“Several foreign nationals are trapped in the Taj Hotel Mahal”
“The top management of a multinational corporation was meeting…”
“Terrorists are suspected to be on the 9th floor…”
“NSG troops are about to have arrived in Mumbai…”
“NSG commandos have entered the Hotel…”
Some of the information telecast live by all news channels on yesterday’s terror attack on Bombay.
SHRINIDHI HANDE writes from Madras: News channels have an objective—to fetch the latest news and share them with viewers, much before a competitor channel does that. But I feel this habit of indiscriminate live reporting, while a combat operation is in progress, can be catastrophic for the success of the military operations against terror.
Let us just think for a while. Do we really need to know everything on a ‘as soon as it happens’ basis? I feel not. Whether NSG commandos have just arrived at airport, or have entered the hotel or are on the first floor or second at this moment, is not necessary to be revealed to the general public on a realtime basis.
Showing such news live, will be immensely useful only to terrorists and their supporters outside.
Consider this. The commandos only know that the militants are somewhere inside the hotel, but the militants know everything about the movements and positions of their pursuers through TV.
Like:
# Who is on their trail (Army/ NSG/ local police, etc)
# What is their ETA (estimated time of arrival), which tells them, how much time they have before a gun battle would begin)
# Where they are right now, at the main entrance/ just entered their floor
# How is the world responding? Is there pressure mounting on the government to succumb to the demands of terrorists to get the hostages freed (so that they can act tough during negotiation)?
# How many of their friends are alive or dead (so that they can assess their strength)?
# What has been the impact of their strike-how many police and civilian dead, the current morale of police, who all as been detained/suspected?
# Live visuals of the street-to assess a possible escape strategy
# What information about them the outside world has (which floor they are in, their head count etc. And much more…
In my view, all this information, while useful to viewers and relatives of victims, also helps the terrorists/ militants to consolidate their position and pose a greater challenge to commandos trying to hunt them down and/ or rescue the hostages.
Why is our media helping them by airing live all the sensitive information about the anti terror operations?
The common man does not need to know them on a live basis.
Can’t the information & broadcasting ministry think of banning live reporting during a hostage crisis? Let the channels air the news with a delay of few hours, so that the police and security agencies will have a lead time of few hours, wherein terrorists would be as equally uninformed as they are.
Please note that I am not advocating censorship. I am all for free speech and expression. What I am proposing, is that security agencies should have the power to impose a delay of say three to six hours w.r.t live reporting of anti terror operations.
Let the TV channels record whatever they want, but they should be aired only after a gap of few hours. I do not think anyone loses anything with this.
The movie A Wednesday also shares same opinion. I feel the good old days of oncein a day news bulletin was far better.
What do you think?
(This post is dedicated to all the brave police officials and innocent civilians who lost their lives in yesterday’s terror attack in Bombay)
That is not all. A few more blunders made by the media. They also reported that a “pyramid strategy” is being employed. And a smart guy from CNNIBN says, I just got an sms from a person in Taj hotel room no#501 or something ! Really, how stupid do you have to be to reveal such things ?
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No. Just ban CNNIBN and NDTV. Begin by putting that alleged granddaddy of 24×7 news channels, Prannoy Roy, behind bars. His channel and its gaggle of infantile reporters are a threat to our security and to many innocent lives.
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Yeah.. go ahead call for a ban on anything that you do not like!! I do not see a difference in Taliban way of thinking and your way of thinking…can you imagine, how people whose relatives and friends were in that hotel would be feeling if they did not get some of the key information about the situation especially with most of the communication channel jammed. Advocating 3 or 6 hrs of delay is as good as censorship, mind you. Another important aspect of such round the clock coverage is that it stays fresh in the minds of the people & hopefully make them proactive rather than making it a mere talking point for a few days & then going on with their business as usual.
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Our publicity Savvy politicians are also to be blamed, for revealing every bit of information to the media
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I second Shrinidhi Hande…. Information is power. Does not mean making the terrorist powerful..
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I think live broadcasting of hostages or rescue operations should be banned. Bcoz the terrorists will have a easy access to inofrmation on the operations and the situation and can handle sitting in some remote area and can play with the sentiments of people and may dirupt police/army operations. The entry of media should be restricted to such areas.
It is very important to save the lives of hostages and our own army, police, ordinary people first.
I have noticed many of our reporters lack concern for fellow human beings.
