Thank you, Mr. Santosh, for this; it confirms what I had surmised over past year or so, from reading those interminable CSF rants, some of them appearing unsolicited, sent directly to my in-box.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]>wrote: > I would like to correct the falsehoods being spread in the following post > regarding what I have said about the so-called Catholic-Christian Secular > Forum (CSF). I have stated that the said forum is not a secular forum at > all, and have told you why this is the case. I have also affirmed that the > said forum is a medieval religious chauvinistic organization just like the > Hindu Janajagruti Samiti in the following respects: > > 1. It has issued a threat and launched a hate propaganda campaign against > an author who has written a fictional novel that it finds objectionable > from its own parochial religious point of view. > > 2. It has issued a threat, launched a hate propaganda campaign and filed > criminal charges under an outdated blasphemy law against a private citizen > who exposed a fake miracle, and outspokenly expressed his constitutionally > protected opinion on TV in a secular democracy. > > 3. It has persistently carried out inwardly focused religious propaganda > campaigns creating the false impression that there is widespread > persecution of its religion and religious institution in India under a > website named "persecutedchurch.info". > > Regarding the fate of Edamaruku, it is clear that the CSF is engaged in > persecution of a private individual for merely expressing his opinion in > public, by inciting public outrage and hatred against him through mass > emails to members of its religious community, and by demanding criminal > prosecution under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code of 1860. The > accusatory mass email forwarded in the post below also shows a blatant > emotional appeal to visceral religious outrage against one private citizen > of India, as well as a confused promotion of a miraculous explanation by > resorting to an absurd denial of the well known physical phenomenon of > capillary action, and the existence of a closed sewage water drainage > gutter. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> > > To: goanet <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:58 AM > > Subject: [Goanet] Reason under fire in India > > > > Santosh’s postings on this subject have now become very predictable and > > boring. He will pick on a minor issue, distort it, and then mislead, > > misrepresent and obfuscate the whole matter. > > > > ** ** > > > > I have gone through the newspaper report as well as the CSF newsletter > and > > I have the following observations / comments:**** > > > > **1. **Santosh’s comparison of the CSF with the HJS is both odious > and > > dubious. The HJS has been allegedly engaged in terrorist activities and > is > > under the scrutiny of the National Security Forces. A ban on the > > organisation has been recommended by the NIA as well as the Maharashtra > > Govt and is awaiting Central government approval. The CSF in comparison > is > > a reputed organisation and enjoys the respect of leaders of the nation > like > > the President and Vice President of India, the PM and his cabinet > > colleagues besides state governments and other bodies like the Minorities > > Commission, Human Rights Commission etc. Santosh apparently believes like > > Goebbels that if he repeats a falsehood a hundred times, soon people will > > start believing it as the truth. > > >
