Indeed, in a country with such extreme reverence for faith, it would seem only natural to put constitutional power in the hands of an unaccountable, unethical and backward institution like the monarchy.
The school in question, Colaiste Eoin in Dublin, has been lambasted as a backward institution.
Both the government and society expected a new system, culture and discourse to replace thousands--year-old and backward feudal institutions, ideas and cultures.
Following the release of the film, another social outcry was against the introduction of reservations for socially backward classes in educational institutions.
Likewise, it would be backward to insure depository institutions before knowing what kind of system we want to insure.
Too traditional, they argued, a backward decision for an institution known for producing the progressive architects of tomorrow.
Maybe it is because it is the same forward and backward, perfect in an institution that seems to go backward as much as forward.
While a documentary emerging out of the United States addressing arranged marriages in India runs the risk of being a product of a Western gaze that dismisses the social institution as "backward", "oppressive" and "regressive", A Suitable Girl actually looks into the nuances of the way things function vis-a-vis arranged marriages and personal freedom.
Despite the obstacles of backward attitudes and stubbornly discriminatory institutions, the hardnosed Southerner was able to deliver more on the civil rights agenda than his predecessor, President John F. Kennedy, an Irish Catholic from Massachusetts, ever could have done.
Australia will show that pride in one's nation, love of one's country, do not have to be articulated by a backward-looking obsession with outdated institutions; it can be demonstrated loud and clear, around the world, by taking a strong and bold step toward a more democratic and forward-looking society.