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The problem with this is in India is that we dont know who is beefing up what. Police does not trust the govnt, the govnt and the police do not trust the media, and the people trust none of them, it makes the situation so bizzare that perhaps these reports are the only way to know what actually happened (Batla House). But the media should be more conscious and responsible of the material they are reporting than just news frenziness. If it goes to a censorship, like all the good laws we have, it too will be misused. Like all other good characters like morality and ethical behavior, consciousness too is very relative, and cannot be textualized, it my opinion…
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Muslims have shown their true color, but secularists (brahmin haters) would want Hindus to believe that the brahmin is the worst. take your pick and see who is the best. Brahmin fights with terrorists to save you, and you know what Muslims do. Still you want to be secular.
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The media is housed with nincompoops good in the language(s) but nothing else – and especially lacking in common sense – or restraint!
The so-called Chief Editor for NDTV 24-7 (English) i.e., Barkha Dutt quoted openly as to what each building they were showing was, who was hiding where, which floor!
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Just one more question:
Should we ban live-blogging too? And if so how to enforce?
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I feel ashamed of – especially the Politicians who cannot do anything as they are afraid to save their government.
How many more lives it would take before the Indian Government will finally wake up and do something real ???
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When will some politicians die due to terrorists attack?
Terrorists and politicans alike they both work against the intrest of the nation & society.
F with all our politicians….
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>>Yeah.. go ahead call for a ban on anything that you do not like!! I do not see a difference in Taliban way of thinking and your way of thinking…
My way of thinking is the thinking that is targetted to prevent the killing of innocent of people. Banning irresponsible media outfits during crisis times helps achieve that.
Your line of thinking seems to be precisely the opposite: help media outfits function in such a way that endangers people’s lives.
Guess who’s like Taliban?
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@ Bangalore guy:
Live blogging is hardly as effective as live news- What number of bloggers would go to the spot and blog live? and what amount of readership their blogs would have? How many bloggers have access to key contacts in various govt departments to get latest news? many of them blog based on what they see on TV/other sources- Impact of blogs appears significantly low, also there will be at least 15-30 minutes delay by the time a blogger sees something, composes his post, publishes it and a reader notices it. So if mainstream media can be convinced not to air sensitive information, that should be reasonably effective.
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I don’t agree with the “ban”.
Btw, Deepak Chopra has grandly surrendered to the Islamists. He will not be the first of the liberals too…i’m sure.
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read somewhere ( rediff i guess) that an MP from CPI (M) was staying in Taj …some much so for communism
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The coverage continues. Now you have the NSG DG giving statements. For God’s sake, rescue the innocent first, capture the terrorists alive and then go to the press. Fame can wait, resolve the situation before the day is over.
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Ban is no solution, a better option could be to air the program with some half an hour delay. Also in such situations most of the communication signals will be jammed by the cops, including satellite television and other possible communication channels.
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Two things:
1. Cut Cable connection for only the buildings.
2. Monitor all mobile phone signals originating from that area.
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Would have loved to post this reply on the NDTV article but the comments there are not allowed. Take a look at this
http://penpricks.blogspot.com/2008/10/la-nd-tv.html
Ironically NDTV runs a save environment campaign. Surprising that nonody else have even a mention of this anywhere else.
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One channel was asking Ratan Tata to estimate the damages to the Taj! That very patient man tild the reporters that he was viewing the damage only on TV. The Another channel I think Tinesnow kept reminding the viewers that they were bringing the first pictures, ‘only’ on thier channel. All the channels were mixing up images which made it difficult to understand the seqence of events. One hostage coming out of Taj had to tell them he was tired. Dont the TV persons have any consideration for the swffering those people went through?
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Shrinidhi Handhe, You want good old days of once in a day bulletin? Did you know there are 2 buttons on your TV, one for switching off and another for changing channels?
Come on, get real. There are over 100 people killed, and you don’t want live news? This helps create awareness about Islamic extremism and reach the extent of seriousness of the situation all over the world.
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Live reporting is not bad but should be done responsibly.
The news channels have been irresponsible in covering the Mumbai events. One channel was showing the NSG commando positions at Taj! and was zooming in on the face of some commandos. How pathetic.
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BangaloreGuy,
Remember how Burmese “government” crushed the pro democratic protesters (which included Buddhist monks) last year? If not for live blogging (OK, not as live as TV channels!) the world would probably have never known what exactly happened.
