Re: RSS and its antics

[Krishna C Tripathi <krishnact@yahoo.com>]

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Most of the views expressed are good for the world as
it should be but not in the world as it is.

    I am yet to get a reply from you about my question
about Iran. Can you please elaborate why Parasis were
kicked out out of Persia despite following "Ignore and
silence" for centuries? Why Tibetians are not getting
their Tibet back despite following "Ignore and
silence"?

    This is what they call "Ostrich Behavior".
   The idea that "Ignoring and Silence is the best
course of action" is not practical. Tell me any
example from the history of world where this has
worked. Isn't this the approach we have ever since our
written history? And this has resulted in shrinkage of
our culture by more than 50%. 2000 Years back the
whole area of present day Afganistan , Pakistan, India
, Bangaldesh, Burma , Indonasia, Vietnam, Western
China , Tibet etc used to follow "Karmik" system of
beleive. How many do today? Now don't conclude that I
am an imperialist and capturing all this parts are
part of my "hidden agenda", I have no such intention.

  If I would have been writing this mail 100 years
back , then Pakistan and Bangadesh have not been part
of these "lost" areas but today they are. 50 Yrs back
we lost them. Today we talk about converting LOC in
Internation Border, more shrinking. There is no reason
for me not to beleive that if the same trend continues
100 yrs down the line Kashmir and North east won't be
part of the "lost" areas. What after 200 yrs ? should
we loose Jharkhand and Tamilnadu and Keral as well?
and may after 300 yrs no Padmanabha Rao and Krishna
Tripathi would be writing mails but Padmanur Rahim and
Kristine Tripat would be figting each other near the
hills of Santosh Nagar for something that has just
happend in Yerushalem.

--- Padmanabha Rao <kvprao@igidr.ac.in> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Krishna C Tripathi wrote:
>  There are gullible people among us who can be led
> by continous
>  propaganda. ...in long run we become minority and
> have less option to
>  excercise, which certainly none of us want.
>
> "Gullible", yes. RELATIVELY. From 45 degrees I am
> gullible, from 225
> degrees you are gullible. Your case then becomes a
> matter of violent
> doing
> or undoing. Not agreeable to the "gullible", so they
> will retaliate,
> which
> the "non-gullible" don't like, so well let's all
> kill each other then,
> ala
> Rwanda. And then the "long run" is phantom, to both.
> Even if we don't
> kill
> each other, the talking itself is enough to waste
> our lives. Dialogue
> towards Understanding is better instead. Not
> rhetoric. Best of course is
>
> silence and ignoring, if we can't or don't like to
> understand. But
> proactively talking is self-defeating.
>
>  Not listening is not enough, we have to counter it.
>
> and earlier you wrote:
>
>  >  Freedom of speech does not mean Freedom to make
>  > others listen.
>
> So, you will counter by speaking yourself AND you
> will do so expecting
> to
> make others listen ?? But you are against that you
> say. Of course, you
> can
> speak and not expect to make anyone listen, in which
> case you should be
> open to the suggestion of not speaking at all.
> Maybe, the problem is in
> using the word 'make'. Persuasion is an answer.
> Another is silence.
> Meanwhile, I am trying to persuade you.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Padmanabha Rao
>
>
>
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