Is India Racist Society?.... especially the Hindus with their "caste" system? http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm nominal9
On Oct 1, 10:35 am, Pradeep Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > With some modifications this is the type of speech ( most of it holding > > good in our context) our PM could have or should have given to the > "eternally unhappy, much pampered Azadi seeking (yet not knowing/ specifying > "AZADI" from whom and what?) "stone pelting" so-called "misguided" Kashmiri > youth!> The much publicized 8 point programme of the Central > Government > > should have included the resettlement of "Kashmiri Pandits" too as part of > this programme--exactly like the Israeli PM has done!> If mere stone > pelting against security forces, perceived > > "discrimination" against Kashmiri youth and death of some 60 odd youths can > result in such violence forcing the Central Govt to react favorably to their > cause, by this weird logic, how much violence should the Kashmiri Pandits > resort to, for having been forced out of their homes, deprived of their > land, and forced to exist as refugees in their own land for two decades, > with a little more than lip-service being done to rehabilitate them by the > Kashmiri Muslim leadership? Remember, it denied even a small plot of land in > the valley for temporary use of Hindu pilgrims for their use during the > Amarnath pilgrimage but have no qualms in getting more than 4500 crores of > the same(mainly) Hindu tax payers money for HAJ {According to INDIA TODAY, > 29 Sep 2008 edition(Page-18} the subsidy is Rs 4500 Crores. “}> > What is the message being sent out? That only violence gets a > > response from this Govt for grievances? Dangerous trend !!> - Hide quoted > text - > > http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/09/24/1008134/netanyahus-u... > > >> Here's the full transcript of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech > > at the UN General Assembly Thursday, in which he responded to Iranian > President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial by holding up documentary > evidence, blasted the Goldstone Report and urged the international community > to stop Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons: > > >> Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, > > >> Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, > > an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their > ancestral homeland. > > >> I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and > > I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people. > > >> The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the > > horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of > such horrendous events. > > >> Nothing has undermined that central mission more than the systematic > > assault on the truth. Yesterday the President of Iran stood at this very > podium, spewing his latest anti-Semitic rants. Just a few days earlier, he > again claimed that the Holocaust is a lie. > > >> Last month, I went to a villa in a suburb of Berlin called Wannsee. > > There, on January 20, 1942, after a hearty meal, senior Nazi officials met > and decided how to exterminate the Jewish people. The detailed minutes of > that meeting have been preserved by successive German governments. Here is a > copy of those minutes, in which the Nazis issued precise instructions on how > to carry out the extermination of the Jews. Is this a lie? > > >> A day before I was in Wannsee, I was given in Berlin the original > > construction plans for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Those > plans are signed by Hitler’s deputy, Heinrich Himmler himself. Here is a > copy of the plans for Auschwitz-Birkenau, where one million Jews were > murdered. Is this too a lie? > > >> This June, President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp. Did > > President Obama pay tribute to a lie? > > >> And what of the Auschwitz survivors whose arms still bear the tattooed > > numbers branded on them by the Nazis? Are those tattoos a lie? One-third of > all Jews perished in the conflagration. Nearly every Jewish family was > affected, including my own. My wife's grandparents, her father’s two sisters > and three brothers, and all the aunts, uncles and cousins were all murdered > by the Nazis. Is that also a lie? > > >> Yesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. > > To those who refused to come here and to those who left this room in > protest, I commend you. You stood up for moral clarity and you brought honor > to your countries. > > >> But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of > > my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no > shame? Have you no decency? > > >> A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who > > denies that the murder of six million Jews took place and pledges to wipe > out the Jewish state. > > >> What a disgrace! What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations! > > Perhaps some of you think that this man and his odious regime threaten only > the Jews. You're wrong. > > >> History has shown us time and again that what starts with attacks on the > > Jews eventually ends up engulfing many others. > > >> This Iranian regime is fueled by an extreme fundamentalism that burst > > onto the world scene three decades ago after lying dormant for centuries. In > the past thirty years, this fanaticism has swept the globe with a murderous > violence and cold-blooded impartiality in its choice of victims. It has > callously slaughtered