I agree with Umesh. It clearly said all Assamese
people . You cannot paint a whole community in black
just because of some bad apples. With this logic,
Bengalis are to be blamed because of Nandigram,
Gujratis for Gujrat riot, Americans for Iraq and so
on
The incident does not have anything to do with
Chauvinism (assamese or otherwise) . It is a criminal
act. . I see some amount of chauvinism though when
people try to cover it up with absurd arguments or try
to paint the criminal in regional colors.
But as we see, the Assamese community by and large
has condemned the incident.
Probably the most chauvinistic are the people who are
passing such absurd comments ... painting a whole
community in black
>>You read it wrong. You should say "those who are NOT
Assamese should not take offense" --because it accuses
all Assamese people.
>>Umesh
>>Waliulllah Ahmed Laskar <wlllhlaskar at yahoo.com>
wrote: Dear Group
Members,
>> Thanks a lot to Umesh and Mukul for posting
comments on the statement
>> of BHRPC. The objection raised by them are serious.
But I think in the
>> statement there is nothing to object because the
statement does not
>> accuse any people considering their creed, caste,
religion, language
>> or place of birth. It just attacked the chauvinist
mind set of the
>> Assamese people. So who are not chauvinists should
not take offense.
Regards
Wali Laskar
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