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In the south there is a growing communist insurgency consisting of impoverished people who have been long denied their rights and have taken up arms in protest

In the south there is a growing communist insurgency consisting of impoverished people who have been long denied their rights and have taken up arms in protest (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite-Maoist_insurgency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite-Maoist_insurgency ). The interesting thing is that these groups have entrenched their power by acting like an ad-hoc government collecting taxes, dispensing justice and winning the confidence of the villagers through goodwill schemes that the government should have implemented. Yes, that's very interesting. How interesting what wonderful people they are. Except that they are terrorists and mass murderers. To say that they have gained power by being saints rather ignores the salient detail that they also gained power with extreme violence. Strangely, their acts of terror against police and civilians alike are documented on the very page you linked...

todayiamme 16y ago
I haven't said that they are saints, and personally I think that they are nothing but glorified thugs controlled by terrorists, but my opinion has nothing to do with the facts at hand and what they are actually doing on the ground. Or, more crucially, what those villagers think of them and why they support them.
- cynicalkane 16y ago
  Then you may wish to re-word your post. Further reading tells us that the Indian Maoists, like organized crime gangs, use racketerring, extortion, threats of violence and abduction, drug trafficking, and local corruption to maintain power and obtain money. Nobody would dare attribute organized crime with being an "ad-hoc government" that "dispenses justice" and "goodwill", yet to do so would be a disservice to organized crime, as such organizations are not in the habit of blowing people up by the dozens.
akshayubhat 16y ago
Wow this guy is a real idiot if he is making statement like this, probably he can use same logic to justify Hamas.
- todayiamme 16y ago
  Um, I am a girl who enjoys being an idiot. Try it sometime. :)

todayiamme 16y ago

I haven't said that they are saints, and personally I think that they are nothing but glorified thugs controlled by terrorists, but my opinion has nothing to do with the facts at hand and what they are actually doing on the ground. Or, more crucially, what those villagers think of them and why they support them.

cynicalkane 16y ago
Then you may wish to re-word your post. Further reading tells us that the Indian Maoists, like organized crime gangs, use racketerring, extortion, threats of violence and abduction, drug trafficking, and local corruption to maintain power and obtain money. Nobody would dare attribute organized crime with being an "ad-hoc government" that "dispenses justice" and "goodwill", yet to do so would be a disservice to organized crime, as such organizations are not in the habit of blowing people up by the dozens.

akshayubhat 16y ago

Wow this guy is a real idiot if he is making statement like this, probably he can use same logic to justify Hamas.

todayiamme 16y ago
Um, I am a girl who enjoys being an idiot. Try it sometime. :)