Moslems and Christians, Jews and Hindus, and many > others. Though it is comprised of different offshoots, the adherents of this > unforgiving creed seek to return humanity to medieval times. > > >> Wherever they can, they impose a backward regimented society where women, > > minorities, gays or anyone not deemed to be a true believer is brutally > subjugated. The struggle against this fanaticism does not pit faith against > faith nor civilization against civilization. > > >> It pits civilization against barbarism, the 21st century against the 9th > > century, those who sanctify life against those who glorify death. > > >> The primitivism of the 9th century ought to be no match for the progress > > of the 21st century. The allure of freedom, the power of technology, the > reach of communications should surely win the day. Ultimately, the past > cannot triumph over the future. And the future offers all nations > magnificent bounties of hope. The pace of progress is growing exponentially. > > >> It took us centuries to get from the printing press to the telephone, > > decades to get from the telephone to the personal computer, and only a few > years to get from the personal computer to the internet. > > >> What seemed impossible a few years ago is already outdated, and we can > > scarcely fathom the changes that are yet to come. We will crack the genetic > code. We will cure the incurable. We will lengthen our lives. We will find a > cheap alternative to fossil fuels and clean up the planet. > > >> I am proud that my country Israel is at the forefront of these advances – > > by leading innovations in science and technology, medicine and biology, > agriculture and water, energy and the environment. These innovations the > world over offer humanity a sunlit future of unimagined promise. > > >> But if the most primitive fanaticism can acquire the most deadly weapons, > > the march of history could be reversed for a time. And like the belated > victory over the Nazis, the forces of progress and freedom will prevail only > after an horrific toll of blood and fortune has been exacted from mankind. > That is why the greatest threat facing the world today is the marriage > between religious fanaticism and the weapons of mass destruction. > > >> The most urgent challenge facing this body is to prevent the tyrants of > > Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Are the member states of the United > Nations up to that challenge? Will the international community confront a > despotism that terrorizes its own people as they bravely stand up for > freedom? > > >> Will it take action against the dictators who stole an election in broad > > daylight and gunned down Iranian protesters who died in the streets choking > in their own blood? Will the international community thwart the world's most > pernicious sponsors and practitioners of terrorism? > > >> Above all, will the international community stop the terrorist regime of > > Iran from developing atomic weapons, thereby endangering the peace of the > entire world? > > >> The people of Iran are courageously standing up to this regime. People of > > goodwill around the world stand with them, as do the thousands who have been > protesting outside this hall. Will the United Nations stand by their side? > > >> Ladies and Gentlemen, > > >> The jury is still out on the United Nations, and recent signs are not > > encouraging. Rather than condemning the terrorists and their Iranian > patrons, some here have condemned their victims. That is exactly what a > recent UN report on Gaza did, falsely equating the terrorists with those > they targeted. > > >> For eight long years, Hamas fired from Gaza thousands of missiles, > > mortars and rockets on nearby Israeli cities. Year after year, as these > missiles were deliberately hurled at our civilians, not a single UN > resolution was passed condemning those criminal attacks. We heard nothing – > absolutely nothing – from the UN Human Rights Council, a misnamed > institution if there ever was one. > > >> In 2005, hoping to advance peace, Israel unilaterally withdrew from every > > inch of Gaza. It dismantled 21 settlements and uprooted over 8,000 Israelis. > We didn't get peace. Instead we got an Iranian backed terror base fifty > miles from Tel Aviv. Life in Israeli towns and cities next to Gaza became a > nightmare. You see, the Hamas rocket attacks not only continued, they > increased tenfold. Again, the UN was silent. > > >> Finally, after eight years of this unremitting assault, Israel was > > finally forced to respond. But how should we have responded? Well, there is > only one example in history of thousands of rockets being fired on a > country's civilian population. It happened when the Nazis rocketed British > cities during World War II. During that war, the allies leveled German > cities, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties. Israel chose to respond > differently. Faced with an enemy committing a double war crime of firing on > civilians while hiding behind civilians – Israel sought to conduct surgical > strikes against the rocket launchers. > > >> That was no easy task because the terrorists were firing missiles from > > homes and schools, using mosques as weapons depots and ferreting explosives > in ambulances. Israel, by contrast, tried to minimize casualties by urging > Palestinian civilians to vacate the targeted areas.