[Reader-list] WHO WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSLIMWOMEN??

[shivam]

> Why are we engaging/debating with this V. Jogi person? It is clear that
> her badly-thought-out, kneejerk, and ill-formulated (not to mention,
> inherently stupid) views have little or no support on this list. 

I don't know about this list, but on or off the list, we need no
engage with these views, no matter how stupid they are, because these
views are widespread enough to cause spurts of fascism (Ayodhya,
Gujarat) every now and then. These views are, in all their stupidity,
powerful enough to destabilise the polity and affect our daily lives -
socially, politically perhaps even intelectually.

SV 


On 7/27/05, S Datta <sdatta at mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> People:
> 
> Why are we engaging/debating with this V. Jogi person? It is clear that
> her badly-thought-out, kneejerk, and ill-formulated (not to mention,
> inherently stupid) views have little or no support on this list. Perhaps
> we'd all be better off, and would have slightly less clogged inboxes, if
> we ignored these messages and let her rant to her heart's content? I'm
> saying this because I think there should be a minimum level of coherence
> in a statement before it merits extensive dissection/discussion/rebuttal.
> It doesn't seem to me that Ms Jogi's repeated salvos meet this criterion;
> we have, I believe, satisfied ourselves that most members of this list are
> not in agreement with the views expressed, howsoever badly put, in her
> mails; so why not just end this now and move on to matters that actually
> deserve our time and energy? I say this with full awareness that I'm as
> guilty as anyone of keeping this discussion going, but really, it's way
> past it's sell-by-date now.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 fmadre at free.fr wrote:
> 
> > Selon Vedavati Jogi <vrjogi at hotmail.com>:
> > > i did not talk about 'dividing india'.  i want to throw out those muslims
> > > who don't accept rule of the land.
> >