as long as nothing happend unlawful like in the case of postal bomb issue, why do we need to rush to call any simple or formal investigation by police as anti-muslim or anti-minority?
comparatively less serious incidents, which are not seriously violating individual freedoms, are almost ignorable Salim, I find your position as 'logical' and apolitical. Or, the politics behind it is limited by the 'rights' framework. It reminds me of the similar logic used to belittle Feminist moves to raise verbal abuse as sexual harrassment. People often tend to sideline such issues as attempt to blow things out of proportion. They belive it is nonissues as 'nothing serious happened". Also, suffocation/ insult experienced cannot be gauged from outside. What is the measure? It is easy [ as in cases of Lesbian suicides] to find any number reasons for a tragic occurrence if we refuse to take into consideration the symbolic violence implied in all spheres of life. Zizek in one of his footnotes foregrounds the logic behind this thus > > > -- Dileep Raj Tel: 09447316701 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
