tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9237907.post113438947477124902..comments2024-03-06T00:30:08.915-08:00Comments on Secular-Right India: Freedom of ExpressionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9237907.post-1134645170043400412005-12-15T03:12:00.000-08:002005-12-15T03:12:00.000-08:00I agree. Thanks and regards.I agree. Thanks and regards.froginthewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065929662806737682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9237907.post-1134584657785083252005-12-14T10:24:00.000-08:002005-12-14T10:24:00.000-08:00What I heard ( from a lecture here , I don't know ...What I heard ( from a lecture here , I don't know much more ) is that the most reliable source of information about the Armenian population of that time is the Turkish census before the alleged genocide, and according to this there were lesser than 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey to begin with ( I forget the number quoted ). Moreover most of the deaths were caused by the stressful journey that the evacuated Armenians had to make. Please see the <A HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/ARMENIAN_GENOCIDE#POSITION_OF_THE_TURKISH_GOVERNMENT HREF="" REL="nofollow">summary</A> of the position of the Turkish government and intellectuals in wikipedia.<BR/><BR/> One should also consider the fact that Turkey atleast made an attempt to formally try those involved in the massacre ( again, I only heard this; don't know how authentic it is ). I am not sure the imperialist powers ever did such things in their colonies.<BR/><BR/> Now I am not saying all the things I am quoting are correct but I am pained at the western tendency to look at only one aspect of it.<BR/><BR/> Also please see the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orhan_Pamuk#Controversy" REL="nofollow">controversy</A> regarding Mr. Pamuk mentioned in wikipedia. Possibly this is a case of third-worldish-country writers trying to get fame by slamming their own culture.froginthewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065929662806737682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9237907.post-1134444304958386762005-12-12T19:25:00.000-08:002005-12-12T19:25:00.000-08:00Ironically Mr V. S. Naipaul supports demolition of...Ironically Mr V. S. Naipaul supports demolition of Babri Masjid.<BR/><BR/>I am one of those "Hindu Nationalist", but I didn't know that I was rich, thanks for informing me.<BR/><BR/>Regardsdoubtinggauravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149344536185812623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9237907.post-1134405397686604682005-12-12T08:36:00.000-08:002005-12-12T08:36:00.000-08:00I hear ( I am not well versed in this issue at all...I hear ( I am not well versed in this issue at all ) that it was not just armenians perishing in Turkey but quite a few Turks were killed in the rest of Europe. This issue is never raised. Unfortunately for westerners only the murder of fellow-westerners and women amount to murder.<BR/><BR/> And I doubt if the so-called "the non-Western bourgeoisie or the enriched bureaucracy" have anything to do with nationalism. Most of the recently rich just don't seem to care about such issues.froginthewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065929662806737682noreply@blogger.com