03-08-2006, 11:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-LSrini+Mar 8 2006, 11:56 AM-->QUOTE(LSrini @ Mar 8 2006, 11:56 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Like vultures to a dead body, BJP is right on top of the varanasi blasts to take advantage of the deaths.  This is the sorry state of hindus in india. I talked to some of my friends in india. They are definitely outraged by the blast, but are now concerned that BJP would communalise the issue by trying to take political advantage.
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I have been critical of BJP many times in the past but the above line of criticism bothers me. What the heck does "communalise the issue" mean ? Brother the issue is already communal - if you havent noticed already, a hindu temple was attacked. If symbolism has any place in a terrorist thought process, this entire attack was "communal" from the start. We can pretend it isnt, but not for long. We can even pretend that by not bothering about the bloodshed (no matter how gory it gets) we might actually "win" something because reacting to such insane acts is "what the terrorists want". But for how long ?
Mudy
Those photos are unbelievable. There is another way to look at this. So much bloodshed and not even 1/10th the size of that crowd can be assembled - shows the apathetic lot of hindus. Whats more you will even find hindus who say "this is actually our strength" or something.
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I have been critical of BJP many times in the past but the above line of criticism bothers me. What the heck does "communalise the issue" mean ? Brother the issue is already communal - if you havent noticed already, a hindu temple was attacked. If symbolism has any place in a terrorist thought process, this entire attack was "communal" from the start. We can pretend it isnt, but not for long. We can even pretend that by not bothering about the bloodshed (no matter how gory it gets) we might actually "win" something because reacting to such insane acts is "what the terrorists want". But for how long ?
Mudy
Those photos are unbelievable. There is another way to look at this. So much bloodshed and not even 1/10th the size of that crowd can be assembled - shows the apathetic lot of hindus. Whats more you will even find hindus who say "this is actually our strength" or something.