Dear Sunila, You write: "Gujarat is not the first time that rioteers have been treated with inaction or even helped by the police & the Govt. During the Sikh riots after Indira Gandhi's death, Union Ministers from the Congress were publicly
on the street inciting rioteers and pointing out Sikh localities, houses and women and children. And similarly during the Bhiwandi riots the police were accused of ignoring the plights of the Muslims and even helping the rioteers." I agree with you: wherever governments and the police abet murder, citizens should raise a hue and cry. Certainly so with the Gujarat reaction to Godhra. Those who are not against such murderous failure of government are for it. I think you are against such failure of government, in which case I agree strongly with you. You also write: "It's time for the walls built by orgnaised religion to be broken down so that we have some peace in this world." That statement can be tested against the evidence. The following "Top 15" table of estimated unnatural deaths is compiled by Mathew White, from extensive sources listed at his website. (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm ) Death Toll Cause 50 million Second World War 47 million Mao Zedong 40 million Mongol Conquests 25 million Manchu Conquest 20 million Taiping Rebellion 20 million Anihilation of the American Indians 20 million Iosif Stalin 18 million Atlantic Slave Trade 17 million Timur 15 million First World War 9 million Russian Civil War 9 million Thuggee 7 million Thirty Years War 5 million Congo Free State 3 million Chinese Civil War I cannot decide, on the basis of this evidence, whether the presence or absence of organized religion is associated with large-scale violence and death. My neighbour, an elderly Christian widow, is quite fond of organized religion: I shall not dissuade her just yet. Regards, Joel Almeida __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
