--- Ritu Ko wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > Nope, I have no idea how you feel about living > under the BJP government.
My initial response had the 'no' highlit, but I decided that was a bit too much. <G> > <g> > Well, my emotions and reactions vary. The first > reaction, of course, was > disbelief that people were idiotic enough to vote > them in. That lingered > for quite a while, and cosily snuggled up to all the > fears and > apprehensions that the fact aroused. > Going by their past actions, the ideology and the > propaganda of the > party and its sister organisations and their policy > pronouncements in > different states, I feared that they would rip > asunder the secular > fabric of Indian society and polity. I was worried > that they would > slowly try to re-write history and attempt to give > it a 'hindutva' > slant; that they would slowly start a 'culture and > morals' police and > attempt to enforce some of the more draconian ideas > under the guise of > 'reinforcing Indian culture'...basically that their > government's > policies would reflect the typically north-Indian > Brahmanical views on > how India 'should' be. And I knew that they would be > ridiculously > hawkish where Pakistan is concerned. <snippage> > Hopefully, I'll not have to live under their > government in future, but > this term has been ...um, interesting, I'd say. > In exactly the same way as the word is used in that > old Chinese curse. :) > > > _I_ live under 'Bush, Cheney, > > Rumsfeld and Ashcroft, LLP.' :) > > And how do you feel about that? :) <biting lip to keep from LOL> I'm not sure I should answer that! <serious mode> Probably not nearly as worried as you must be, but - as has been noted on-list previously - the scare tactics being employed by the current administration to erode civil liberties (re: the Patriot Act), change health policy, and weaken environmental protections concern me. The deliberately arrogant and aggressive stance toward much of the world concerns me; the unsubtle manipulation of public fears and facts angers me. There are those in the "LLP" who would probably support a 'moral police,' if they could get away with it. Not that I disagree with having good morals (or even using fear and guilt to protect children from stupid and dangerous acts!), but adults need to be persuaded as to _why_ something is wrong; "because God said so" is not a sufficient answer. Debbi “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Ben Franklin __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
