> From: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Archbishop's Appeal for a Week of Prayer for > Orissa > > It is hard to pardon anybody who accuses others of > resorting to innuendo while admitting his own > ignorance of the issue. An ignorant man who truly > wants to find out the details would at least care to > read Miguel's original Goanet post on it. He would > learn from the IANS news service report posted by > Miguel that the Christian Panas people who clashed > with the Hindu Kandha tribals attacked the swami, and > the whole thing escalated into mindless violence.
The "attack on the swami" version of events is disputed. Even assuming that the anti-Christian violence has been "retaliatory" in nature, its sheer scale is reminiscent of Gujarat violence of 2002 in "retaliation" for Godhra. There is a report at http://tinyurl.com/2wv5gd, which gives details of casualties and damages, and calls for a CBI enquiry into the whole thing, including especially the alleged attack on the swami. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx