Sometimes I read/hear some people advocating mass cleansing operations on this earth to get done away with a particular breed/denomination of people in a society. Something of the types Hiter/Stalin advocated. Something of the types Narendra Modi and his compatriots are very proud of and willing to go about it again if they get another excuse to do so.
Some posted this in his weblog and I relate it here: "We all probably know that it's not the Satan who does bad..nor is it the God or Allah or Rama who does good. Man has been created and given powers and thus be held responsible for the good and bad he does, and it does not matter whether he does whatever he does under the banner of Allah or Ram or Jesus. Because, under whatever name he may commit good or bad deeds, they are going to remain his deeds. When did we hear the last time a judge ruled, acquiting a murderer for the murderer proved that he got the commands for his misdoings from some supernatural powers?
But yes, these deeds do affect other people's psyche. It is like a disease.
Personally, I feel that emotions like patriotism and communalism are the root causes of all problems of this world. Why is our country better than the other. Why should our citizens be more worthwhile and important than the other? Why is our land , Bharat Mata , whose honour we have to uphold? Doesn't it all become so meaningless when we see some of these 'putras' of bharatmata begging to be adopted by 'US Mata' or 'UK Mata'?
But for those, who are deep in hatred for any other community member, be it Muslims or Hindus, and advocate mass genocide or cleansing of them, say whatever you are saying just because it helps your ego or because it gives you a reason to live life. Sometimes, even hatred for someone becomes a reason for survival albeit perverted.
Most communal people are egoists, believe me, because they are not fighting for Hindus or Muslims or Christians, but they are fighting for their own religion..yes..Many Hindutvavaadis are worried about Hinduism because it is THEIR religion, and not because it is Hinduism. Similarly, Osama is fighting for his version of religion and not ISLAM. It is because these people are born into this religion that they have become obsessed with it.. this is a clear cut example of a person feeding his or own ego..it is like fighting for your toy, or your car, or your suit..
Please think twice before talking about a living being's life or death. When you say that the people killed in the Haj stampede were killed by the wrath of Satan, well, it does not matter. But what matters for sure is that those were human beings.
We are all someone's son, daughter, husbands or fathers. If either one of us dies, than think about the reciprocal effects on your life. Now think about catastrophes like homicides, which, under the name of Allah, the extremist terrorist groups are committing. Suddenly, death's definition from emotional loss is converted into loss of numbers..a mere number..15 people killed..39 killed..59 killed..
well, same is for the ones killed daily by Israelis in Palestines or US forces in Iraq.
Media portrays that there are more Muslim terrorists in the world than there are Christian or Hindu or Jewish terrorists but scrutiny of statistics and incidents might reveal otherwise. But let's even agree that there are indeed more Muslim fundamentalists, then killing all Muslims or considering their death as the wrath of Satan or the revenge of Ram is a disgusting thought..those people going to Haj are just like people going to Amarnath..no one is going there to pray for Osama bin Laden..and if some people are, they are just as misguided in life, like hindutvavaadis or American/Israeli Right wingers.
India already has a lot of problems to deal with. The answers are not simple. Not everything can be solved by 0 (shoot) 1 (live), lest Americans and Israelis wouldn't be dying the way they are in their quests for forced occupations. I do not have the solution to problems like fundamentalism or proxy wars..or even riots..but yes, I do believe that human lives are not numbers. Coz if they are, then probably your wife or son or sister are also numbers..think about it, will you please?"
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