A predictable story. This is what people who work for the 'oppressed and downtrodden' are upto. We saw Mulayam and Lalu first, now it is the Behenji (and she was not even in power for the last three years!).
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Maya_grew_400_richer_in_3_years/articleshow/2152133.cms Now let me do some 'pre-emptive commenting'. I know the predictable responses: a) this is a typical middle class Hindu response (whatever that means) b) I am singling out Mayawati because she is a Dalit, ignoring much egregious corruption by upper caste people c) what if she is corrupt, she does something for the upliftment of Dalits and the poor. My responses to the above: I am not condoning corruption by anybody, the corruption and arrogance of the Brahmin (ironically presiding over an anti-Brahmin 'Dravidian' party) Jayalalithaa are much more reprehensible than anything Mayawati has done. My point is exactly about asymmetric comparison: don't treat Mayawati's corruption with kid gloves because she is a Dalit or said to work for the poor. About c) above, Jayalathiaa too did something for the people. 'Doing something for the people' is a weak defense for corruption, because, if you want to stay in public life in India, you will have to do certain minimum things as India is not Uganda. Best regards, Murali. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
