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Miscellaneous Forums => Older Chatter => Topic started by: Shikha Mitra on July 11, 2006, 05:45:10 PM
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7/11
It is indeed again a very very sad evening in Mumbai.. within span of few minutes, there were 8 blasts in the first class compartments of the local trains in various parts of Mumbai..
I sincerely hope, that all you friends in Mumbai are safe and have reached home, as the whole city has come to a standstill.
Please do let us know that all you guys are safe.
shikha mitra
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I just talked to Ashish and he and his family are ok. Let's pray the same for Poirot and his, and all our friends there.
This is sick stuff. It will never advance anyone's cause to do these horrific things and contrary to what some may believe, will never guarantee a place in paradise.
I am horrified.
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I just couldn't watch the TV anymore .... it is ghastly. 146 dead and counting, over 430 injured. The death toll is expected to mount as many are serious.
I am so sickened by this carnage ..... seven bombs set to go off between 6:00 and 6:30 PM when a tired city is returning home to their loved ones, after a hard day's work. An attack on the lifeline of Mumbai, the local trains, that carry over 6mn people every day. And, for what? The cowards do not even the gumption to come out and say what this attack was for ......... lousy, stinking, motherf*****g, b*****ds.
I am so f***ing angry that I would willingly take up a gun now and mow the b*****ds down.
Poirot
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:mad This is really madness! It's an act against humanity and should not be tolerated! Their cowardly attacks on innocent people should be punished severely!
We condemn all acts of terrorism!
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I was working night shift last night and we had the radio playing. When I heard the news report, I instantly thought of our friends from this site. I was also saddened to listen to the death toll going up and up during the early morning.
This is a terrible thing and I’m also sick of people using their energy on killing others.
Maybe one day we will have a world full of people who believe in love, peace and harmony
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We condemn all acts of terrorism!
Thanks, Sajid.
Unfortunately, your government has long provided bases, money and training to these people ....... even today, it refuses to hand over Dawood/Lashkar operatives to India. Of course, they are aided by traitors like SIMI/Raza academey in this country, but the fount of this violence is in your country.
In sorrow,
Poirot
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Maybe one day we will have a world full of people who believe in love, peace and harmony
Yes, that will be that will be the day when religion and its preachers have been banished from this earth. Until that day, we will continue to suffer.
Poirot
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Unfortunately, your government has long provided bases, money and training to these people ....... even today, it refuses to hand over Dawood/Lashkar operatives to India. Of course, they are aided by traitors like SIMI/Raza academey in this country, but the fount of this violence is in your country.
Don't start the blame game here buddy! You know better that RA(or RAW) of India is doing the same thing across the border. It's organizations like these (on the both sides) that sabotage the peace process that the others are trying so hard to maintain!
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Yes, that will be that will be the day when religion and its preachers have been banished from this earth. Until that day, we will continue to suffer.
No, it's not the preachers that motivate this. People who do this are terrorists and not preachers! There is no where in the Holy Scriptures of ANY religion that says, Kill innocent people of other religion!
A true preacher will never add to an already perfect code of life! Those who do; don't desereve to be called preachers! They are terrorists!
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Don't start the blame game here buddy! You know better that RA(or RAW) of India is doing the same thing across the border. It's organizations like these (on the both sides) that sabotage the peace process that the others are trying so hard to maintain!
Name one Hindu terrorist orgn operating in Pakistan.
Enough said, no blame game here. Just the realities.
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A true preacher will never add to an already perfect code of life! Those who do; don't desereve to be called preachers! They are terrorists!
Then, I would have to say that majority of preachers are terrorists.
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Yes, that will be that will be the day when religion and its preachers have been banished from this earth. Until that day, we will continue to suffer.
For anyone else wondering about the above post, I am an agnostic and can not be bothered with god or religion, except for the damage that these concepts cause to poor, common people. A study of history has shown me that religion has always and invariably been used as a tool of opression and discrimination - whether this be the hindu brahmins from 200 BC to 1947 AD or the christian kings/popes from 600 AD to 1600 AD or the current muslim preachers -- it has always been used to punish and control people less well-off or educated, women and essentially any minority. The christians even persectued intellectuals during 1300-1600 AD just as muslim rulers do in many countries today. Count the wars that have been fought since eternity due to religion .....
