Did someone recently complain that the authorities were soft on Muslim fundamentalists in India? What the heck does the attached report sound like? Oh, I forgot! This is the backlash to the pampering of Muslims. Tsk, tsk, tsk!
According to the perspicacious Marlon, in a recent scathing response to Roland, calls for nipping this in the bud would be synaptic and immature. He thundered darkly, "Most individuals who have seen the video of the assault of the helpless woman would instinctively want immediate retribution, as is so obvious in Roland's synaptic response as well. This is obvious. Unlike him, I believe that Indian society is mature enough to deal with such transgressions. It will not happen right away, but it will happen. We must let justice take its course rather than feed the fires of communalism." Hasn't worked in 61 years, but, in India, everything takes time:-)) http://www.navhindtimes.com/story.php?story=2009021250 Excerpt: ONE can only marvel - if that's the word - at the breathtaking speed with which the Sangh Parivar has vitiated the social climate in state after state. Within months of taking power in Karnataka, it has unleashed savage repression and turned Mangalore into a Hindu Taliban bulwark, where women are attacked if they go to a bar, where Hindus must not mix with Muslims, and where there is no media freedom and free interaction among young men and women. The Sri Rama Sene led by Mr Pramod Mutalik has emerged as a menace. Karnataka has become the Gujarat of the South. [end of excerpt]
