual sex to 16 years while keeping the minimum age for marriage for girls is absolutely a foolish suggestion. If marriageable age for girls is lowered from 18 to 16 this will be alright. This age is kept at 18 due to the physiological concern of the girls that when they have children they should be mature bodily and mentally.  Further should a government encourage pre-marital sex by law? We who constantly harp on our culture and traditions this will be too much and out of sync with view of general public. Similarly the case of stalking and voyeurism. Not that these are not bad but these will be misused very much to harass. Even the much touted 498A is being misused by quite few to harass their poor husbands. Stalking should be defined as persistent following to harass intentionally and it should be the girls duty to prove it that it was done with bad purpose. It should not be left to the accused to prove his innocence. So also voyeurism. It should be punishable only when some device is used to take image while the woman or girl is in their private place and not when in public place. What I intend to say is that if some take it on her head to walk topless on streets and if someone takes her photo it cannot be considered a voyeurism. Only when someone take photograph while she is with her husband or taking bath and like that. Our government has the habit of overshooting the target. It can be seen in this proposed bill and the way the Italian issue is being dealt. There was no urgency to start all these maneuvers to get the Italian marines back. The court is not yet ready and the court has to settle the issue of jurisdiction first as Supreme Court has told that this court will decide it. Heavens will not fall down if the Marines are not back immediately. Once their presence is required for the case then Italy can be asked to produce. Italy can be asked that India cannot accept their stand of not sending the marines. But government do lot of things in a 24 hrs time. It stops departure of the designated ambassador to Italy. That act is itself defeating the very purpose as he is the person in Rome who should interact with Italian authorities in this regard. Then the talk of downgrading the post. Mean while a red corner alert to hold Italian ambassador from escaping from India ! And the most funny thing the ambassador himself has told that he has no intention of leaving India unless he was declared persona non grata. It is insulting a country. When Italy told that they don't intent to send the marines back, the other countries must have thought that it was unethical of Italy to go back on their words. With India acting like Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland that India is governed by a bunch of nincompoops. They will be blaming India more than Italy now.