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Yes I agree! We should not broadcast live our terror cleansing operations. But not for the reasons given by the poster of this article. The reasons for altogether banning such broadcasts whether live or stale are these:
1) We don’t want to show the world how ineffective our security is
2) We don’t want to show the world how our poorly paid, meagerly equipped and insufficiently trained police force is no match for a handful of terrorists wielding satellite phones and AK 47s (11 of policemen died including the anti terror squad chief)
3) We don’t want to cut a sorry figure before the world audience, that we still could not get anywhere near the terrorists, in spite of 1000s of our armed forces working or inching for more than 24 hours to neutralize them who are holed up in a 2 hotels and a house.
The problem is not the media’s ‘live’ telecast, but the ‘dead’ will of our politicians to make business ‘read vote catching’ out of terrorism. They want to perpetuate it by keeping our security and investigating agencies as ineffective as possible. At best they give them lathis to beat the very people who voted for them, but never AK 47s or rocket launchers or bazookas to blow the brains out of terroist mugs!
So thank you & don’t blame the media please!
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I am horrified to see the live telecast of the commandos operation and what weapons they are using, how they are planning the assault etc. What if somebody from the terrorist side watching this and updating his buddies inside? Does any body in there have the remote idea to cordon off the place to public who are standing close to Taj and watching the goings on as if they are watching a cricket match. And what is with these juvenile reporters of NDTV and IBN, I just heard one guy saying RDX stands for Research and Development Explosive…how are these TV reporters allowed into the hotel when a rescue operation is going on..why dont the terrorist bump off a couple of these pin heads.
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Palahalli,
You are attaching too much importance to this gas bag Deepak Chopra, who is making money ripping of the Indian traditional health secrets like yoga,herbal medicine and meditation, while not having enough courage or conviction to call himself a Hindu. His recent book is about Jesus Holy Christ.
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While the entire nation looks to the Army for succour in yet another crisis, how many people know that Kargil Day, which also falls in November, has just gone by? Our most recent war and we have already forgotten the men who laid down their lives for us in our hour of direst need. Which of our TV channels or newspapers carried tributes to these brave soldiers, the real heroes of our country? Why do we not honour and immortalize them? Why do we fail to capitalize on these rare opportunities to take pride in our country and rise above the forces that are now working furiously to divide us?
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The responsibility of news channels is more, in such terror attacks.
They have to report sensibly rather competing with others.
What the other Janata has to do with their “live commentary”.
They are aware of the situation and should be alert.
I don’t want to speak about the banning, what is more important here is
how do you react to such incidents.
Let’s stop blaming each other and rise our voice
to “kill the Terrorism”.
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Have to agree with babuds comment.
For a moment let us keep politicians aside. India pumps thousands of crores into defense, commando training and what do we see in Mumbai??
* NSG commandos coming to terror scene in BEST Buses!
* ATS Chief wearing a helmet usually used by a small town traffic cop
* ATS Chief who dies wearing BULLET PROOF vest?
And remember procurement for all these hi-tech defense equipment is mostly done by our Defense authorities.
Have we let our guard down for so long we don’t even know the basics anymore? Associated Press is already saying most of the victims were shot by bullets of our “elite” commandos. So much for being a nuclear power.
And remember, all points above have NOTHING to do with politicians before someone starts playing the broken record. For all their faults, politicians have kept their interference to minimum when it comes to Defense Establishment.
It is time to analyze the ultimate holy cow Defense Establishment of India. Still can’t get rid of these “elite commandos” coming to site in a BEST bus with no maps, no nothing. Sad.
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Are we a crazy nation to allow media to live telecast army’s operations?
We are providing information easily to the terrorists.
Media should not be given access when the operations are still going on.
Why am I seeing videos of how the commandos air dropped?
I just cant believe this.
Media channels must restrain themselves from reporting live the army operations. Media should not compete with each other. This is not tamasha taking place.
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Dr. Sree Reddy:
Media channels will never restrain themselves, they are bothered only about TRP ratings. However, the army has now told the media channels to air footage only after a gap. So there is no ‘real time’ footage being aired now.
We are a crazy nation indeed, but for several other reasons too. Some uncouth scoundrels on this forum are rejoicing at the death of an ATS (Anti terror squad) officer who lost his life trying to fight the terrorists in Mumbai.
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Cut cable connection to the buildings… Mumbai…
Buddy! What about DTH? You’ve even got mobile phones which directly pick the transmission from satellites!
