Tell me, Doc, what these two things mean:
- You do not hold Gujarat against Modi at all;
- I will stop short of saying they (Muslims) asked for it.
You do not hold Gujarat against Modi at all?
- Is it because there was a great deal of provocation from the Muslims?
- Is it because he was new and did not know how quickly the situation could get out of control?
- Is it because he intended only a mild demonstration of force, and over-anxious subordinates displayed excessive zeal?
- Is it because he could not have foreseen how far things would go?
- Is it because he tried so hard to bring the situation back under control?
- Is it because there was nothing much that happened after all?
- Is it because nothing really happened, but the media and Teesta Setalvad bribed and corrupted and coaxed and bullied and cajoled and seduced and bludgeoned a few innocents into lying about what had happened?
- Is it because the state under Modi did its heroic best to bring ameliorative measures into place?
I am curious how far you will go before you start feeling sick. Honestly, I am not being provocative, nor am I trying to goad you into action; this is genuine puzzlement.
Coming to your awful remark about Muslims, so you stopped short of saying they asked for it; what exactly was on the other side of asking for it?
How can you possibly say that 'the Muslims' were asking for it? How can you possibly take the egregious behaviour of one or two, and conclude that the entire community was asking for it? Is this not really crazy generalisation? Wouldn't you condemn thousands, millions of innocents to death in future feuds? Apart from making a quick and clean sound-byte, what does this do for you?