tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post8155202664213206146..comments2024-03-06T13:50:29.718+05:30Comments on E's flat, ah's flat too: More blastsRahul Siddharthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-86336533951602574952008-09-23T01:21:00.000+05:302008-09-23T01:21:00.000+05:30Are you sure something prevents this? I think wha...Are you sure something prevents this? I think what has been happening in Orissa and Karnataka is every bit as bad, or worse, than what happened in Delhi. I did not predict "disaster". I predicted not-nice things like what happened in Delhi. <BR/><BR/>Of course, one does not actually need the internet to spread hatred and rumours (and indeed I'm not sue how much the internet contributed to anti-Christian violence), but it helps. My original point was that injustice or perceived injustice drives relatively normal people into the hands of bigots. (Look how many terrorists turn out to be well-educated, with good jobs, etc. True of the naxalites too.) My allied point in my comment above was that bigotry is reinforced by the grouping together of bigots (the internet is not the only medium but it has made things much easier).Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-42014126081585215282008-09-23T00:40:00.000+05:302008-09-23T00:40:00.000+05:30Good point Rahul. One could extend then, the same...Good point Rahul. One could extend then, the same internet logic to the majority population in India, with the same radicalisation partition function, and it would spell disaster for all minorities. However, something prevents this. The same thing that prevents the minority uprisings. The radical elements on both sides must be controlled and disallowed from reinforcing each other to the point where there is a transition to the violence phase, with long range disorder.AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-67230650439601182962008-09-22T22:08:00.000+05:302008-09-22T22:08:00.000+05:30AMOK - the radioactive elements of the earth's cru...AMOK - the radioactive elements of the earth's crust can't use the internet to contact each other and get together. If they could, I wouldn't rule out an explosion.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-15424873948866169942008-09-22T19:40:00.000+05:302008-09-22T19:40:00.000+05:30Thanks for speaking out, Rahul. The continued viol...Thanks for speaking out, Rahul. The continued violence is very sad. The thought about "200 million muslims.." etc could well apply, if the following were also true: "A fraction of the earth's crust is made of radioactive materials, therefore a nuclear explosion could happen". It's a vacuous statement. However, you are right in observing that demonising any community is silly and only feeds the fringe.AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-90894654821260642812008-09-19T14:44:00.000+05:302008-09-19T14:44:00.000+05:30Say there are about 200 million Muslims in India. ...Say there are about 200 million Muslims in India. You alienate 10% of them, that's 20 million. 1% of the alienated ones become radicalised, that's 200,000. 1% of those are sufficiently radicalised to throw bombs, that's 2,000. Not nice.)<BR/>-----Islamophobia<BR/><BR/>Why isn't everyone agreed that what has been happening recently in Orissa is also terrorism?<BR/>-----HindumaniaUnique Perceptionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000853186571723182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-36765682683849390952008-09-14T19:16:00.000+05:302008-09-14T19:16:00.000+05:30this is what i'm afraid of: the calls for pota hav...this is what i'm afraid of: the calls for pota have already begun and modi is all triumphant with hi 'i told you so'.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-48702990327565661172008-09-14T17:44:00.000+05:302008-09-14T17:44:00.000+05:30km -- well, TADA (the predecessor of POTA) was ena...km -- well, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TADA" REL="nofollow">TADA</A> (the predecessor of POTA) was enacted at that time. Of course the bombings did not end because of it, but try telling our wingnuts that.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-58378679835826744282008-09-14T17:41:00.000+05:302008-09-14T17:41:00.000+05:30Some of us probably still remember the wave of tra...Some of us probably still remember the wave of transistor-radio bombings in Delhi in the 1980s. That was a scary period and this feels like a return to that period.<BR/><BR/>But unlike that period (in which the bombings were restricted to the Delhi/Chandigarh/Punjab area) the attacks are now spread over a larger area and are also made more visible by television. I wonder if this will make more citizens openly challenge their government's ability to protect them.<BR/><BR/>One hopes the government doesn't respond with a POTA/Patriot Act-like law. After all, the bombings in the 1980s did not end because of a new law.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.com