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It was timed perfectly. 20 years later, nobody can question the documentary makers. A hitjob is hitjob.
by desi_ninja 4y ago
It was timed perfectly. 20 years later, nobody can question the documentary makers. A hitjob is hitjob.
- 0x5FC3 4y agoA hitjob is a hitjob, but a pogrom is not a pogrom?
- random314 4y agoEDIT: My response was sarcastic. Just characterizing the right wing misinformation accounts on HN. The pogrom is an internal matter. A hitjob is external interference. /s Btw, I watched the documentary and it actually covers the Supreme court judgement, so the responding accounts are actually spreading misinformation.
- Hizonner 4y ago> The pogrom is an internal matter. A hitjob is external interference. I'm sure that line on the map is really important to the victims...
- leereeves 4y agoA pogrom is a crime against humanity and therefore not an internal matter.
- 0x5FC3 4y ago> The pogrom is an internal matter. A hitjob is external interference. I find myself continually dumbfounded by the kind of reasoning and justifications, the supporters BJP come up with. Thousands of people killed and in many cases, even worse. Terming it an "internal matter" is being cruel beyond my comprehension. > Btw, I watched the documentary and it actually covers the Supreme court judgement, so the responding accounts are actually spreading misinformation. So you're implying the Supreme Court has a "Ministry of Truth" type of thing going on? How many judges transferred, maligned and were even killed for clean chits? Institutions ceased being autonomous and ethical a long time ago in India.
- rustedspoon 4y agoThe documentary did not even talk about how the Supreme Court of India investigated twice and the first one while the current opposition government was in power, and what conclusion they have reached. No witnesses from who were actually affected on both sides. Not sure if it should even be called a documentary.
- eldaisfish 4y agoFor anyone wondering - the evidence implicating Modi "vanished". No court will convict someone without evidence and the Indian prosecution in general has a record of doing a shit job in gathering implicating evidence when influential folks are involved. Also, the one member of the indian bureaucracy who dared to question Modi's role in the riots - Sanjiv Bhatt - was sentenced to life in prison. I am not sure what the poster here is insinuating with the claim that the case was tried under a different government. In no reasonable democracy are the courts swayed by politics.
- rustedspoon 4y agoif courts aren’t swayed by politics, after 20 years of scrutiny and thousands of witnesses, so many days of investigations the court decided to arrest this person. We either trust the the sanctity of the court or we don’t. If anything, to be neutral the documentary should have kept a lot of time discussing the Supreme courts ruling and either bust it rulings or agree to it, but to totally ignore it.
- eldaisfish 4y agoNo, i reject this idea entirely. Court judgements are made by humans and humans err. This is not the binary you are making it out to be. Indian courts are hamstrung by the rest of the Indian legal system and are routinely used to silence dissent and harass the small fry.
- throwawayxx123 4y agoThis is not true. Indian courts are very much functional and is not elected by politicians. So they are not as hamstrung as any US courts if you are going to start comparing. Only issue is the long delays involved.