>> We dropped countless > flyers over their homes, sent thousands of text > > messages and called thousands of cell phones asking people to leave. Never > has a country gone to such extraordinary lengths to remove the enemy's > civilian population from harm's way. > > >> Yet faced with such a clear case of aggressor and victim, who did the UN > > Human Rights Council decide to condemn? Israel. A democracy legitimately > defending itself against terror is morally hanged, drawn and quartered, and > given an unfair trial to boot. > > >> By these twisted standards, the UN Human Rights Council would have > > dragged Roosevelt and Churchill to the dock as war criminals. What a > perversion of truth. What a perversion of justice. > > >> Delegates of the United Nations, > > >> Will you accept this farce? > > >> Because if you do, the United Nations would revert to its darkest days, > > when the worst violators of human rights sat in judgment against the > law-abiding democracies, when Zionism was equated with racism and when an > automatic majority could declare that the earth is flat. > > >> If this body does not reject this report, it would send a message to > > terrorists everywhere: Terror pays; if you launch your attacks from densely > populated areas, you will win immunity. And in condemning Israel, this body > would also deal a mortal blow to peace. Here's why. > > >> When Israel left Gaza, many hoped that the missile attacks would stop. > > Others believed that at the very least, Israel would have international > legitimacy to exercise its right of self-defense. What legitimacy? What > self-defense? > > >> The same UN that cheered Israel as it left Gaza and promised to back our > > right of self-defense now accuses us –my people, my country - of war crimes? > And for what? For acting responsibly in self-defense. What a travesty! > > >> Israel justly defended itself against terror. This biased and unjust > > report is a clear-cut test for all governments. Will you stand with Israel > or will you stand with the terrorists? > > >> We must know the answer to that question now. Now and not later. Because > > if Israel is again asked to take more risks for peace, we must know today > that you will stand with us tomorrow. Only if we have the confidence that we > can defend ourselves can we take further risks for peace. > > >> Ladies and Gentlemen, > > >> All of Israel wants peace. > > >> Any time an Arab leader genuinely wanted peace with us, we made peace. We > > made peace with Egypt led by Anwar Sadat. We made peace with Jordan led by > King Hussein. And if the Palestinians truly want peace, I and my government, > and the people of Israel, will make peace. But we want a genuine peace, a > defensible peace, a permanent peace. In 1947, this body voted to establish > two states for two peoples – a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jews > accepted that resolution. The Arabs rejected it. > > >> We ask the Palestinians to finally do what they have refused to do for 62 > > years: Say yes to a Jewish state. Just as we are asked to recognize a > nation-state for the Palestinian people, the Palestinians must be asked to > recognize the nation state of the Jewish people. The Jewish people are not > foreign conquerors in the Land of Israel. This is the land of our > forefathers. > > >> Inscribed on the walls outside this building is the great Biblical vision > > of peace: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. They shall learn > war no more." These words were spoken by the Jewish prophet Isaiah 2,800 > years ago as he walked in my country, in my city, in the hills of Judea and > in the streets of Jerusalem. > > >> We are not strangers to this land. It is our homeland. As deeply > > connected as we are to this land, we recognize that the Palestinians also > live there and want a home of their own. We want to live side by side with > them, two free peoples living in peace, prosperity and dignity. > > >> But we must have security. The Palestinians should have all the powers to > > govern themselves except those handful of powers that could endanger Israel. > > >> That is why a Palestinian state must be effectively demilitarized. We > > don't want another Gaza, another Iranian backed terror base abutting > Jerusalem and perched on the hills a few kilometers from Tel Aviv. > > >> We want peace. > > >> I believe such a peace can be achieved. But only if we roll back the > > forces of terror, led by Iran, that seek to destroy peace, eliminate Israel > and overthrow the world order. The question facing the international > community is whether it is prepared to confront those forces or accommodate > them. > > >> Over seventy years ago, Winston Churchill lamented what he called the > > "confirmed unteachability of mankind," the unfortunate habit of civilized > societies to sleep until danger nearly overtakes them. > > >> Churchill bemoaned what he called the "want of foresight, the > > unwillingness to act when action will be simple and effective, the lack of > clear thinking, the confusion of counsel until emergency comes, until > self-preservation strikes its jarring gong.” > > >> I speak here today in the hope that Churchill's assessment of the > > "unteachibility of mankind" is for once proven wrong. > > >> I speak here today in the hope that we can learn from history -- that we > > can prevent danger in time. > > >> In the spirit of the timeless words spoken to Joshua over 3,000 years > > ago, let us be strong and of good courage. Let us confront this peril, > secure our future and, God willing, forge an enduring peace for generations > to come. > > >> ____________________ > > Israeli PM's speech & Kashmir issue ! -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
