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Dear Moderator,
Kindly discard the earlier posting on this subject as one of the links was
incomplete. Please post this one. Thanks.
Regards,
Marshall
' Everybody knows what an extremist response would be, whether it be Hindutva
or Christianist. Of course, there are people who believe that the latter are
better than the former, or vice versa. Also, the original comment belies the
common experience that retaliation is the basis of most wars and judicial
systems, irrespective of the religious affiliation of the war makers and
juries.Cheers,Santosh
The issue is do we condone or condemn all such violence. Or do we take the
stance that it happens all the time, it is inevitable, and simply brush it off
as we are not personally affected. Or do we attempt to light a candle in this
darkness by adding our sane voice to drown the insane voices.
Secondly, I make a distinction between Hindutva as an ideology similar to
fascism and nazism as opposed to Hinduism as a religion. Hindutva is an
ideology of comparitively recent origin having been founded sometime in the
1930's. The principles are clearly expounded in the books written by RSS Chief
Golwalkar, 'We or our Nationhood Defined' and 'Bunch of Thoughts'. One can
easily trace a pattern in the violence to the ideas propounded in these books.
I am aware of the SC ruling on hindutva. This ruling was severely criticised by
leading jurists. However, please read what Justice A N Verma who delivered the
judgement had to say subsequently.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/02/06/stories/2003020603641100.htm
Also a critique on Justice Verma
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0402/142.html
Further a very important and vital point in the Orissa violence was that it was
not a case of retaliation but pure aggression.
Regards
Marshall
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