There is absolutely no exhortation on anyone to comment on anything. All that I personally implied is that only people who are on the giving end of the hegemonic spectrum usually afford silences. There are many who claim based on their experience (including the Govt of India at WCAR in Durban and afterwards too), that India pro-actively indulges in dalits and muslims (the anti-reservation scenes). These so-called "indulgences" at times though are well-intentioned are evidence of the structural violencee, (e.g- your addressing Afthab as Sahib based on a presumption because his name is Afthab). There are others who claim that caste, communal, gender or other hegemonies do not exist in their lives. Then there are others who are silent!!!! There is a huge difference between violence perpetrated within a power matrix by people at different ends of the matrix - this is why for instance in criminal jurisprudence constitutional sagfeguards are given to the accused, however horrendous the society may percieve the crime to be - because of the power differential between an individual and the state. In that vein, there is a difference between RSS exhortation on Muslims to prove their patriotism and this thread on "silences" I think its time for me to remain silent now and let others comment Best
On 03/05/2008, Murali K Warier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't say that I don't know or have no comments, if that is what you > imply, but take any issue, there are sufficient number of 'well educated', > 'computer literate' people who do not know a thing about it. This is from > personal experience. > > I don't find any difference between 'you have to comment, else you are an > Islamophobe' and the RSS's exhortation to Muslims that they need to 'prove > their patriotism', or else they are traitors. > > Best regards, > Murali > > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > we do not need to invoke the spirit of stalin or hitler, if one claims > > any part in the "indian" > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. > -- Bobby Kunhu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