So, if anyone thought I was being racial, this is not the case - a pox on all religions and all religious leaders is my creed.
I am still so angry ...... 190 killed and over 600 injured. May the bereaved families find peace.
Poirot
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"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Yes...
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...tonight...
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...
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"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
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The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...
Nice song, but whoever wrote this song got his facts so twisted ...... after all, Jesus died on a Friday. So, even if you call his resurrection the victory, it was still Friday Bloody Friday.
The church managed to transform even Jesus into a consumer product, to be bottled, marketed, sung and sold as determined by the clergy. And, this was the man who drove the moneylenders out of the temple .......
Peace.
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It is a real tragedy for all!!!! but we have to pray and hope that they find more people alive than dead..I hope that they will find the perpertraitors and deal with them accordingly...Its a real shame that the world is becoming so scary to live in...
My prayers and thoughts to the people of Mumbai..
Hope you all take care
Smurfette
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Poirot! your comments are conflicting with the basic netiquettes that I have recently posted in the Announcements. (Although they should have been posted as sticky topic from day one)
You are one of the most valuable members of the site and everyone looks forward to your posts.
I know you are upset, but please be positive and try to stay on the right path.
Therefore I would not recommend the Admins to ban you or anything, but please be careful as your comments have hurt me as a believer of religious faiths.
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When I heard the news of this tragic incident - automatically my mind went to Ashish and his loved ones, Poirot and Sajid. I'm thankfull that you guys are safe and well. I think it might go without saying that all you boyz are special to all of us. Good to see your all safe.
I do feel for all those who have lost their lives to this tragic and senseless act. May their souls rest in peace. To the injured - may their wounds be minor and a speedy recovery.
Politics and Religion never mix well. May they catch these ........................... who did this and may they be punished accordingly.
Miaki
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OK. This topic is appropriate under general chatter but some of the posts are out of line.
Please, let's keep the hatred out! We have members from countires everywhere with many different beliefs. But as far as I know, none are responsible in any way for this tragedy. Please keep some perspective. Face it, many governments are involved in terrorism, including my own self-righteous, geneva convention flouting government. But we don't have to be at each other's throats about these things. Please keep the talks civil and the language appropriate. If it is needed I will be deleting posts that cross the boundaries of common sense and decency.
I know I'm the group's "big brother" so don't make me send anyone to the corner.
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You know Andy... actually we are so angry and hurt about yesterdays events that, maybe Piorot got a bit carried away.. but when one is actually in Mumbai, one can really feel the impact of such a horror. We are just watching the TV channels and after some time it is horrible to watch more, so you can imagine what people in Mumbai are going through.
This is not the first time this has happned. One is reminded of the 1993 serial bomb blast when thousands were killed. And it has been proved that Dawood Ibrahim, the notorious underworld don masterminded the killings. And one cannot deny, that he is now under the shelter of the pakistan govt
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One 9/11 has shaken up all of USA, where a couple of thousand lost their lives....but here in this part of the world, we see acts of terror almost everyday in Kashmir or else where were hundreds are getting killed. And for what? Why are thousands of innocent people getting killed?
This is a "General Chatter " forum and I think it is a good way to get away from the trials of Thalassaemia and do some good discussions without hurting anyone. But at the same time, todays young generation both in India and Pakistan need to be aware, where we are heading, in the name of the partition, which happend more than 50 years ago...
And by the way Maiki... Sajid is safe in Pakistan.. the blast was in India :smile2
Shikha Mitra
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Shikha,
I understand how upset everyone is. I, myself, am also very upset by these acts. As you know, I've been to India and love the country and its people. However, some of the comments made have been out of line and other members have complained privately to me about them. I am asking that we all remain civil. I have many, many friends in Pakistan and see no reason why they should be made to feel bad about this. Not a single Pakistani I know, nor any muslim I know has ever spoke out in favor of these horrible acts. In fact, they are as horrified as the rest of us by this type of action and have expressed those sentiments to me for years.
