On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 10:14:35PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Nitin Garg wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 04:39:59PM -0700, Bill D. Casselberry wrote: > > > Nitin wrote: > > > > > > > > Doesnt always work. Did the US govt say that to sept 11 and move on ? > > That has nothing to do with the death of a lady who was incidental to > world politics. You are not thinking very clearly, Nitin.
It has if u bother to stop and think about what it was said in response to. You dont always let go of something which happens saying oh, its becuase of a heap of history. No one thinks bin laden was a victim and pushed into terrorism (well maybe his supporters do). You hold him RESPONSIBLE for what he did. You dont say well so and so things happened in his life which made him do so but otherwise he is good man. So you cant say hey she just happened to become queen and her ancestors did all the colonization. She continued it and by that endorsed it. Even though one is not responsible for what was done in past but one can become a party to it depending upon how you choose to react to it. Some do remember what your predecessors did and DO hold you responsible (you can say its shouldnt be so, but if it is, it is). Sept 11 wouldnt have happened if no one was like that. No one is going to land a plane in buckingham palace but some do hold its present and past inhabitants responsible for a lot (even if it was done passively). > > > > So while many may rightly feel loss at her death, there are others in > > the world who are, again rightly, not at all unhappy about her death. > > Only a mindless few. Even if they indeed are few and are mindless, they exist and exist in this world. Which is what i said to begin with. Not everyone is sad to see her die. Also this is a dangerous classification to make. For eg, I KNOW a fair fraction of indians dont like british in general (and british authorities in particular). With a population of over a billion, that is NOT FEW (Its more than the population of US itself if I extrapolate from fractions I know). Second, calling them "mindless" is only refusing to try to see WHY they might have such an opinion. And that is only inviting disasters in future (like sept 11 was). One may wipe out taliban once but what about 20yrs down the line when their children grow up remembering the bombs that destroyed their lives ? Its likely they will grow up hating a lot of things (of course its possible to do "something" to prevent/control this). - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
