Comments on: India’s fetish: Protecting the sensitivities of the offended dumb http://www.criticaltwenties.in/nationalpolitics/indias-fetish-protecting-the-sensitivities-of-the-offended-dumb Powered by Webshore Sat, 21 Mar 2015 06:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arunabh http://www.criticaltwenties.in/nationalpolitics/indias-fetish-protecting-the-sensitivities-of-the-offended-dumb#comment-10655 Arunabh Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:53:08 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=4422#comment-10655 Hey, good article Suhas. In my opinion the fact is that nutbag fear mongers are absolutely correct in their apprehension that their ideas will be overturned in the tide. Deep down they know that their ideas are fundamentally unsustainable whether you apply reason or intuition. It's not an irrational fear. Further, seeing as they have to authority of god behind them in the face of the simultaneously pious and ignorant, they can use it as a tool for power/publicity when it seems fit. Had they actually had the conviction that Rushdie was a blasphemer, they would've stopped him every single time from coming for the Jaipur literary fest. Hey,
good article Suhas. In my opinion the fact is that nutbag fear mongers are absolutely correct in their apprehension that their ideas will be overturned in the tide. Deep down they know that their ideas are fundamentally unsustainable whether you apply reason or intuition. It’s not an irrational fear.
Further, seeing as they have to authority of god behind them in the face of the simultaneously pious and ignorant, they can use it as a tool for power/publicity when it seems fit. Had they actually had the conviction that Rushdie was a blasphemer, they would’ve stopped him every single time from coming for the Jaipur literary fest.

]]> By: Harsh http://www.criticaltwenties.in/nationalpolitics/indias-fetish-protecting-the-sensitivities-of-the-offended-dumb#comment-10617 Harsh Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:25:39 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=4422#comment-10617 This is disgraceful and an acknowledgement of the fact that we are truly spineless. Then there is Mr. Bhagat who feels that "Images of stalls being broken in Jaipur cud have been flashed across the world. Tourism drops, locals lose jobs. Liberals go home. Want that?", completely oblivious to the fact that westerners know that we can never guarantee any safe, secure environment for anybody, especially when we cant provide it for one of our own. Nice piece Suhas, that cabbie was some Travis Bickle indeed ! This is disgraceful and an acknowledgement of the fact that we are truly spineless. Then there is Mr. Bhagat who feels that “Images of stalls being broken in Jaipur cud have been flashed across the world. Tourism drops, locals lose jobs. Liberals go home. Want that?”, completely oblivious to the fact that westerners know that we can never guarantee any safe, secure environment for anybody, especially when we cant provide it for one of our own.
Nice piece Suhas, that cabbie was some Travis Bickle indeed !

]]> By: Vepa Partha Sarathi (1915 – 2012): India’s last Renaissance Man. | Critical Twenties http://www.criticaltwenties.in/nationalpolitics/indias-fetish-protecting-the-sensitivities-of-the-offended-dumb#comment-10615 Vepa Partha Sarathi (1915 – 2012): India’s last Renaissance Man. | Critical Twenties Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:55:42 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=4422#comment-10615 [...] marked with pusillanimity and cowardice in the face of intimidation and threats. (Suhas’ post here says all of this, [...] [...] marked with pusillanimity and cowardice in the face of intimidation and threats. (Suhas’ post here says all of this, [...]

]]> By: Mukul http://www.criticaltwenties.in/nationalpolitics/indias-fetish-protecting-the-sensitivities-of-the-offended-dumb#comment-10614 Mukul Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:27:29 +0000 http://www.criticaltwenties.in/?p=4422#comment-10614 I think the issue here can be delineated from that of censorship. Whether a book, any book can be banned is a separate question. The point here is whether certain people can be allowed to openly threaten the life of a person who can legally come into this country. There is no question of 'accommodating' here. The government is at the minimum expected to uphold law and order and not act like a bullied school kid. All that the government had to do here was to state in no uncertain terms that should Mr. Rushdie choose to come, he would be afforded all required security keeping into consideration the reality of threats. Instead it hid behind phrases like "protest from the locals". This is shameful and a reflection of the lack of spine in the politicians of this country specially around election time. I think the issue here can be delineated from that of censorship. Whether a book, any book can be banned is a separate question. The point here is whether certain people can be allowed to openly threaten the life of a person who can legally come into this country.

There is no question of ‘accommodating’ here. The government is at the minimum expected to uphold law and order and not act like a bullied school kid. All that the government had to do here was to state in no uncertain terms that should Mr. Rushdie choose to come, he would be afforded all required security keeping into consideration the reality of threats. Instead it hid behind phrases like “protest from the locals”. This is shameful and a reflection of the lack of spine in the politicians of this country specially around election time.

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