*Mahesh Murthy* *writes:* To all the people who responded to my earlier post below with logic like, "I'm a Hindu, this is my country, we are in a majority, cows are sacred to us, so what's wrong with banning beef trade.??" Here is my response. First, sure, you might be a Hindu. But I am not. And neither are some 200 million people in India. So while it is your country, it is also my country and the country of these 200 million people too. So let's be clear, India is NOT a Hindu nation. It is a secular nation. Second, you may be in a majority, but so what? Apparently right-handers outnumber left-handers in India and according to some news today, married women outnumber married men in India. Does that mean we are a nation that has to only serve right-handed married women? Nope. Majority means nothing when it comes to personal rights and liberties. Third, sure, you consider the cow sacred and won't eat it. Well, I consider spinach sacred and won't eat it. But that doesn't mean I can stop you from eating spinach and you can stop me from eating cows. Why don't you worry about your diet, I'll worry about mine. Oh, and if you're some serious Hindu religious person, you should do a little research - you'll see that beef was eaten by Hindus for thousands of years. All this "*we-don't-eat-beef*" thing… is a much more modern political thing. It has little to do with facts, history or religion. Sure, you ARE entitled to your thoughts on what you want to or don't want to eat. But please don't give it some religious or historical significance because it has very little of either. Leave it for what it is… personal choice. Fourth, what was the reason for this legislation? Have you achieved anything good for anybody by stopping people, me included, from eating what we like? I don't deny you your dal-bhaat. Who are you to deny me my Kerala beef fry or beef burger? Fifth, is this what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected for? Of all the things that Maharashtra needs, apparently a ban on beef is more important and pressing than solving water, electricity and jobs problems? You guys got elected on a platform of making business easier and solving important problems. Why do you need to knee-jerk react to kiss up to the old RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) seniors from Nagpur – were they elected to run the state - or were you..??
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