03-17-2005, 08:56 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Rewind the cassette till Madrid blast where 12 million Spaniards flocked the streets -- almost a quarter of a Spain's population out on the roads, within fortnight the government at center got changed - Aznar out, Zappata in.
Now pit above scenario against Bombay bomb blast, which killed and wounded more humans than Madrid, and judge for yourself what transpired thereafter - Nada, nothing, fickle minded we must be, if not unpatriotic.
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There's another side to this Keshto that we'd never want the nation's destiny to be swayed by one terrorist attack. I you recall, Spain was in middle of elections when the train bombing just swayed the results from one party to another.
I don't remember who, but someone (B Raman?) had mentioned that such publicity around terrorist incidents is oxygen that terrorists crave for and every effort should be made to deny the kind of publicity these creeps seek. The flip side of this is that nation can become indifferent and callous to the death of fellow citizens. I think the very next day after the Gateway of India blasts in Mumbai, the hawkers and street artists were back selling their wares.
It is a double edged sword.
Now pit above scenario against Bombay bomb blast, which killed and wounded more humans than Madrid, and judge for yourself what transpired thereafter - Nada, nothing, fickle minded we must be, if not unpatriotic.
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There's another side to this Keshto that we'd never want the nation's destiny to be swayed by one terrorist attack. I you recall, Spain was in middle of elections when the train bombing just swayed the results from one party to another.
I don't remember who, but someone (B Raman?) had mentioned that such publicity around terrorist incidents is oxygen that terrorists crave for and every effort should be made to deny the kind of publicity these creeps seek. The flip side of this is that nation can become indifferent and callous to the death of fellow citizens. I think the very next day after the Gateway of India blasts in Mumbai, the hawkers and street artists were back selling their wares.
It is a double edged sword.