Posted by: gaule_hero May 26, 2006
"Hindu State" AND "Roe vs Wade"
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BathroomCoffee ji - Georges Clemenceau, the French leader during WWI said, "War is too important to be left to generals." The same goes with the "Hindu State" decision, "It is too important not to be discussed thoroughly and get it absolutely right." The long-term consequences are immense. When I used the comparison to Roe v Wade, I was not saying that the Roe v Wade decision was wrong or that abortion should be made illegal. It is rather to the contrary. I support decision to make abortion legal much like I support the decision to remove Hindu-tag from Nepali state. What I was arguing for was that such political contentious issues must be handled with care. In the case of Roe v Wade, I would have preferred the US Congress, the true representative of the American people, make the decision rather the Supreme Court, whose members were the legacies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. In the same vein, I would have preferred the Constituent assembly make the decision about the “Hindu State” and not the current temporary-transient parliament.
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