I think Marshall Mendonza has won this debate. I surrender. He is right. I am a liar. He has thoroughly exposed me and my lies. He has proved that I have justified the violence against Christians. What else? He has clearly demonstrated that I am a Hindutva sympathizer, and an apologist for the Sangh Parivar.
The master stroke was his copying and pasting today's Times of India editorial comment. That clearly nailed me. The best part was his brilliant move to mark in bold relevant words and sentences. What can I say? Checkmate! I prostrate myself at his feet, as we RSS bootlickers do. Cheers, Santosh P.S. BTW, I forgot to mention that one should not underestimate the moral boost provided by Nasci Caldeira in this knockout victory of Marshall Mendonza against a supporter of Hindu extremists, even though I am not a vegetarian, eating meals prepared in the lowly primitive Indian way. --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Santosh Helekar: > I absolutely do see a denial because Marshall did not > mention that the swami > was murdered, and the violence started in retaliation for > that murder, as > all mainstream media outlets reported. > > Response: > Pl refer to below post > "Communal fires continue to rage in Orissa's Kandhamal > district with reports > of more homes and prayer houses being burnt by those > protesting last week's > murder of a Hindu leader, an official said on Tuesday. > The communal violence erupted on the evening of Aug 23, > when Swami > Laxmanananda Saraswati, a member of the Vishwa Hindu > Parishad's (VHP) > central advisory committee, and four others were killed by > suspected Maoist > guerrillas at his Jalespata ashram in Kandhamal." > http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2008-September/author&post_id=166078 > > The lies of Santosh stand exposed. > > The dotor is badly in need of more crutches of others to > bolster his > arguments. > > Interestingly, today's editorial in Times of India will > further expose > Santosh's stand on the violence. I have marked in bold > relevant words and > sentences. > > Breaking Point > > The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has been one of the BJP's longest > standing > state-level allies. It has also been one of the NDA's most > reliable pillars. > > > > > Yet, on Saturday, its leader Naveen Patnaik came up with a > seat-sharing > offer the BJP could not but refuse. The BJP stormed out of > Orissa's > coalition > government<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/EDITORIAL-COMMENT--Breaking-Point/articleshow/4246498.cms>in > retaliation. According to CPM bigwig Prakash Karat, events > in Orissa > make > for a political "game-changer". For one, the Left appears > keen on making > state-level numbers stack up for the chief minister. For > another, it views > the BJD as a prize-catch for the third front-in-the-making. > What sits well > with it is the BJD's "secular" credentials, which Patnaik > is felt to have > reasserted by breaking with a party accused of winking at > the* anti-Christian > pogroms in Kandhamal.* > > Patnaik may well have taken a calculated gamble by shifting > from political > right to left. But his timing puts a question mark over his > motives. BJD-BJP > ties lasted 11 years, a Aperiod marked by anti-Christian > eruptions dating > back to the Graham Staines murder when Patnaik was a > central minister in the > NDA government in New Delhi. More recently, he was > criticised for continuing > to sup with the* BJP, which seemed to condone the Kandhamal > conflagration as > a supposed reaction to VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda's > killing.* By changing > tack on election eve on grounds of "winnability'', Patnaik > invites the > charge of political opportunism. > > The BJP, on its part, should see the limits to the politics > of exclusivism > and of manipulating religious sentiments. It clearly took > the BJD for > granted, pushing the wrong buttons by charging its own ally > of going slow in > the Laxmanananda case and going soft on proselytisers. As > in Gujarat, it > seemed to want to encash the sectarian polarisation sought > to be created by > saffron extremists like the VHP and Bajrang Dal. Whether in > Orissa or in > Karnataka, its proclaimed respect for social pluralism and > harmony has come > to be questioned, to the cost of its image. > > Pre-poll alignments are tested by post-poll arithmetic and > so aren't > reliable indicators of the kind of tectonic shift Karat has > spoken of. But > there's no denying the NDA has suffered a big blow. Its > prime ministerial > candidate L K Advani was hoping to keep the coalition > intact. As in the > past, that ambition stands dented. M Karunanidhi's and Ram > Vilas Paswan's > exit before the general > elections<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/EDITORIAL-COMMENT--Breaking-Point/articleshow/4246498.cms>in > 2004 cost the BJP. Later, the TDP's walkout robbed the NDA > of a major > regional ally. Today, the BJD has left the fold. The BJP > has prospered down > the years by partnering regional outfits playing football > with secularism. > But Orissa is proof such gains have a date of expiry > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/EDITORIAL-COMMENT--Breaking-Point/articleshow/4246498.cms > > > I think now that Santosh has been exposed, it is time to > move on before the > debate degenerates into abuse. > > Regards, > > Marshall >
