What’s so civil about war anyway?

This time around I’m just going to let these lyrics do the talking…

“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.
Some men you just can’t reach…
So, you get what we had here last week,
which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N’ I don’t like it any more than you men.”

Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they’ve always done before

Look at the hate we’re breeding
Look at the fear we’re feeding
Look at the lives we’re leading
The way we’ve always done before

My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can’t deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars

D’you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said “Peace could last forever”
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can’t trust freedom
When it’s not in your hands
When everybody’s fightin’
For their promised land

And
I don’t need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin’ soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain’t that fresh
I don’t need your civil war

Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we’re spilling
Look at the world we’re killing
The way we’ve always done before
Look in the doubt we’ve wallowed
Look at the leaders we’ve followed
Look at the lies we’ve swallowed
And I don’t want to hear no more

My hands are tied
For all I’ve seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
‘Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars

“We practice selective annihilation of mayors
And government officials
For example to create a vacuum
Then we fill that vacuum
As popular war advances
Peace is closer”

I don’t need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin’ soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain’t that fresh
And I don’t need your civil war
I don’t need your civil war
I don’t need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin’ soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain’t that fresh
I don’t need your civil war
I don’t need one more war

I don’t need one more war
What’s so civil ’bout war anyway?

[Song: Civil Way by Guns N' Roses]

What’s the big deal about Hitler’s Cross?

Okay, so a new restaurant opened in Mumbai and they named it Hitler’s Cross. So what’s the big deal about it? Why is everyone creating a ruckus over it? Why is everyone just jumping on the bandwagon to condemn it?

Before getting into any further discussion, let’s get one thing straight. I completely condemn the Jewish genocide committed by Hitler and his Nazi regiment. But it’s high time that we look at things a little more objectively. It seems like most of the posts and news items about this restaurant are just out there to show how righteous we all are. Well, let’s get to those points one-by-one.

First point is that it infuriated the Jews. Ok, point taken. But hey, what about those countless bars and pubs all over US, Europe and Australia that everyone knows are hangout places for Neo-Nazi elements? Why isn’t anyone taking any action against them? Why aren’t they being discussed in the media?

Let’s take another fact into consideration related to the first point itself. How big is the Jewish population in India? It’s definitely not as big as in the western world. Now the important question – what is the strength of Neo-Nazi population in India? I think it would be safe to say ZERO! And how big is the Neo-Nazi population in US, Europe? More than the population of Mumbai for sure! So where the Jews should feel threatened and where should people start condemning the hangouts? This is just a simple restaurant!

Second point that some idiots raised was about starting a restaurant mocking Bal Thackeray’s name and some blogger wrote “Will the Shiv Sena now take arms against the restaurant and burn it down because it hurts the sensibilities of a certain community. I don’t think so.” To begin with, why should you drag Shiv Sena into everything? Are you insane? Do you even know that Shiv Sena openly supports the cause of the Hindu community and not Jews? That’s a totally senseless argument.

And third point. You are all so concerned about the sentiments of the Jewish community being hurt just because someone used Hitler’s name for their restaurant and created a theme based on him. But let me ask you folks, where were you when one M F Hussain painted a canvas of Hindu Goddess Saraswati depicting her in the nude? I am sure most of you were screaming hoarse in support of him saying its ART!

Let’s just give up the double standards and talk some sense. It is just a name of a restaurant. They are in no way deifying Hitler or supporting Nazi beliefs. The Nazis used the Swastika as a representation of their core beliefs. However, I believe you all know that the Swastika is an extremely sacred Hindu symbol. So if I start sporting a big Swastika on my car or paint it on my house during some auspicious occasion, would I be labeled as a Nazi supporter and would I be hurting the sentiments of the Jews?

And the last point. Someone said “Look to what Jews are doing TODAY to the innocent people in Lebanon” and in response a person said “Please be region specific and not religion specific! Is it fair enough to target an entire community due to the wrong doings by some people? Whatever the case might be, you never say that ‘Christians’ invaded Iraq do you? You say USA did! Do you notice the difference?” To this second person, I would like to ask – why do you say Nazis and not Germans? And in that case, you should still be condemning the Germans right? Shouldn’t Auschwitz be razed to the ground instead of making it a memorial where thousands of visitors throng each year? Isn’t that more hurtful to the Jewish sentiments that a place where millions of Jews were exterminated is kept for public display?

It’s just a restaurant name in a neutral country. Flame all you want on my post. But it’s just a name.

Can India take action against the terrorist nation?

The lifeline of Mumbai – the Western Railway – that carries tens of thousands of commuter everyday was rocked by a series of 7 bomb blasts between 6:30pm – 7:00pm. Everyone knows which nation has its hand in this act of terrorism. Earlier in the day, Jammu and Kashmir was the victim of grenade attacks.

This is proof enough that the peace initiative is a complete failure. India has to completely shut down its borders and now the only way to act is to fight fire with fire. Now let’s see if the world – USA, UK in particular – comes to the aid of India in its fight against terrorism. Its time to smoke out the bastards.

Tension in Mumbai: Stupidity Rules

Q. What happens when a dim-witted, crack-headed community’s acts of outright stupidity get a response from an air-headed political party comprising of nincompoops?

A. It results in the loss of innocents lives, damage to public property, a tense atmosphere through the city and an utter waste of a Sunday.

You got to be kidding me!

Some people have the uncanny ability to make the most ridiculous comments and as much as it angers you, you just cannot help laughing at their downright stupidity. Here are two examples:

Our respected PM Manmohan Singh declaring, “I think the quota issue is settled”. Read about it here and here.

Ajit Agarkar was dropped from the Test team after having given probably the best performance of his life and being the most consistent bowler on the Windies tour so far. Kiran More justifies it by saying, “He’s more of a one-day bowler.” Brilliant Mr. More! That was even funnier than Miandad jumping up and down to imitate you.