[Reader-list] Urgent

[anupam chakravartty]

On 12/1/08, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear who-ever is reading this mail,
>
> for the past one week, like a dumb spectator i witnessed exchange of
> e-mails discussing terror, religion, war and bombs. As a 26 year old, I also
> feel that i should share with you what these words mean to me.
>
> War: A chauvinistic, primitive exercise of asserting one's might over
> another set of people. While wars lead to a unprecendent rise in
> industrialisation, the reforms during wartime are sectarian complemented
> with swinish behaviour. the only enemy during the war time is defeatism. it
> operate on the premise: that if you cannot accomplish something, you must
> achieve it through force.
>
> Terror: A feeling of anxiety laced with fear. For example, Trying to know
> if it was Osama or the oil companies or the sangh pariwar or the luxury
> sector is behind the attacks. Understanding terror is addictive. People get
> high on blood spilled over that anger -- the rage makes you assertive --
> helps you in choosing, making quick statements irresponsibly. Terror is also
> a lucrative phenomenon for many human beings, especially insurance sector.
> It also brings people together and say: "Did you see that?"
>
> Religion: Religiousity is this: "Let's see who is more righteous. I believe
> in God better than you do. I know how to enter my temple, read my Psalms and
> I also know what to wear on a palm sunday or fast for a whole month.
> Remember if you dont do this, you are not faithful to your community. you
> are an outcast. Even so, A microphone helps me to communicate with the
> higher self -- which could have been by default, the inner self as well. No
> please dont ask questions about religion. see its all written, so please
> shut up."
>
> Bombs: is it true that deflated egoes, inflated passions leads to a
> bomb? But painting the town red without killing any one or bursting a dung
> bomb is a better and safer way to make a statement would not be considered
> terroristic enough. so dear truth seeker, bombs are not propaganda  -- it is
> utterly stupid. dont let mr politician to use it as a propaganda. in case if
> the person is still doing it, then you can ask him if he wasnt the guy who
> planted the bomb, now that he is seeking votes in the name of a bomb blast.
>
> Thanks
> anupam
>