humanity disgraced in worlds largest democracy India

Transparency is a very different topic than freedom of speech. Government transparency is extremely important to a well-functioning democracy. It's only in a very few cases where state secrets are necessary to protect human life.

In general, you can't trust politicians. If you let them work in secret, you can trust them even less. But, there is that nasty trade-off with sensitive military information.

 

Either I've misunderstood this post, or you have misunderstood my previous ones - I'm not conditioned to believe it is an offensive word, I'm part of the sane crowd, however tiny the membership may be. Sadly, though, it doesn't change the reality here. The worst thing is that a lot of people agree with it being forbidden. When your fellow countrymen willingly participate and believe in the idiocy the establishment peddles, you know there's no turning back and the country is dead.

We're completely disarmed here, which is another example. I've never encountered trouble with the police and am a very moral person, yet I have been stripped of the right to defend myself. It's not fun being part of a tiny minority, but as Gandhi said: "Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth".

 

Sorry, what? Monkey isn't a racist term here. It could be used as such, but even when used as an insult it isn't inherently racist. "Paki" would be considered more racist than "monkey". Monkey is rarely used in a derogatory sense.

If you're looking for a genuinely racist term, "Sand Nigger" is what most racists tend to use. But not "Monkey".

Are you even from Australia? I can't help but wonder where you're coming from.

 

I am not from Australia. That apart, I should have made myself more clear in making that comment. I wasn't serious and definitely wasn't pointing a finger. An Australian incident, involving an Indian cricketer who called an Australian a monkey, just crossed my mind in which whether the term was racist was debated very widely in the legal circles and the man was let off with simple wrap on his knuckles. This was around a year and a half and was the biggest talking point all over the media.

 

That makes sense.

Indeed, I'm sure the comment was probably meant to be racist; although typically "Monkey" wouldn't be used that way here. Lol, to be honest, I've heard it used more often affectionately with a person's children than in any other way. ^-^;

I do, vaguely, recall the cricketer incident.

 

I agree. In general, this is the rallying point actually, particularly so if you (we all) aren't receptive to comments and react to them in an undemocratic way.

 

the truth is the truth

Now I guess you meant that the majority decisions can't always be right by saying it's not fun being part of a tiny minority. In my view, it takes just one to start a movement however silent it may be. If you genuinely feel that something needs a change for better and still keep quiet, sulking about it, things remain condemned to continue as they are. This is all my point is.

Probably this is it.

 

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