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Indian Nationalists Forcibly Censor Orkut
starkravingmad writes "The Economic Times is running a story on Hindu nationalists in India threatening to wreck internet cafes that don't block parts of Orkut that the vigilantes find offensive. From the article: '"Orkut is used by many destructive elements to spread canards about India, Hindus, our gods and cultural heritage," said Abhijit Phanse, president of Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena, the student group. "We are gently telling Internet cafe owners that it is their responsibility to see that surfers do not use their facility to carry out such hate campaigns ... Or else, we will have to do that job for them." Last week, dozens of Shiv Sena workers vandalised some Internet centres, saying they were not stopping their customers from accessing Orkut groups involved in sending hate messages.'"
> Do you honestly think these people care more about looking good than about doing the will of their gods?
Except that Hinduism's Gods have never exactly encouraged wanton violence. And there are enough tales of the Gods themselves playing pranks and turning each other into various odd forms -- including, famously, giving Shiva's son an elephant head. So it's not that they lack a sense of humor either. Nope, these things aren't masterminded by religious leaders, they're masterminded by cynical semi-fascist political leaders with goons at their command.
Any Shiv Sena types reading this -- you guys are a disgrace to Hinduism. In a country where caste wars are still going on, where caste is big political business two *generations* after untouchability was abolished, you have nothing better to do than get your dhotis in a bunch because someone is laughing at you? Yeah, behaving like Neo-Nazi goons will really help. Assholes.
Please take your Chhatrapati Shivaji statue and shaft yourself in the rectum with it.
Go somewhere random
And to tell u, if someone supports a campaign protecting one's culture, it doesn't necessarily mean that the individual use to have a negative thinking.
If someone admires Chhatrapati Shivaji, it is indeed good and everyone should be proud of that (including u, if u r not among those who prefer to take pride in others' deeds instead of ur own country's). Shivaji and many others, who have done great things for our country do deserve admiration. Status of Shivaji is not going to be changed, doesn't matter what a shithead like u think.
No, I would not be calling for ur head. Instead, I would have been telling u personally to keep ur head cool down and with ur cool-head, to compare urself with those of the Shiv Sena (whether u r worse or not). Well, even Shiv Sena won't be demanding ur head because they also don't take interest in shitheads.
About the internet bashing, well, if anyone is demanding that the orkut-groups, what r involved in raising anti-religion agenda, should be filtered out, what's wrong with it?? It may b an anti-hinduism group, may b an anti-muslim group, or whatever else....what's wrong with it. u may be thinking that these small things doesn't matter and people ignore, but that's not the thing what happens in practicality, especially in our beloved country. let me clarify the fact that I morally support their campaign, but not the violent ways they sometimes choose to get it done.
And finally, I couldn't understand the point u made against my use of "u" instead of "you"?? If u r talking about perfection in writing english, well, I would say better u check ur own comments before pointing out others'. Do u realize how many mistakes r there in ur comment?? It did nothing but confirmed my guess about ur shitheadness.
There is no way a sane human being can be *for* censoring the very justified comments people make about cow worshipping, caste systems..etc, yet at the same time claim to be basing that support on the desire to make media objective. If you have a gripe with the news outlets - all news outlets - then that is your problem. When they all agree across the political spectrum, they usually have a point. Otherwise, please explain why all our free media wants to "pander" to Islamic fundamentalism and Communism. The RSS was basically founded as a social service organization for the emancipation and protection of poor Hindus during the 1940's I could say a lot of funny things here about the consequences of caste racism and Really Simple Syndication , but I won't. and trying to provide a unified political emancipation movement for Hindus in a rising climate of hostility against them, much like Irish Nationalism or Zionism in Israel. Oooh, you've made yourself awfully popular now, justified the nationalist BS completely there. Religiously inspired racist/uber nationalist movements and organisations are not a nice thing, FYI. The ADL and the Jewish defense league are 2 of the most hated, intrusive, and censorship-happy lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Pictures of holocaust victims are great. Video footage of Israeli military/settlers committing vicious crimes = anti-semitism. However, because this would endanger the power base upper-caste dominated left wing government and polity in India and their Islamist votebank, Upper-caste...left wing....Islamist
RSS's mother organization (ABHM, Godse) killed Gandhi. RSS activists indulge in arson, without ANY provocation on every valentines day. They participate in every hindu-muslim riot. I think you have got it the other way round. Their main goal is to spread fear and violence. Everything else is secondary for them.
Tolerance is the biggest show of strength. Thats what keeps India ticking despite abject poverty and unfathomable diversity; Look at any other country that achieved independence around 1947 and compare. Thats what RSS doesnt understand.