Can’t those scoundrels using Satellite Phones, have a portable, hand-held TV?
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Sensationalizing everything is the new mantra of these media folks. They presume they have rights to talk about anything in any way they think of. They should have a minimum courtesy to think on what they are repoting and how they are doing it.
I had written a post on the same media for a different topic though. They never seem to understand and correct their mistakes though.
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@ Kannadiga:)
RDX is Research Department (composition) X
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Look at this irony, we have a top-notch robotic company (iRobot) doing R&D, right in Mysore.
They also make unmanned robots(other than sweeping-wiping ones) for use in these kind of operations and our commandoes don’t have access any such modern aid!
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kannadiga:) – Any gas bag who can get himself invited to CNN is a legitimate target ;)
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agree with author.
very cynical and very unscrupulous of the media to give out operational details all for a quick buck. and these guys lecture the rest of the country on morals and ethics.
wtf is the necessity for anybody to broadcast where command heads are? what was the need to disclose movements of hemanth karkare? this is beyond ethics and morals. they might have actually costed lives.
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prashanth bhat
Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, is known as RDX.
More on this site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX
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@everyone wanting live feed of anti terror activities
the news channels can also just air the following as live news:
“terrorists attack in such and such a place(mumbai in this case), have taken hostages in these locations, and the NSG commandos have arrived and are beginning their operations.”
Isnt this live enough for u? u know there is an attack, that there are hostages and that there are ur country’s security forces trying to resolve the situation.Why the hell do u want to know wat the NSGs strategy is then n there itself, u r not part of that team, so u do not need to have access to their operating parameters.
@prajesh shetty,
dude, stop making comments like an imbecile. How does it matter how the NSG commandos arrived, that they arrived is imp. If the ATS chief was wearing a bullet proof jacket then there is no guarantee that he wont be killed, a million ways how he could die…bullet in the head or the neck, shrapnel in the face, bleeding due to injuries, ill bet u haven’t heard of something called armour piercing rounds for guns and tanks.
Seriously stop criticising security forces and intelligence agencies on basis of news broadcasts. I read a news report/blog on how the israeli security experts said our security forces acted prematurely.I wouldn’t be surprised if ppl like u started blabbering on basis of that report. I wonder who made the israelis experts on indian security threat scenarios.
Anyone ever stop to think that we actually might be on the better side of the arena here? Ever tried to imagine what if this was after the security agencies being at utmost efficiency, what would happen if intelligence fails then? Stop acting like you are on the scene and are part of the NSG team which went in to tackle the terrorists.(oh …BTW if its makes change to u, if i m not mistaken, including the 2 or 3 commandos that died in these operations, there are ONLY 4-5 commandos dead in operations ever since the NSG was formed in 1985…if these stats are true, then that shud be proof enuf as to how efficient they are and how up to date their equipment is)!
And yeah , what the hell makes u think that the terrorists won’t be using sophisticated equipment?
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second guessing military operations from an arm chair is easy.
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@ Vinay
I agree with you.
That is the big problem with our media. Irresponsible.
Police/Army should have cordoned off all those areas attacked by terrorists and should have let only the security, medical teams( includes essential services) inside.
Information centers were set up to provide info to relatives, friends.
I was very ashamed to see the way our media were handling these issues. They are reporting as if it is a some event taking place.
We should salute our military/police people who laid their lives in combating with the terrorists. I belive Major Sandeep U Nair is from Bangalore. Live(delayed by few minutes) broadcasts just provide information to terrorists. All the top cops were gunned down at the beginning of the terrorists attack by terrorists. That means they had suffcient information.
I think we have very sophisticated military or police to combat terrorism.
But over all coordination is required. They need to practice as a team, of course away from the media glare.
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By the way, the man who was in charge of flushing out terrorists was a Muslim. And I also pictures of religious(a cap and sporting a beard) muslims carrying and helping victims. Please stop branding people because of their faith.
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Dear all:
Terrorism has no religion! There are Naxals, Maoists, LTTE, IRA in Irelanad and countless more who are not Muslims. All Muslims are not terrorists and all terrorists are not Muslims!
Terror has no religion. Terrorists do not belong to any religion. All religions have produced terrorists of some kind or the other. Let us be clear on that.
Islam is a religion of peace-the vast majority of Muslims are peace-loving people who wish to live with everybody in harmony. The vast majority of Indian Muslims are ndians who happen to be Muslims.
