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August 6, 2007 at 10:56 pm · Filed under debates, terrorism
Tell you what, Al Qaeda is dumb, and what’s more - they’re a fake, because the outfit is seriously un-Islamic. They have us all fooled, but really, they don’t know crap about their faith.
The blind jackasses ought to pay more attention to their Islamiyat lessons. Jihad, FYI, is about struggle to preserve your faith, and not about gunning down innocent people on the streets.
Now, they threaten India. Shiver me timbers, they’re at it again.
So New Delhi is a target because we killed 100,000 muslims in Kashmir? With the blessings of Uncle Sam? We took help from the US to clean our backyard? Hello?
They’re not just terrorists, they’re absurdly dumb as well. Is this an Al-Qaeda statement or a Hollywood script? Don’t they get it? The US is absolutely uninterested in Kashmir, because hey - there’s no oil there. Elementary, dear Laden, they don’t bless anything.
And India promptly downplays the threat - though the news comes at a rather disturbing time, when our forces are a bit ‘occupied’ fetching people out from the wrath of the floods. Why downplay it? Because there’s no ‘confirmed’ threat, silly! What did they expect anyway, Bin Laden coming on air and going “InshAllah, with the blessings of the Almighty, we will be bombing your asses at 3pm on Wednesday?”
Get real, all of you.
I think Al Qaeda got their priorities wrong, anyway. The real threat to them is Pakistan, not India. Pak have played dirty once already with the Taleban when they figured that Bushy would be at their doorstep soon after 9/11. The greatest enemy lies within, and in AQ’s case, all around them. Ironically, Pak knows that it needs to act fast to flush the militants from within their nation, and that’s a crazy task given the sympathy AQ gets from Muslim fundamentalists.
And the fools, the idiots, the blind afterbirths of half-pregnant camels - AQ forgot to read the portions of the very religion they claim to be the ‘custodians’ of. Do they honestly think that they can bomb Indian targets without killing Muslims? What does their death amount to, Holy Sacrifice? Is AQ really that foolish and that ignorant of the religion they’re trying to ‘protect’? What are they reading, a Holy Book edited and tweaked to meet their military requirement? I don’t know who’s looking after this outfit, but that 6′6 chap who apparently masterminded 9/11 might’ve forgotten his brains back in Tora Bora.
Et moi? I hate these statements by ‘the base’ because it creates panic amongst Indians (who are getting as paranoid as the US, which itself is scary) and it fuels hatred for Muslims, and for Islam - a religion of peace, a religion that Al Qaeda doesn’t really represent. It makes extremist radical outfits like the Shit Shiv Sena look like smart-alecks when they come up with their baseless nonsensical anti-Muslim propaganda.
It creates unnecessary turmoil. The reaction? Although the Centre nearly rubbished the threat, Bangalore and Hyderabad look like they’ve stepped up security. In fact, Bangalore has a counter-terrorism unit. Great, good prompt action, but tell you what folks - this is reactive action. Not proactive.
As I learnt from my childhood days of playing the DOS version of Command and Conquer Red Alert, building a strong base is a great thing, but eventually, to win the war, you have to attack and exterminate every single enemy out there.
And how far up are we on that front? Ground-zero. We sat and watched, mere spectators, as the US launched one legitimate war (read: Kabul) and one fake one (read: Baghdad) in pursuit of the terrorists. I wonder why.
August 6, 2007 at 10:55 pm · Filed under cricket, debates
Revenge is sweet, much sweeter than jellybeans.
Apparently, Mike Atherton isn’t too pleased with the counter-aggression that India showed, in particular, Sreesanth. Maybe it’s understandable - the bowler in question bowls beamers, crashes into batsmen head-on and puts Prabhu Deva to shame on the pitch with his celebration that Harsha Bhogle famously named ‘rurally refreshing’.
Atherton writes that Sreesanth needs to be banned from the Oval test for bowling a beamer. Personally, I think Mikey needs to be banned from all forms of writing. Where was he anyway when there were jellybeans on the pitch?
By fining Sreesanth 50 per cent of his match fee for a shoulder nudge that could have inflicted no physical damage and ignoring the beamer which could have maimed a less alert batsman, the International Cricket Council once again showed a liking for the irrelevancies over the issues that matter.
