Sai, you really make me sigh at Rediff with exasperation. You are always the first to write disparagingly of the "hawkish", "hardline" "Hindu right-wingers" blaming them for most ills. And now you're suddenly oscillating in the opposite direction, in one of your convenient mood-swings.
You remind me of the liberal left-wing US President in the Tom Clancy book "The Sum of All Fears" who is confronted by Jack Ryan. That president was pursuing naively liberal and dovish policies of appeasement, and when his country suffers a massive terrorist attack, he immediately wanted to nuke Qom.
I wish India had a Tom Clancy novelist to parody not just the stupidity of our dovish Neville Chamberlain politicians, but also ignorant weather-vane columnists like yourself.
RE:HYPOCRISY
by Parikshit on Jul 13, 2006 01:44 AM Permalink
I think you have a problem with Logic. Yes we want Peace, Yes we want Progress, and Yes we advocate these policies and profecies, but mind you these dont work with people who just look to harass for fun. These terrorists dont have a motto. I dont think you are dumb enough to overlook the fact that there was absolutely no reason for these bombings. These were just to spread some fear amongst the public, sit back and enjoy. In such cases, the only yardstick is canning the miscreants. I personally rever and love the profecies of mahatma Gandhi and his teaching and feel proud to discuss and debate about it, but at the same time Gandhi said that being a victim quietly is also equally wrong. Dont hurt anybody but dont let anybody hurt you. These people dont understand words, so let us make them understand in the language they understand.
