Jason Keith Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reference Mario's statement above....it should be established by now, that operation on the basis of rumour is really the Hindu right wing's modus operandi. > Mario observes: > Jason, > Is it "really the Hindu right wing's modus operandi."? > I think everyone spreads rumors. > I just caught moderator Fred spreading a rumor about my ideology in a post on Goanet:-)) Not too long ago I caught Jason spreading rumors about state violence in Goa in describing government actions he disagreed with and suggesting that peaceful citizen protests were tantamount to violence as well. > Every Hindu-Muslim riot in Jabalpur when I was growing up was later found to be started by a rumor by one side or the other, typically of rape or desecration of a place or worship. > I wonder who started the rumor in Jodhpur. It is not very often that terrorists can get people to kill themselves and each other via a rumor. > Apparently, while the Indian government has done little to deter the jihadis, the Indian public can now be made to kill themselves with rumors. >