Talking about this subject can be accomplished without disrupting this forum. Please respect each other, everyone.
Please everyone, keep in mind that no matter how stupid some people or governments may be, it is not us, the members of this group who do or support these things.
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Everyone,
This is a support group, where we are supposed to comfort each other and derive succour. So, please let us all calm down, even though emotions are really fraught right now. We all may have a lot to say, but not everything can be said, especially if controversial and inflammatory. There is a time and place to take action. The thalassaemia site is not the place.
There is no harm in posting on any topic out here as long as, the main aim remains to comfort and, does not become an attack.
Please let us not make irresponsible comments on which members we should ban. No member has the right to decide. Let noone take upon himself to be the overeager enforcer of the site, when we are all here to help not judge. Let each one practice self-restraint, avoid getting personal, and just show respect for all.
Thanking you all,
for maintaining the harmony.
Regards,
Shilpa.
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This is such a horrible tragedy, and we are seeing more and more of this as time goes by. It breaks my heart that this is what the world has come to. There is not a moments peace in the world today. There is always something, and innocent people are always being killed. :(
I'd just like to say that I hope all our members in that area are safe, and I'll have to agree with several posters that opinions about religion and politics should be kept clean. We do not support attacking any members for their beliefs, or flaming in any way. We are all friends here, and while Andy and I support and encourage everyone to voice their opinions, we also expect peace amongst us all. :smileblue
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God bless those who are victims of this tragedy, and may their family and friends find peace throughout this horrible ordeal. :sadyup
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SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY sung by U2.
I was chatting to Andy, and I wrote I can't believe the news today..and then this song came to my mind..
Also SUNDAY = SABBATH...Therefore SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH - Sung by BLACK SABBATH
You've seen life through distorted eyes
You know you had to learn
The execution of your mind
You really had to turn
The race is run the book is read
The end begins to show
The truth is out, the lies are old
But you don't want to know
Nobody will ever let you know
When you ask the reasons why
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies
The people who have crippled you
You want to see them burn
The gates of life have closed on you
And now there's just no return
You're wishing that the hands of doom
Could take your mind away
And you don't care if you don't see again
The light of day
Nobody will ever let you know
When you ask the reasons why
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies
Where can you run to
What more can you do
No more tomorrow
Life is killing you
Dreams turn to nightmares
Heaven turns to hell
Burned out confusion
Nothing more to tell
Everything around you
What's it coming to
God knows as your dog knows
Bog blast all of you
Sabbath bloody sabbath
Nothing more to do
Living just for dying
Dying just for you
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The people who have crippled you
You want to see them burn
The gates of life have closed on you
And now there's just no return
You're wishing that the hands of doom
Could take your mind away
And you don't care if you don't see again
The light of day
Thanks, Aston, for that song .... There are lots of families in Mumbai who will agree with the above. So many young people killed on bloody tuesday, as they returned from work, leaving behind young wifes, aged parents and new born babies ........ I know of two such families personally.
Poirot
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I was at my transfusion centre yesteday, and fortunately no one at this centre was affected. There were two technicians from our centre on one of the ill-fated trains, but luckily they were in different compartment (coach), so they were not affected.
Poirot
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I am still so angry ........ if other members on this board think that I have been over the top in my comments, then let me provide the context. India has been a victim of terrorist violence since 1980, long before the term become so fashionable and on everyone's mind. Long before it started affecting "first world citizens", we have carried this burden. We have lost tens of thousands of innocents, whether in Kashmir or Punjab (bet no one in this board has even heard of the terror in Punjab) or Mumbai ........
The bomb attacks in Mumbai were especially painful, not just because I am a resident, but because they were targeted at the commuter trains. Majority of Mumbai's 18mn population live in the north, in what are called the suburbs. Majority of the work places are in the south, in what is called the island city or town. Every single working day, 6.4 mn take the train to work. If the trains do not work, the city does not work. Mumbai's infrastructure is creaking, so 4500 people travel in each train, designed to carry only some 1300 commuters. So, you can imagine the rush hour traffic. Many of the commuters travel over 30 kms each way every day, some even as much as 60 kms each way.... so, this daily commute is no walk in the park. I used to take the train myself earlier, when I lived in the suburbs and can testify about how it really drains you.
