> Falwell Puts Foot in Mouth Again > - By Melvin Durai > Was that column intended to be humourous, Shri Durai? If yes, you succeeded admirably.
> What surprised me was the reaction in India. > Really?
> Perhaps the protesters did not realize that most Americans take Falwell's utterances as seriously >-----------------
Perhaps you do not realize that very few protesters in India would have known anything about Falwell. Probably not a single protester knew how America treats his utterances; you are correct about that. I wasn't among the protesters but I had no clue either how America treats Shri Falwell's utterances. To let you in on a secret, it is very much in the realm of possibility that many protesters may not even have heard of America.
> MAD crowned him the dumbest of the dumb for blaming the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on abortionists, feminists, homosexuals and civil liberties groups -- almost everyone but Osama bin Laden. >-------------------------
Gandhiji had suggested after the great earthquake in Bihar that it happened because untouchability was being practised in Bihar those days. So there is some overlap there between Falwell and the great Mahatma. One hopes (against hope) Gandhiji had pure motive when he said that, never mind his stupidity.
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Vandana Singh comments : I enjoyed this humorous article. Thanks --- and keep writing!
