Comments on: To Forgive is Divine

By: Mini

Mini — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:27:21 +0000

Anna, Please don’t apologize. Your post was very thougtful (as was the title). Most of the comments were insightful, but I just felt compelled to say something about the downward spiral of it all… and since I am certainly not an advocate of censorship, to have a vibrant site with dialogue back and forth as you do, requires all of us to tolerate the good, the bad, and infuriating. I don’t read the blog daily, but when I do I always enjoy it. Keep up the good work!

I think it’s sad that SepiaMutiny has lost “Watanabe.” Yours was an important and interesting perspective. You should reconsider. People with actual insight are needed to respond to the moronic….

By: watanabe

watanabe — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:07:15 +0000

I’ve resisted the urge to comment on this thread for a similar reason, as it seemed to inspire nothing in me but the nihilistic rush of reflexive name calling. I’m mixed, my mother is Indian, my dad African, and I grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. And trust me, I’ve got no shame in calling some of my black bretheren animals. Yeah Sandeep Gay, and your imaginary friend gc, I read Roots too…and a bit of James Baldwin for good measure. After reading the crap on this thread, I realized what a waste of time and energy this whole blogging thing is. Just a bunch of egos running their predictable course, projecting solipsistic histrionics under the guise of contributing to some greater democratic good. So fuck yÂ’all. Sepia Mutiny, you can delete this shit, and IÂ’ll post my address if you want to suck my dick as well. On second thought, fuck that. IÂ’m out to do some real shit and lead a real life, like that poor cat who got popped was probably trying to do. The fact that I will not be missed is the only redeeming quality of blogging(trolling?) on this site.

By: Sandeep A.

Sandeep A. — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:45:30 +0000

Sigh Fine, I'm sorry. It was a rather careless statement on my part and I didn't fully understand the meaning of the entry. To kill a man while he's praying is a cruel and heartless act. Akhil certainly will be mourned.

By: Kumar

Kumar — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:53:40 +0000

Hmm, it's a bit amusing to run across another 'Kumar' on this blog, especially one whose ideology is orthogonal to mine. But welcome, anyway !

Kumar

By: A N N A

A N N A — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:54:18 +0000

Mini,

I am so sorry that these comments upset you. I never meant for this post to inspire a heated debate on crime, racism or anything else for that matter. I just wanted to remember a life worth emulating, which was taken too soon and too senselessly. Again, my apologies. I wish the dialogue were different, too.

By: Sal

Sal — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:56:06 +0000

Slug has (goo)ed this site.

By: mini

mini — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:23:57 +0000

sorry- I read ALL those posts at once and it made me a litte crazy. (I wasn’t responding to the last post).I guess my point is that by all accounts Akhil was a peace loving, open minded person and I wish that this dialogue that has resulted from the news about his death and the suspect was more thoughtful and positive in nature.

By: Mini

Mini — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:55:34 +0000

I’m sorry, but some of these comments are making me ill. I am an Indian American who lives in Houston and who works with a predominantly black and latino low income community organization. Some of the statements being made are total garbage-maybe some of you aren’t racist, just ignorant. I did not know Akhil personally, but I know many people who did. I don’t think he’d find this a suitable tribute or be comforted by the fact that his death led to a discussion of why black people are pre-disposed to violent crime….. tomorrow is Houston’s annual Janmashtami celebration. Akhil will be missed terribly by his friends, family, and community….

By: RC

RC — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 00:08:25 +0000

I remember that “Saaransh” scene about ashes. It was amazing performance by both Anupam Kher (this role practically made his career) and even Akash Khurana, who played the govt. employee in that scene.

By: Christopher John

Christopher John — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:37:24 +0000

I reread this and it made me remember a play by Euripides called the Trojan Women. Like the wiki entry says it is often considered a commentary on the capture of the Aegean island of Melos by the Athenians earlier in 415 BC (see Milos), the same year the play premiered. But more than that it's a commentary on the nature of man and war. That no matter what both the victim and victor both eventually lose.

Hello Sluggo,

You might be interested to know that the theme of Simone Weil's great essay on Homer's Iliad (The Poem of Force)is very close to this. Weil surveys Homer's war and concludes that all at the scene of battle are prey to power and force. All are degraded: whether strong or weak, free or slave, living or dead.

And thus a terrible murder happens and all in the community suffer.

(I'm not sure if this is the place for intellectual comment. But perhaps in a future reflective effort, a reader might turn to this great essay and find something valuable in it.)