Nepali indignation
Published by Yazad Jal May 30th, 2005 in StimulantsIn April I posted on a controversial issue: Should India invade Nepal? asking readers to supply coherent reasons for and against the issue while leaving ad hominems home. Around a month later, after the topic had died down I suddenly saw a spurt of comments on the post. Mostly from Nepalis who were very indignant that Indians discuss an invasion of their country. Most had not cared to read the post or earlier dissenting comments, and some were clearly abusive. I’ve been internally debating what to do about the abuse when it struck me that the one emotion that it generated was humour. I’m going to leave the impotent rants and insults on for those who might think similarly and want to enjoy a quiet chuckle.
For those who want to discuss the issue, the invitation for a coherent debate sans ad hominem is still open.
Gosh! what an outpouring of hate…I hope you can visit Nepal sometime in the future safely, if you want to :)
I’ve been following these comments since quite a few days. They are actually quite amusing if the reader is rational, but I guess some people might take them seriously
Yesterday, I was actually going to suggest that you reply to them, and I guess my attempts to reach you through telepathy were successful
There was this guy on my blog who used to repeat the same old rant on almost every post on Nepal.
Recently, I posted a response telling him I fully understood his point, and he could move on to the next one :-)
Ahh!! The entourage of yes men follow. Yazad, you put out a stupid topic that isn’t even worthy of debate. Allow me to yawn as you hyperlink to ad-hominem, strawman, libertarianism and what not. If you still cant see why invading Nepal is an amazingly stupid idea, even with all caveats in place, then you need a dose of common sense. Please smirk at the enraged Nepalis. It makes you look so intelligent and smart. And yeah, I read your posts to enjoy quiet chuckles.
Trollmaster,
It’s easy to dismiss a topic as “not worthy of debate” — maybe you’d like to elaborate why? And please don’t talk down with the “if you can’t see what I see then you have no common sense” method.
If you read through the comments on the original post you’d find many reasoned arguments. Some of the Nepali students made forceful points (comments #26 - #31 for example). I’m not amused by “enraged” Nepalis, but by the abusive ones.
Why Nepal ? They look at India as an older brother. Lets think about some nations who are harbouring terrorists againt Indian interests.