Comments on: Cut, Kill, Burn: Tehelka Gujarat Exposé http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SM Intern http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174847 SM Intern Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:31:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174847 <p>Ok folks, I think it's time to wind this one up.</p> Ok folks, I think it’s time to wind this one up.

]]> By: nala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174846 nala Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:17:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174846 <p><B>aero</B> - I don't know if anyone on this thread has, but I have relatives who, when speaking of the Gujarat riots, say things along the lines of, "We need to show them [Muslims] that we won't just sit back," "What else did they expect?" "They had it coming to them" etc. I do think that this attitude is very un-Hindu (not to mention, abhorrent). But I <em>do</em> think there is something to be said for how some Hindus in India may feel with regards to the 'We need to show them that we won't just sit back and take it anymore' mentality, since the press does often ignore the killings of Hindus by Muslims (see <a href="http://hrw.org/reports/2002/india/India0402-04.htm">this </a>Human Rights Watch report). I don't think the answer to India's communalism problem can come by telling the majority population that they are to blame for everything -- it needs to come from all sides.</p> aero – I don’t know if anyone on this thread has, but I have relatives who, when speaking of the Gujarat riots, say things along the lines of, “We need to show them [Muslims] that we won’t just sit back,” “What else did they expect?” “They had it coming to them” etc. I do think that this attitude is very un-Hindu (not to mention, abhorrent). But I do think there is something to be said for how some Hindus in India may feel with regards to the ‘We need to show them that we won’t just sit back and take it anymore’ mentality, since the press does often ignore the killings of Hindus by Muslims (see this Human Rights Watch report). I don’t think the answer to India’s communalism problem can come by telling the majority population that they are to blame for everything — it needs to come from all sides.

]]> By: aero http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174843 aero Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:03:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174843 <p>Lakshmi:</p> <p>Can you show me one post where one Hindus here have condoned mass murder.</p> Lakshmi:

Can you show me one post where one Hindus here have condoned mass murder.

]]> By: being un-hindu http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174823 being un-hindu Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:19:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174823 <p>a lot of Hindus lost their heads thinking that way, literally</p> a lot of Hindus lost their heads thinking that way, literally

]]> By: Lakshmi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174821 Lakshmi Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:52:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174821 <p>Sorry I should've said un-Hindu (not non-Hindu) above</p> Sorry I should’ve said un-Hindu (not non-Hindu) above

]]> By: Lakshmi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174815 Lakshmi Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:10:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174815 <p>I am very saddened that so many Hindus who have posted here have taken (what I believe is) a very non-Hindu position. People who think that it is acceptable to engage in or condone mass murder have lost track of the very heart of Hinduism. As my dad always says, as a Hindu, "Ahimsa Parma Dharma" - non-violence is your duty.</p> <p>--Lakshmi_the_Agnostic</p> I am very saddened that so many Hindus who have posted here have taken (what I believe is) a very non-Hindu position. People who think that it is acceptable to engage in or condone mass murder have lost track of the very heart of Hinduism. As my dad always says, as a Hindu, “Ahimsa Parma Dharma” – non-violence is your duty.

–Lakshmi_the_Agnostic

]]> By: darth http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174782 darth Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:31:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174782 <p>Sakshi This whole communal thing was started, developed and refined by Congress. BJP/VHP are of recent origin and probably their raise is directly connected and areaction to to Congress appeasement of minorities, which if anything has gotten worse only.</p> <p>These messages have more info: -- 209,230,234</p> Sakshi This whole communal thing was started, developed and refined by Congress. BJP/VHP are of recent origin and probably their raise is directly connected and areaction to to Congress appeasement of minorities, which if anything has gotten worse only.

These messages have more info: — 209,230,234

]]> By: sakshi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174777 sakshi Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:37:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174777 <p>I was actually positive when the BJP rose to prominence: I had no love lost for the Congress, and I felt two strong parties at the Center would provide for greater accountability. But they have alternated between clowns and murderers for the past five years. Only the most hardened hindutvawadi can support them anymore.</p> I was actually positive when the BJP rose to prominence: I had no love lost for the Congress, and I felt two strong parties at the Center would provide for greater accountability. But they have alternated between clowns and murderers for the past five years. Only the most hardened hindutvawadi can support them anymore.

]]> By: sakshi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174776 sakshi Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:20:05 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174776 <blockquote>Are you saying Modi should not appeal to Hindus but Congress can appeal to Muslims and Christians?</blockquote> <p>No dude. Pander away. That is what politicians do: they pander. The BJP panders to the hindus, the Congress to others. Just be civilized about it. Don't use the state machinery to support mass murder, is all I am saying.</p> Are you saying Modi should not appeal to Hindus but Congress can appeal to Muslims and Christians?

No dude. Pander away. That is what politicians do: they pander. The BJP panders to the hindus, the Congress to others. Just be civilized about it. Don’t use the state machinery to support mass murder, is all I am saying.

]]> By: Chitta http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/25/cut_kill_burn_t/comment-page-6/#comment-174774 Chitta Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:28:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4812#comment-174774 <p>268: 190 was a sarcastic comment responding to 189.</p> 268: 190 was a sarcastic comment responding to 189.

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