Maim? Did he miss a hostile bouncer taking Sachin Tendulkar on, crashing into the helmet? Did he miss the force and impact? Does he really think that a Sreesath beamer is capable of permanent disfiguration of a certain Pietersen?
Besides, bowlers have every right to be aggressive. Someone’s taken cricket by the balls, literally, because bowlers are being mutilated out there. Twenty20, the field restrictions, South Africa chasing 434? So really, go ahead and send down a few. But, hello, maybe not beamers. Unless, of course, you do a Sreesanth and apologize immediately. Or feign it.
Right, so he *may*have sent that one accidentally, but that’s not the point. While Kevin and Mikey think that the aforementioned delivery had fatally destructive capabilities, I think it’s a whole load of horseshit. If you ask me, Pietersen deserves it for his histrionics on the field. He’s a bloody awesome batsman (I don’t mind paying good money to watch his demolition of an attack) but he needs to keep his tongue to himself, more often than not, just as Andre Nel.
As for Atherton, he can focus his verbage on sorting out disciplinary issues within the stubborn English camp before turning to us. Seriously, forget Gandhi for a bit on the field. It’s an eye for an eye, and a lethal Indian beamer for English profanity.
August 6, 2007 at 1:10 am · Filed under bangalore
Call me paranoid about driving in the dark, but this truck had absolutely no business on this road. It’s a freaking one-way, for crying out loud, and this particular patch of tar is a dangerous curve near the HP gas-station adjacent to Jaymahal Palace, a few meters from the Cantonment Railyway Bridge.
Head-on collision. Damn.
Onlookers kindly informed that the injured were rushed to the Jain Hospital nearby. Click here for the bigger picture.
August 6, 2007 at 1:03 am · Filed under bangalore
Before we get into the ‘Freedom’ Jam, let’s find out what Princeton says to define ‘freedom’. Apparently, it is ‘the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints’.
Yeah, right. Maybe that’s why the cops of Bangalore arrived on the scene and busted a little rock-meet, a gig that invited music lovers from across Bangalore for no cost - I repeat, no cost - to enjoy a bit of metal and the works.
So much for this whole ‘freedom’ idea. The reason? Volume. Now, if it actually wasn’t Sultans of Swing or Comfortably Numb that sounded the air, but instead a Thayee Yashoda fusion, perhaps the perfume and jewellery folks on the other side of the fence at Palace Grounds would have kept mum. But no, we love rock, and that makes us anti-Indian and them pro-Indian, so they call the hotline and ask the khaki-clad people of law to pay us a little visit.
Not that the Monsoon helped the cause. When the divine forces stopped peeing on Palace Grounds, we had time for exactly two bands to perform - albeit, mediocre, because the vocals were too low, the bass was too high and things had to be setup in a hurry. After which, in popped the law-enforcers, oh-so-worried about the sound the Jam was making, even as their traffic counterparts were ushering the rock-crazy crowd of Bangalore into the premises at the entrance.
This is why we gave them blackberries?? I sincerely hope that Freedom Jams across the nation aren’t harassed by the cops restricted the way we were today. We aren’t murdering anyone, you know, hello?
To those who suggest that ‘they were only doing their duty’ - hush. Alright, the folks on the opposite fence reported the ‘crime’ but what drove these cops to actually take action against a baseless complaint, considering that the authorities granted permission for the Jam?
60 bands for 60 years of Independence, they said. Considering that, while I was around, only two bands performed, and maybe that drives home a point to show how ‘free’ we really are as of today. Okay, so I missed the rest of the show that might have started around 9pm, and ironically, I might miss the best part of India basking in freedom if we keep restricting ourselves with a leash meant for the strays.
In the meantime, here are a few pix at the ‘gig’. Blame the slosh on the rain.
August 5, 2007 at 10:08 am · Filed under movies
While I was flipping through the channels on YouTube, looking for a few good short movies made by amateurs and professionals alike, I came across this brilliant one. The shitty part about short flicks is that, there’s no real time to get into character depth and introductions - hence - most short movies turn out to be good, hit-and-run less-impact ones. There are classics like the ‘Little Terrorist’ which, for me, is the benchmark as far as a short goes.
The Black Button isn’t far behind.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80]
I love the dialogue. I love the script. The camerawork is simple, hardly and special effects. It gets pacy towards the end. Inspires me more than ever to chuck the procrastination out of the window, and get serious about it.
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