08-09-2005, 08:00 PM
abhishek,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I thought we were discussing gujrat riots. Anyways I can be banned. Please go ahead and do that. It will be an easier option.
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The easier option is the one you've already taken â something akin to searching for a lost wallet on a lit street because thereâs no light on the street where you lost it.
You want to discuss Gujarat riots, fine. Mind you it's Gujarat - not Gujrat which I believe is the way Pakis spell and I hope you arenât one (else Iâm wasting my time).
So what do you know about Gujarat riots? Yes there was one in Feb 2002 which erupted in Godhara after about 58+ train passengers were burnt alive and a mob prevented any attempts to rescue them. Your bhasans about Modi are fine and dandy, but what about the communal riots in that very same Godhara in 1947, 52, 59, 61, 65, 67, 72, 74, 80, 83, 89 and 90? Was Modi around then too? What about the riots in '69 where more than 1000+ were killed when Hitendra Desai of Cong was the CM? Who's going to pick up the tab over 200 incidents communal flare up in 80s when there was a power struggle amongst Congress ruled CMs like Solanki, Amarsingh etc? Mind you I'm not picking on any particular community here since all listed names so far are Hindu. Just trying to figure out if one particular CM is any better or less than the other in Gujarat.
Frankly, I agree with you that we shouldn't be splitting hair over 700+ dead or 2000+ dead because even death of one Indian is a death too many. However, donât you think itâs a bit disingenuous of you to deliberately turn a blind eye towards couple thousands of dead in over hundred plus riots in this very same state of Gujarat and with a straight face talk about dead in one riot when Modi ruled the state?
If you want to discuss, please bring fresh prespective to table and have a open mind to discuss all issues in totality. Not the only ones that fit your argument which gets repeated ad nauseum like a stuck record-needle. There's a dime a dozen secular hoot and scoot artists that have stopped by this forum over years with their holier-than-thou advise, hopefully you'll have stay around bring some persuasive arguments to the table as to why one should view one death in Gujarat any different than the other.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I thought we were discussing gujrat riots. Anyways I can be banned. Please go ahead and do that. It will be an easier option.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The easier option is the one you've already taken â something akin to searching for a lost wallet on a lit street because thereâs no light on the street where you lost it.
You want to discuss Gujarat riots, fine. Mind you it's Gujarat - not Gujrat which I believe is the way Pakis spell and I hope you arenât one (else Iâm wasting my time).
So what do you know about Gujarat riots? Yes there was one in Feb 2002 which erupted in Godhara after about 58+ train passengers were burnt alive and a mob prevented any attempts to rescue them. Your bhasans about Modi are fine and dandy, but what about the communal riots in that very same Godhara in 1947, 52, 59, 61, 65, 67, 72, 74, 80, 83, 89 and 90? Was Modi around then too? What about the riots in '69 where more than 1000+ were killed when Hitendra Desai of Cong was the CM? Who's going to pick up the tab over 200 incidents communal flare up in 80s when there was a power struggle amongst Congress ruled CMs like Solanki, Amarsingh etc? Mind you I'm not picking on any particular community here since all listed names so far are Hindu. Just trying to figure out if one particular CM is any better or less than the other in Gujarat.
Frankly, I agree with you that we shouldn't be splitting hair over 700+ dead or 2000+ dead because even death of one Indian is a death too many. However, donât you think itâs a bit disingenuous of you to deliberately turn a blind eye towards couple thousands of dead in over hundred plus riots in this very same state of Gujarat and with a straight face talk about dead in one riot when Modi ruled the state?
If you want to discuss, please bring fresh prespective to table and have a open mind to discuss all issues in totality. Not the only ones that fit your argument which gets repeated ad nauseum like a stuck record-needle. There's a dime a dozen secular hoot and scoot artists that have stopped by this forum over years with their holier-than-thou advise, hopefully you'll have stay around bring some persuasive arguments to the table as to why one should view one death in Gujarat any different than the other.