So, here you have people tired out at 6:00 PM, taking a congested, tiring train ride home only to be bombed. And, you think emotions would not run high???
And, you will read lots of articles about Mumbai's spirit - in one way, it is absolutely correct, the way common people turned out to help those in distress was absolutely heartwarming; in another way, when the articles talk about how Mumbai went back to work, the next day, it is wrong. Majority of the people who take the train are daily wage earners. So, if they stay at home, they don't eat. So, they have to go to work, irrespective of how worried or scared they may be. Can you imagine the stress and trauma for their loved ones as they send them to work, because they can not afford to stay at home?
One final thought here: how long do you think India can be pushed? How long do you think we, the people, will tolerate our current government bartering security for votes? When the USA went searching for the source after 9/11, they went to Afghanistan. When we go searching for the source, what do you think will happen?
Poirot
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Politics and Religion never mix well.
Miaki
I wish, Miaki, I wish. It is only common, decent folks like you and me who would ever say this, more as hope than anything, I suppose. The politicians and religious leaders know the reverse to be true. Organised religion and politics mix very well, because there is not much difference between them.
Take organised religion:
1. It is hierarchical
2. Refuses to tolerate dissent
3. Claims to be the only true way
4. Rubbishes all other organised religons
5. Consorts closely with political parties that can advance its cause
How is this different from a political party? Except that in no. 5, you would substitute religious party. I don't know how it is in Australia - if you do not have religious leaders poking their noses in politics, and vice versa, you are lucky, indeed. I will tell you about vote bank politics in India, when you are in the mood for a horror story!
Forgive me for being so cyncial, but this is the nature of the beast.
Poirot
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Hi
Here is a very nice piece of writing on The Bombay Blast by Shobhaa De.. one of India's well known female journalist and writer.. maybe some of you will be interested in this:
Here goes :
Forget the spirit, it’s time to fight back
SHOBHAA DÉ
How I hate statistics. I’m staring at the headlines and turning
away from those cold, harsh numbers: 11 minutes, 7 blasts. 190
dead. I’m reading everything listlessly, my mind numb, my eyes
glazed. We already have a name for what happened last evening —
Terrible Tuesday. That’s how it will be remembered from this
moment on. “Bombay — The Bomb Blast Capital of the World,”
declares a daily, almost as if it’s some sort of a macabre boast,
a grisly achievement.
“We are with you,” Condi Rice is assuring us. So is Tony Blair.
And of course, our general from across the border, Pervez
Musharraf. Something snaps within me. Oh yeah? I say to myself.
How easy it is to utter such inanities, such platitudes.
A girlfriend calls from Karachi on my cellphone. Her number
doesn’t flash. “Private”, reads my display. Wearily, I take the
call, wondering which foreign journo it could be, sweeping down
for an appropriate quote to file the mandatory copy, more
concerned about a deadline than the dead of my beloved Mumbai. I
don’t feel like “cooperating” with co-hacks. I refuse to go on TV
channels, hastily putting the right mix of concerned panelists
together for prime time specials. I cannot, will not, be a part
of the media-circus dishing out well-rehearsed sound bites in a
safe and cosy studio.
And I absolutely will not stoop to saluting the “Spirit of
Mumbai” one more bloody time. I’ve had it. I’m up to there. And I
don’t need to draw the world’s attention to this amazing “spirit”
of ours. I want to yell, scream, protest and hit back. I don’t
want to be ladylike and generous, calm and resilient. Hell no.
And I’m pretty sure it’s this very spirit of ours that has
allowed the most recent atrocity to take place. Had we been more
vigilant, more angry, more aggressive the last time such a
ghastly crime was committed against it (2003), perhaps we would
not be the sitting ducks waiting to be annihilated with such
ease, as we were.