Condem the dastardly and horrible act but don’t condemn Muslims or Islam. Or open the Koran and show me where it is written to kill or murder the innocents of any religion. The Koran does not sanction killing. it is the perverted minds of these people which do such things.
Islam is a religion of peace!
Terrorism does not belong to any religion!
All Muslims are not terrorists and all terrorists are not Muslims!
For all those who condemn Muslims and Islam:
Do you listen to Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and other Ustads concerts?
DO you watch Mohammed Azharrudin on TV playing cricket?
Do you admire APJ Abdul Kalam?
Do you read the works of Ghalib?
Do you enjoy Javed Akhtars ghazals?
Do you enjoy listening to Amin Sayan’s voice on the radio?
Do you turn a job down in Wipro, Wockhardt or Cipla because they were set up by Muslims?
Amen
Remember: Terrorism is not of any religion
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“Please stop branding people because of their faith.”
– Dr.Reddy, please explain.
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@santosh – you said, “I do not see a difference in Taliban way of thinking and your way of thinking…”
To me, you seem to be taking a stand just because you are obsessed with the concept of freedom of speech.
Delayed footage won’t make a difference, but in certain cases, it might help the commandos’ cause, by not giving an advantage to the terrorist, who is watching the positions live on TV.
Taking a stand without a rational cause behind it, is itself fundamentalist and Talibanic in nature….
So you can decide for yourself, who is Talibanic?
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Secular Funamentalist,
What bull shit are u talkin off. Terrorism has no religion.
Dude no one has a problem with APJ, Azim premji and a few others u mention because they respect other religions as much as their own. They dont go around calling practitioners of other religions as infedels. U need to understand one thing that finding such examples is very rare and they dont have a voice in their own community.
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I don’t think that the military elite would be feeding the right information to the media (I really hope that they don’t). Media has transformed into a a glib babbling motormouth monstrosity that might be hard to stop.. the best course of action would be to feed them wrong information. Let them keep the terrorists misinformed.
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Journalism, especially TV journalism has now been reduced to voyourism. People of NSG risk their lives and limbs when they are in action. But, TVs show it as if it were another Big Boss show.
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@ Palahalli
Nimma prashne arthaaagilla. eenu explain madli heliri?
ayithu sariyagi questionkelri.
We should not have strereotyped images. Religious fundamentalism is bad.
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@Ankur… I do not think media people are morons that they did not give a thought on the security aspect of such live coverages. As it turns out, the militants were well organized & had a plan in place. I am sure that they were not making their next moves based on what Barkha Dutt would report! Expressing opinion is one thing, (which might be taken into consideration by the media), but calling for censorship of the media is definitely a step backwards. Indian media has grown leaps & bounds over the past decade & has been responsible for bringing the national attention to many high profile cases. Be it for TRP of whatever reasons, the media has played a responsible role in shaping the mindset of the country till date & I am hoping that they will in the future. If nothing else, the media has ripped apart the security situation in the country as a whole & has made us realize how vulnerable each one of us would be the next time we go out to eat or go on a vacation!
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Dr. Reddy, nanu prashne kelLilla. Nimma vicharaneGe artha kelde ashte.
Again, what does this mean? “We should not have strereotyped images. Religious fundamentalism is bad.”
– It’s obvious you’re lecturing Hindus. May I ask why? Why are we being lectured to, when we are not the fellows who just killed over 200 people in cold blood?
Of course Muslims fall within a stereotype. Please name one Muslim “moderate” who has not rationalized Islamic terror by claiming some kind of moral equivalence. Please name one Muslim killer who has not taken the Quran as inspiration. Sorry, but Hindus did not construct this stereotype. It’s been there for all to see.
I also suggest we avoid using words loosely. Being “Fundamentalist” is not wrong. I would not trust a person without certain fundamentals in life, provided those fundamentals are good and not evil. We oppose Islam because of it’s evil fundamentals and not because it has fundamentals per se. What we see before us is Islam in action. Period.
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“I do not think media people are morons”
Au contraire my boy… The media is not only moronic but anti-national too. That’s a fact. Witness the childish behaviour of ndtv, cnnibn just to satisfy their foreign masters.
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@ palahalli
If you come out of India, even Indians are stereotyped. I am not lecturing Hindus alone. Everyone included muslims, hindus, sikhs, christians, jews. No religion says to kill others. It is people who misuse religious priciples for unlterior motives.
