I have not read such an excellent article in years. Also, Mr. Srinivasa-Raghavan, did you know that the history of the whole Babri Masjid hatred goes back to 1860. It seems, Hindus and Muslims were worshipping together till then, when the British put a barricade for the Hindus and asked them NOT to worship beyond that point..
RE:Very, very insightful
by joe v on Dec 18, 2007 12:58 AM Permalink
Thats because now they're Muslims. those days they weren't. Its not that easy to convince them to convert back. You know that too..
RE:Very, very insightful
by Blade on Dec 18, 2007 01:03 AM Permalink
no one is enforcing any agenda on you....it is you who are thinking in a destructive manner and enforcing your agenda on others
RE:Very, very insightful
by joe v on Dec 18, 2007 01:06 AM Permalink
Not really. I'll tell you some statistics. India has 32 % muslim population - that is 32 crores of them. Now you can imagine what would happen if as you say, all of them are bad people. There are bad guys among them but hardly a few thousands among the entire 32 crores in India. they're the ones who do explosions and stuff. Now is it justifiable to kill the entire 32 crores of them for just these thousands? I doubt very much. And this is not just an issue with India, but one that now concerns the entire globe. these guys are the majority on earth. their population aamounting to 1/3rd of the entire population. However, aa few thousands - mebbe a few lakhs of them are nasty. Now unless we go back to the old ethnic clensing ways, our only choise as a civilized society is keep trying and pick the bad guys and not everyone who could be innocent.
RE:Very, very insightful
by joe v on Dec 18, 2007 01:25 AM Permalink
I heard its 30 % . maybe you're right about the figure there. And Pashupati before you start naming everyone as "Mulla" with that fowl language thats on display here, I'm very much a Hindu-Christian (Hindu Mom, Christian Dad) if you can define that.
Thats exactly what i'm saying. 30% innocent hindus,a nd many innocent muslims were killed. However, show me ONE, just ONE bad guy who got killed. They all went underground. At the end, why did so many people have to die??
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by Rupakshi on Dec 18, 2007 01:57 AM Permalink
If they are really 30%, Hindus particularly may pack up their bags and seek shelter somewhere else.
RE:Very, very insightful
by joe v on Dec 18, 2007 01:17 AM Permalink
It is 32 crores doing the math that 30 % of our population are them and we're a 105 crore populous country. Forget Ayodhya. All i'm saying is that you need to kill the dangerous guys with weapons and who have links with the desert countries and who place the explosives rather than kill every single person living in some poor slum simply because he/she is a muslim. Comon, what happened post Godra was just that. The real bad guys all went underground. the guys with explosives and stuff happily left the state. The average poor man trying to make his living in some slum got killed. Thats not Bravery! thats taking the easy way out. .