Why Mumbai? That’s the dumbest question to ask. And yet, so many
informed and intelligent people have been asking it since the
first bogey got ripped apart at 6.24 pm, Khar station. It is
shameful that the Union home minister should squeak his apology
after the horror of the attacks had hit home. For him to
acknowledge that there was enough information available to
suggest something major was in the offing, but that the
intelligence agencies had no clue as to where, how or what would
be the target, is a pathetic admission. If they did not possess
that most vital piece of information, what are they talking about
in that case?
In retrospect, it’s easy to claim the government agencies weren’t
sleeping on the job — but damn it — the truth is, they were! And
someone must take the rap, own up responsibility and tell us what
the next step is going to be. I suspect we’ll hear nothing, for
they have nothing to say. There is no plan in place, there is
nothing by way of disaster management, and all those
self-important mantris sitting in Delhi don’t have a clue. They
are as dazed as those hapless commuters one saw on TV, babbling
incoherently while trying to make some sense out of the
monumental tragedy.
There is a devilish method to the madness. Mumbai is a marked
city. Let us make no mistake on this score. Once we face up to
this brutal truth, we shall have to ask ourselves what to do the
next time such a thing happens. For it will. And the demons
orchestrating these terrorist attacks are not going to wait for
13 years. Or even two.
Why should they? They’ve seen for themselves how easy it is to
hold Mumbai to ransom. They know how vulnerable the metropolis
is. They’ve realised Mumbai is the safest target in the world.
Unprotected and naked. Anybody can waltz in with anything and
blow it up. Doesn’t take much. Just a few willing “volunteers”
who can nonchalantly and effortlessly move around the city,
planting explosive devices that go undetected till — Boom — they
blow up a few hundred innocent citizens. Nothing happens even
after that.
The people of Mumbai are “cho chweet”, they forget so fast — they
forgive so easily. Look at them — back at work already — not even
24 hours have passed. And see how they helped one another —
complete strangers offered their homes, shared meals, shared
emotions. Wah! Wah! Really, these Mumbaikars are amazing.
Yes, sir, we truly are amazing. And I hate us for being so.
Amazing does not mean accommodating. To hell with being
resilient. It’s high time we fight back — fiercely, ferociously,
fearlessly. Only then will I be able to hold my head high as a
Mumbaikar.
We owe our dead at least this much. Let us not insult their
memory by being passive. By being “nice”. Tough times need tough
people and tough talk. You have the city’s marching orders, Mr
Deshmukh. Start walking!
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Hi
Here is a very nice piece of writing on The Bombay Blast by Shobhaa De.. one of India's well known female journalist and writer.. maybe some of you will be interested in this
Thanks for this article. Shobha De really tells it like it is ..... This govt is history, whether at the state or the centre. For a few votes, they have sold our security. And, we will remember this when the elections come around. The doddering home minister, the apologist HRD minister and the "gentleman" prime minister ....
Poirot
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The article was excellent. Thanks Shikha for posting it.
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I agree the article is great. The one thing I hope that India does not do is emulate the US and elect leaders based on fear, instead of on the quality of the leader. We have given up many of our freedoms "to protect our freedoms." It is quite ironic. India is on the verge of economic greatness and needs good leaders who can maximize the potential of India. And the US needs leaders that will not cooperate with corrupt leaders that are found is certain countries where terrorists are based. The support of the US has only led to more arrogance by one leader, who does almost nothing for the peope of his country and also shelters known terrorists. I have yet to talk to a single person from that country who thinks they have honest leaders.
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I agree the article is great. The one thing I hope that India does not do is emulate the US and elect leaders based on fear, instead of on the quality of the leader. We have given up many of our freedoms "to protect our freedoms." It is quite ironic. India is on the verge of economic greatness and needs good leaders who can maximize the potential of India. And the US needs leaders that will not cooperate with corrupt leaders that are found is certain countries where terrorists are based. The support of the US has only led to more arrogance by one leader, who does almost nothing for the peope of his country and also shelters known terrorists. I have yet to talk to a single person from that country who thinks they have honest leaders.