It is the terrorists muslims who claimed 200 and more lives in Mumbai, not the ordinary muslim citizens. Terrorism has no religion. People belonging to all religious faiths have died in this attack.
Somebody out here were trying to say muslim=terrorism, which is not true.
I think streotypes did not exist all the time. It started with the media, mostly constructed by people who operate the media.
I meant religious fundamentalism in the sense of strictly (blindly)adhereing to rules and teachings of any religion. Therefore, I dont think I have used the word religious fundamentalism loosely.
If you look at Hindu fundamentalism, even they use our religious deities, symbols to justify their actions.
Do you mean principles? Everybody has to have some principles in life.
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@Vaccum Tube….Millions of people watched the live telecast including leaders from around the world..and nobody had anything to say about the security concerns because of such live coverages. One guy suddenly finds a BIG security lapse in such a coverage and ten guys support him, So Ban live coverage of hostage situations, do not provide details of such hostage situations until the government and some of the bloggers approve of what content has to be aired!!! Nice….
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Dr. Reddy – Anything, it seems, can be stretched to mean anything.
I posed some questions earlier;
A Muslim who has not resorted to Moral Equivalence while condemning Islamic terror.
A Muslim Terrorist who has not used the Quran for inspiration.
Since you are keen on equivocation yourself, please back up your statement wrt Hindu “Fundamentalists”.
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@ Palahalli
You are saying as if all the ordinary muslims support terrorism which I strongly disagree with you. There are many ( muslim) citizens who dislike it. All those ordinary citizens statements dont get printed for you to see. If you have some muslim families in your street or what ever it is, find out. Have they all supporting muslim terrorist activities?
Most muslim terrorists use (misuse) Quran for justyfying their acts and to get support. This I agree.
Which statement of mine makes you think that “Since you are keen on equivocation yourself,….”?
Religious fundamentalism in Hinduism, Islam, and any other religion means same.
You want to say Hindus can not be terrorists using hindusim?
When did you become spokesperson of Hindu fundamentalists?
Religious fundamentalism is bad and dangerous.
In any case, if you alienate a group then try to stick together. Instead they should be brought and treated as part of the “main stream”.
Now you will tell me again “Anything, it seems, can be stretched to mean anything.”
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Dr. Reddy – You sound like me a year back. I was a liberal but thankfully, not a full blown one. I wrote a lot in Sandeep’s web (seriouslysandeep.com). Fought plenty with folks there arguing like you do now. I would clutch at ANY straw in the wind that could disprove my opponents. Very much like you do here. “Check on your neighbours..check on your colleagues..my friends…my acquaintances…are not Muslims like these killers!”. I wanted desperately to prove my point of view as correct. Part ego…but largely a sincere desire to end anti-Muslim hostility.
I’m sorry Dr. Reddy. I was terribly wrong then…and I can see you committing the same blunder.
If you visit my blog, you will notice plenty of links to important Islamic sites. Honorable sites. You will not come across a single..not ONE denunciation of the massacre in Mumbai that is not riven with conspiracy theories and deflection of ire. Toward the end, you have to make an effort to remind yourself that these denunciations are indeed aimed at Jihadis…if at all.
Yes I have Muslim friends…and I have Muslim neighbors. They speak of evil America. They do not speak of evil India for obvious reasons. Not in front of me at least. But replace America with India and the reasoning fits their world view. They speak ill of Pakistan as one would speak ill of a fool…an idiot. Indian Muslims largely, do not have respect for Pakistan because they recognize it as a hopeless state. Not because it pursues its policies against India.
You speak of Hindu “fundamentalism” and yet cannot substantiate this charge. You speak of Hindus taking Hinduism as inspiration to commit murders…and yet cannot substantiate this charge.
You are scared of alienating a group…that has already alienated itself. Nay, does not want to be assimilated in the mainstream. Don’t you see? They like it this way. They would love it if this separation actually worked for them. Muslims are in a fix in India. Their hearts are not in assimilation even though they might see the practical need for it.
The reason for this conundrum is their Quran and its teachings.
I suggest we respect that sentiment. I suggest we keep them separate. No, not any more land. They’ve had their share already.
I’m sorry Dr. Reddy. No point blaming anybody for not acting against Islamists….when you cannot pull yourself together and face the truth that’s all around you.
Cite something strong Dr. Reddy, cite something so powerful that I might be wrong about this.
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