Well i was going to write a post against the Mumbai terror attacks, but refrained from doing so as i have read several blogs and they have already covered almost everything i had to say. However i have some snippets which no matter how you put it, are..... Stupid.
1. News channels calling the attack as "War on Mumbai"..... Maybe the intellectuals there should look up in the dictionary for the definition of War.
2. Calling Taj Hotel an icon of India, its like calling Shilpa Shetty or Mallika Sherawat or Rakhi Sawant icons of India. I don't have anything against any of them (especially Rakhi Sawant) and while feeling bad that Taj was attacked and many people were killed, would like to state that according to my opinion, none of these are icons of India, they are few of the millions of pieces that combine to form India.
3. Some people getting frustrated that the news channels who have called it "War on Mumbai", have called Taj, an icon of India. They write essays with pent up frustration about how Taj is not the Icon but the Chathrapathi Sivaji Terminus is the icon and the "Aam Admi (Common Man)" who travel through the terminus are icons of India. While i don't agree that Taj is an icon of India, I am not frustrated about it. Everybody has a right of opinion and if someone thinks Rakhi Sawant is an icon of India i don't have any objections except that i will be laughing my butt off.
4. The same news channel voicing out "Few people have held Mumbai for ransom, and there is nothing anybody could do about it". First they did not hold anybody for ransom, second i didn't know if Mumbai was such a small place, it just has Taj, Oberoi and Nariman House. If that is not the case does entire Mumbai live in these three buildings? While they exaggerated the statement they even took enough care to add a hint of stupidity to that statement.
5. Calling the attack as India's 9/11. How is this similar to what happened in USA? Why is this even being compared with what happened in USA? While both are terrorist attacks i don't see any similarity. Lots of places in the world have been hit by terrorist attacks, why are we not associating with them. Why do we have to associate and identify everything with USA? They didn't stop there, they even called Taj..... "Ground Zero". Well they said "India's Ground Zero". Maybe they should make an attempt to know what the term Ground Zero means. Here is the definition
"The term Ground Zero may be used to describe the point on the earth's surface where an explosion occurs. In the case of an explosion above the ground, Ground Zero refers to the point on the ground directly below an explosion. The term has often been associated with nuclear explosions and other large bombs, but is also used in relation to earthquakes, epidemics and other disasters to mark the point of the most severe damage or destruction"
6.This gets first place in the stupidity contest. Exactly a week after the attacks, The Counter Intelligence Division of police in Hyderabad have received a tip off that a terrorist leader is seen in Santosh Nagar area. Now how do the police display their "intelligence", by sending three unarmed constables without any back up. It doesn't surprise me that the terrorists shot them and easily fled away. While a bit worried about the seriousness with which police has acted up, their moronic stupidity doesn't fail to amuse me. Seriously , What were they thinking!!!
1. News channels calling the attack as "War on Mumbai"..... Maybe the intellectuals there should look up in the dictionary for the definition of War.
2. Calling Taj Hotel an icon of India, its like calling Shilpa Shetty or Mallika Sherawat or Rakhi Sawant icons of India. I don't have anything against any of them (especially Rakhi Sawant) and while feeling bad that Taj was attacked and many people were killed, would like to state that according to my opinion, none of these are icons of India, they are few of the millions of pieces that combine to form India.
3. Some people getting frustrated that the news channels who have called it "War on Mumbai", have called Taj, an icon of India. They write essays with pent up frustration about how Taj is not the Icon but the Chathrapathi Sivaji Terminus is the icon and the "Aam Admi (Common Man)" who travel through the terminus are icons of India. While i don't agree that Taj is an icon of India, I am not frustrated about it. Everybody has a right of opinion and if someone thinks Rakhi Sawant is an icon of India i don't have any objections except that i will be laughing my butt off.
4. The same news channel voicing out "Few people have held Mumbai for ransom, and there is nothing anybody could do about it". First they did not hold anybody for ransom, second i didn't know if Mumbai was such a small place, it just has Taj, Oberoi and Nariman House. If that is not the case does entire Mumbai live in these three buildings? While they exaggerated the statement they even took enough care to add a hint of stupidity to that statement.
5. Calling the attack as India's 9/11. How is this similar to what happened in USA? Why is this even being compared with what happened in USA? While both are terrorist attacks i don't see any similarity. Lots of places in the world have been hit by terrorist attacks, why are we not associating with them. Why do we have to associate and identify everything with USA? They didn't stop there, they even called Taj..... "Ground Zero". Well they said "India's Ground Zero". Maybe they should make an attempt to know what the term Ground Zero means. Here is the definition
"The term Ground Zero may be used to describe the point on the earth's surface where an explosion occurs. In the case of an explosion above the ground, Ground Zero refers to the point on the ground directly below an explosion. The term has often been associated with nuclear explosions and other large bombs, but is also used in relation to earthquakes, epidemics and other disasters to mark the point of the most severe damage or destruction"
6.This gets first place in the stupidity contest. Exactly a week after the attacks, The Counter Intelligence Division of police in Hyderabad have received a tip off that a terrorist leader is seen in Santosh Nagar area. Now how do the police display their "intelligence", by sending three unarmed constables without any back up. It doesn't surprise me that the terrorists shot them and easily fled away. While a bit worried about the seriousness with which police has acted up, their moronic stupidity doesn't fail to amuse me. Seriously , What were they thinking!!!
too true :)
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