I just try to make an off topic point , is it not quite interesting that even educated class like us simply give the statement like Modi theory of action-reaction theory ? By implicitly justifying riots by blaming train burning ?
My point is aggressive tactics are sometime required...extremism has its own merits and its own horrors...not specific godhra..
Shall we buy the same theory of terrorists who try to justify their act by blaming babri demolition , followed up riots all over India, Mumbai riots, Gujarat riots blah blah same action-reaction theory.
Buy whatever theory..bottom line is survival...
On terrorism, as on today what r their reasons, that is much debatable...but let me argue India's stand on this because that's where I see this from...
What are we doing? Nothing...we die and go back to living our life...Why can't India take a tough stand..either u die (which u anyways are dying) or u win..but u end a major portion of issues...
But instead, we smile and get slapped each time- be it international relations or be internal security...
The problem is that no step has ever been taken...
Peace process, negotiation is indeed the first step to take..but it comes with a time limit else it is seen as weakness...actually any tactic that doesn';t deliver has no impact , has no effect..
Case in point: the decision govt had to take after kandhar..that if hijacks happen, we will have to live with collateral damage..
( Now you may argue that's worng because u let people die..but i think someone needs to take a harsh steps to put an end to it...)
Case in point: Until people start teaching rapists lessons, it is not going down because the parliament is full of rapists.
( Fear needs to be instilled..)
Aggressive tactics are required at a certain threshold,
Someone or the other will always be ready to kill you, that's us humans...I am not saying justified or not we should let someone else kill us..NO...its a fight for survival and quest to control these antisocila activities...
So if someone threatens you..defensive tactics are not always the answer..ofcourse, the grey area is how far u can go...
Riots each time have ruined millions of people..too much devastation..and hasn't India seen enough of riots since independence...
Acknowledge another fact, that we the people are responsible for it...there has always been this undercurrent of mistrust...which has been exploited time and again...
So after a time you have to give in to the 'dialog' process..and take some strict actions against people who perpetuate this...laws that are actually implemented..but that is just not happening...so what do you do when the right effective methods are not an option..you end up relying on other tactics..
There is a reason why India can't , hasn't solved any security problem till date...
On topic rajiv gandhi is related to all this by igniting the Mandir-Masjid issue for his political benefit to counter then opposition , only thing is in this process he encouraged religious fanatics. I feel religious fanaticism is just like terrorism.
Example of same action reaction theory of terrorist , only in these action reaction ping pong ordinary human lost their life who have nothing to do with the issue. A simple song
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_p2A5Dzfc[/YOUTUBE]
no idea abt the song..can't play..but u r missing my point..its not an action/reaction theory..I am talking abt aggressive tactics..and if they are required...I think yes, sometimes they are..sometimes power of fear has more merits than power of love..
I am not supporting eye for an eye π .. i am just saying at times it is required..what happened in godhra..is all of it justified..NO...it wud hv never grown into this big a problem had those people been nabbed and punished adequately...but then how do u identify them..no one cud..there are a myriad questions..and deaths are always BAD..they are..ask whoever loses his/her family members...
BUT then, as on today..shud we keep reminding ourselves abt partition..and why pakistan happened..and refuse any relationship with UK?...shud we keep reminding ourselves of '93..and kick both allah and ram out of India?...shud we forget all the bloodshed that happened prior to independence..and how calculatta and bangladesh were bleeding? and abuse the leaders of those time..or maybe the priests from each community...
Should we not burn us ourselves alive for letting these religion based crimes continue in our society..?
NO rt?.. Neither are we doing any of this..we aren't...
So if u keep living the godhra kaan every now and then..no one can move on...
Hasn't BJP come in power before..was each instance accompanied with riots? NO..
Moreover, its not that BJP is better than COngress..far from it..
But the hour of the need is...we have no hope..if congress stays in power..soon enough if they continue with such large scale corruptions..the poverty would frustrate us ( enough crime rate already)...that riots will become an obvious consequence any which way..
Edited by enigmatic_zephy - 10 years ago
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