Such a stereotyping is unfortunate, but is quite understandable (though I don't know of any association of violence with Dalits). But the stereotyping is about 'terrorism', not violence in any form - violence, especially goonda violence, reminds one of the 'bhaiyya log' of UP than anything else. There was a time when 'terrorism' was equated with 'Sikh', in India that is. At this point in time, the foremost proponents of terrorism as a strategy are the Islamists. Not only that, only Islamist organizations like al Quaeda have the capability to strike any target of their choice across the globe. They are the ones that get more press, simply because they are the most active. Among Islamist organizations, terror is more associated with al Qaueda and the LeT than some other obscure outfit. Same goes for the Maoists.
Best regards, Murali. > But the question here I was trying to address was the stereo typing; > violence = naxals or muslims or dalits. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. - Joseph Stalin To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. We must create the pedagogy of the paredon (The Wall)! - Che Guevara -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