I agree, Andy, that we need good leaders that can maximise the potential, etc. We have the oppposite problem to yours ... while your president is very gung-ho about taking on real and perceived enemies, we have a government filled with traitors that would rather appease certain groups in India, rather than provide security and law and order. After all, the first two reasons any citizen pays taxes is for security - external and internal. And, what do we get instead, blather about how they condemn the heinous acts. What have they actually done about it? Nothing ...... Worse than nothing, we have 'Maulana' Mulayam Singh, Chief Minister of our biggest state Uttar Pradesh, saying that SIMI is actually fine, only some bad apples in it. This, after this organisation is banned through out the country and the Bombay police saying that SIMI provided all the local logistics to the Lashkar terrorists who planted the bombs. Now, I hear that the govt has banned some blogs which were criticising its actions (or rather lack of it) post the blasts .... that is the way, Mr PM, ban the blogs. Now we are all secure. Faugh!
Whether you like it or not, the thing that I really like about the USA (or Israel for that matter) is this fact: If you hurt us or any of our countrymen in any manner, we are coming after you with everything we have. And, that's a promise.
And, while we are on this topic, here's a speech that I was reading recently. General Patton speaking to his troops:
A General Talks to His Army
“Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you’ve heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. ALL REAL Americans, love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball players, the toughest boxers.
Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in Hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans. Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap.
The bilious bastards, who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Saturday Evening Post, don’t know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating. Now we have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world.
My God, I actually pity those poor bastards we’re going up against. My God, I do. We’re not just going to shoot the bastards, we’re going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We’re going to murder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel. Now some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you’ll chicken out under fire. Don’t worry about it. I can assure you that you’ll all do your duty. The Nazis are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood, shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo, that a moment before was your best friends face, you’ll know what to do. Now there’s another thing I want you to remember. I don’t want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We’re not holding anything, we’ll let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly, and we’re not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We’re going to hold onto him by the nose, and we’re going to kick him in the ass. We’re going to kick the hell out of him all the time, and we’re going to go through him like crap through a goose. Now, there’s one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home, and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you’re sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee, and he asks you, “What did you do in the great World War Two?” You won’t have to say, “Well, I shoveled shit in Louisiana.” Alright now, you sons of bitches, you know how I feel. Oh! . . . I will be proud to lead you wonderful guys into battle anytime, anywhere. That’s all.”
General George S. Patton, Jr.
3rd Army speech
England, 31 May 1944
6th Armored Division
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Indian Express, India's best daily newspaper, is doing a whole series of profiles on those who died during the bomb blasts. For anyone interested in reading, the link is
http://indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/FrontPage.html
and then click on the profiles story.
Poirot
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I beleive this post is dead and closed but the views by Poirot are not.
I was very hurt when I read this because a lot of people died in the train blast, a lot of people died in the blast of 1993, a lot of people died in Kashmir, a lot of people died in Jammu.
To all the people who might not understand where the hostility comes from it is very diffcult to explain, my parents migrated during the time of partition in 1947 from what they called "Undivided India" today very often called "Valuable Ally And Friend" Pakistan.
Their stories of departure from their Native Place in Pakistan are anything but rosy. Someday I will put their thoughts on my blog, I hope.
For now please understand that India suffers silently and alone for at least the US has an ally we dont even have an enemy, there was a very proud statement made by the US ally "We will make India bleed from a thousand cuts" and I mention it here so that some of you intelligent folk might understand why we as Indians have never been able to convince the world what we have in our backyards.
Deny if you will, for we as Indians can no longer. Have you checked the news lately UK managed to avert a major air disaster similar or maybe greater to 9/11. If you pay attention to which outfit these terrorists belong to you and research it on the net you will see all of these guys being trained in what is frequently called "POK - Pakistan Occupied Kashmir" and have been repeadelty named as Freedom Fighters.
Ask yourselves this question they were gonna fly 3 planes to free whom?
PS: Whoever said that Poirot should be banned will have to request the Admin's to ban me as well, for my post also points fingers at someone.
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today very often called "Valuable Ally And Friend" Pakistan.
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No offence to anyone, but to anyone living in India, that is a brilliant piece of satiric prose.
Man, you have come back firing from your vacations!!! :biggrin
I think, at this rate, I will have to restart the "bad boys of bombay" thread.
Take care mate.
Poirot