--- Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > THE FACT IS THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE > SIKH RIOTS WERE FAR MORE GRUESOME AND HAD AMPLE > STATE PATRONAGE. > Mario asks: > I wonder what STATE that would be because the states of Punjab and Haryana and New Delhi which were the primary victims, were also the parties that confronted and subdued the rioters. > Vivek writes: > > 2. The documentary conveniently ignores the fact > that hindu dalits were also the target of violent > muslim mobs i many parts of gujarat. > Mario observes: > I did not read this in any of the news reports. > Vivek writes: > > 3.The MYTH being circulated is that the state police > did nothing. the FACT is that 254 rioteers were shot > dead by the state police and many more were injured. > > 4. For instance, the documentary claims that: > "Narendra Modi introduced 7/8th grade history > textbook that glorifies Hitler." etc. > > 5. There is wide coverage to the hate speech > delivered by hindu fundamentalists like Togadia and > others but the documentary is silent regarding the > vicious anti hindu uterances of fanatic muslims. > etc. > > 6.The inteviews are selectively carried out with > either muslims vctims or hindu suspects. It is > surprising that rakesh dint find any single muslim > exremist or a hindu victim of communal riots etc. > > 7. Finaly the name "Final Solution" itself is very > interesting. etc. > Mario observes: > Vivek, There may be a business opportunity in producing another documentary highlighting your objections to this one. Contact M. Night Shyamalan, the hottest producer/director in Hollywood and an ABCD, immediately. You may have a blockbuster in your future. > Vivek writes: > > The name is chosen to pander to western audiences > for whom it has a far darker connotation (it implies > violence as a part of government policy) with what > happened in Gujrat. > Mario observes: > Though the murders may not have been "conceived" at the state level or national level [I assume you mean by the BJP] which would be criminal acts, I believe the accusation was that there was tacit support for the rioters, or at least an initial luke warm response to the rioters at the state level. The investigations showed that, based on which Narendra Modi was refused a visa by the US. Am I wrong? > Vivek writes: > > Some peope would like everybody to believe that I > have a vested interest in "protecting" the rioteers. > many many people on Goanet use synonyms (some even > confess to doing that openly) yet some people here > would like to portray me as someone who creates > "smoke screen" and "red herrings" because i just > use a first name. > Mario observes: > Vivek, while I have focused on what you write on Goanet, and not on whom you may happen to be - you may be Elisabeth in wolf's clothing for all I know:-)) - you must admit that it is disconcerting for the rest of us to communicate with a ghost. This also applies to everyone else on Goanet who hides behind a nom de plume and/or multiple personalities. > Vivek writes: > > I also happened to talk to many of my gujarati > friends. They admit that wht happened in Gujarat was > bad but yet they are also convinced that vested > interests have started spreading canards about > gujratis in general. > Mario observes: > I don't think the Gujaratis in the US distinguished themselves either with their public responses to the riots or their pathetic Narendra Modi sycophancy after he was refused a US visa based on his alleged complicity in official investigative reports. > Vivek writes: > > Why would the gujratis who are essentialy a > pragmatic business community who know better than > anyone else that economic growth is the first > casualty of riots would so actively support > narendra Modi? > Mario observes: > An honest answer to this question by me in a public forum would probably singe your hair and that of the many Gujaratis who openly and publicly supported Narendra Modi, and still do. Their Indian-American cousins, virtually all of whom are business people, are still pissing and moaning about the US visa refusal and continue to try to get him a visa to be a guest at their national convention in the US. >
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