Re: Fw: Jai Shivaji!

[Yazad Jal <yazad@ccsindia.org>]

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phadke wrote:

> Only cowards dis-own after being questioned. You should have had the guts
> Mr. Jal to own responsibility. Even if you have not written the piece, you
> chose to distribute it, and hence created your responsibility in the
> writing.

i agree with the main sentiment in the joke, that i why i forwarded it.
however, as you had the misconception that i had written it, i cleared
that point.  the platitude on cowards is rather childish. i did make my
intentions clear in my second email on the topic.


> Moreover, while criticism is always welcome, it has a wonderful method of
> exposing likes of you who are hollow, donot seem to have any credibility of
> your own, so you indulge in baseless criticism of other famous people with
> the sole attraction of gaining oblique satisfaction.

lighten up! it was a joke.

and if just a joke can lead to all this from you then your statement
"criticism is always welcome" sounds hollow to me. once again, the focus
was NOT a criticism of shivaji, but a critque of the fad of naming
everything after him. do you think politicians name things after shivaji
because they respect or honour his greatness? NO -- they do it to gain
political mileage. this political misuse of shivaji's name is what i am
against.

> To paint all leaders from Gandhi to Vajpayee with a single brush of
> pedastal-ness.......... is in poor taste by itself. Most importantly you
> have missed the very concept of democracy....... something which you claim
> to have a right into. The essence of democracy is that these very people are
> elected by YOU Mr Jal and whatever they do. good or bad..... reflects very
> badly  in your choice. You are only criticising yourself.

not always true. if i vote for person A, whose is defeated by person B
in the elections, then do i have any responsibility for B's actions?

> Be careful.......everytime you point a finger there are 4 pointing towards
> you.

one more unneccessary platitude. we are not children in a classroom.

> Let me clarify. I hold no breif for any of the political persona..... but as
> a true citizen would not like to throw venom at anything and every
> thing..... especially without the understanding. You want to use your power
> mr. Jal....... try to name your own bedroom in your own house  and you will
> soon find out what it means.

i wonder how on the basis on one email you can make conclusions like
"throw venom at anything and every thing" and "You want to use your
power mr. Jal"?

maybe india policy should make a list of topics / personalities that
cannot be discussed i.e "holy cows"...

isn't that remniscent of Orwell's "1984" or Stalin or Hitler or ...?

Yazad

PS: I would like to discuss the socio / political / economic (or other)
impact of name changing. but not baseless allegations and putrid
platitudes.


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