Too Much Trust?
by Ramiah Ariya on Aug 24, 2007 01:25 AM
It is amazing to me that most of the guys commenting here curse our politicians all the time - but whenever a politician says "we will be a super power by 2020" or some such crass BS, these guys are ready to believe them. As long as you guys do not suffer, you are ready for huge highways that split villages; huge dams that violate our own laws. Medha LIVES with the adivasis and common people of the Narmada valley. Our governments can say anything that invokes power and prestige - huge dams that keep getting bigger; or a nuclear deal such as this. Look at the array of "brilliant" arguments here: nuclear energy saves us from global warming (it does not); that we will all have electricity if only this deal goes through (we won't);that we will have economic independence if only we agreed to this deal (we will actually have lesser independence). Going for this deal or going nuclear does not somehow make us a "super power". And it is not important to be a super power. It is the masterful spin of our upper class media that somehow makes this deal as a do-or-die situation for India. All that Medha is asking for is a debate.
