heh! I s h o u d n o t take t h e ... b a i t.... On 12/16/08, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > Eugen Leitl wrote, [on 12/15/2008 6:05 PM]: > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/12/mumbai-arundhati-roy/print > > > This is interesting: > > http://greatbong.net/2008/12/16/the-algebra-of-infinite-fundamentalism/ > > Udhay >
Thanks udhay, for that link. I read both articles and am so so so gratified that the great bong himself has bonged about Ms Roy. That said, in spite of her cute lies, twisting of reality out of shape, outright multiple standards (believe me, mere double standards are okay with me), I still thought, she would check the facts or myths or metaphors at least when they are away and far removed from the context of India. Or for that matter, at least her yenglis is good... but sadly Ms Roy has failed on thse two affronts too. 1. '' Having wired up these Frankensteins and released them into the world, the US expected it could rein them in like pet mastiffs whenever it wanted to." Obviously the lady with the lumpen, has not read the offending book by Mary Shelley too. In the novel, it is Victor Frankenstein who 'creates' the monster - and if my memory proves correct the monster is only referred to as 'the creature' throughout the novel. So it is Herr Frankenstein who wired up a monster and released it into the world. The lady has simply gone by what someone else has told her (probably) about the creature. A sad case. 2. "operatives working not just on both sides of the India-Pakistan border, but in several countries simultaneously." Simultaneously? my foot. It should be concurrently. She probably would better in her mother tongue. At least, I am. There are so many other things that make me happily whimper and weep about Ms Roy, but gotta go cook lunch... Peace. ramjee. I am almost sure she thinks genocide
