Originally posted by: chal_phek_mat
I see you are not objecting to the point, just the methods not the basis of the theory😉.
You are wrong here. I am opposed to the whole enchilada here - the point, the method, and the theory.
now to answer your other point, If where I live this were to happen
If in where I live, if a company were to be formed which only excluded people of one section/community/religion/race/gender, they will get sued their pants off by someone. See everyone has equal protection where I live, If the govt or judiciary failed to intervene they will get picketed and things might get a little friskier too😆. When emotions are those high things tends to happen. Nobody favors voilence anywhere but stuff like that happens. I assume that is the same where you live too😉.
I do live where you live and I come from the same background as you....oh wait...I think we are totally different since I am no marathi manoos😛. I happen to consider myself an Indian first😃
We all take pride in maintainin our own identity, preserving our own culture, refusing to blend in with the american society, working twice as hard than a fellow american, at times, for lesser pay. We do share their resources with them while looking down on their culture and touting and flaunting our culture. How are we better off than all those people belonging to different states who call mumbai their home? If beating them up and driving them out of mumbai is justifiable then so is us getting beaten up and driven out of this country.
As far as having strict laws - we all know India's situation as far as corruption is concerned. How is Raj T.'s voilence and Bal T. despo attempts at taking the credit making the political situation in India any better? Take out the vote bank benefit and you'll see both their true faces.
if you take this same thing and apply here in this case, yes the methods that Raj Thackarey might be questionable depending on which side of the aisle you are on.
Might be????? questionable???? They are DEAD WRONG....period.
Now I am sure you are going to say the same things about the business folks and the political leaders who close out competitors just on the basis of race/religion/gender/community, dont physically harm them but just drive them out nonetheless.
Listen, I am against this regional fanaticism and I also oppose the resulting backlash against marathis in other states. You can try to justify it based on your own twisted rationale but for me - it's plain wrong.
The followup step is , let the legislators in India get together and outlaw the practices put forward in this theory and follow it through vigourously irrespective what race/religion/community/region/gender the perpretor belongs to. If they dont do anything about it and just blame Raj for saying what everyone is doing, then I feel they are worser people than Raj Thackeray is. And given the whole outcry around India that is what is happening, pretty typical of the Indian public and the legislators, look for symbolism but not do anything to resolve the root of the problem🤢
This is no way of resolving the "root problem" in case one exists here. Who is stopping marathis from going out and trying their hand at competitive entrance exams in other states or set up buisiness in other states? What Raj T. is doing or Bal T. is so desperate to take credit for is dirty politics to the core. Like I said before, yeh log apney khoon key sagey naheen. Take the political mileage out and I would love to see how true they remain to people of their own region.
The reason why I dont condemn Raj is atleast he has the guts to take it out in the open by this method the problem is out open to everyone to discuss. If all of us condemn Raj, what happens is we put him behind bars, shut his voice off and return to the business as usual which is not OK given the fact that we are a multi-regional, multi-regilous, multi-gender, multi-community country and we need to have a level playing field for everyone to grow in equal proportion
If you were a non-marathi Indian, would you still have felt the same? See, my point is if something can't be uniformly accepetd across the people of all regions then chances are it is not good for the country as a whole.
You have your vested interests based on your regional affiliations with Raj and Bal T. hence you feel he is right. Deep down, even you know he is looking for what he can get out of it. He really doesn't give a damn about the marathi people. If he did, he wouldn't harm their image like this OR make them hate targets in other states.
His voilent actions certainly are condemnable just like the actions of other places where these things are happen, see atleast I am not a hypocrite😃
Oh, I never called you a hypocrite...and you'll be no hypocrite if you accept here that the backlash against marathis outside maharashtra is just and fair too😉 Unlike you, I am condemning both - Raj T. and the resulting maar pitai of maharashtriyans in other parts of India.
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