The RGV tweet issue

Okay, somebody has kicked the hornet's nest with his tweets.  Actually I have admired RGV for his different style of film making in the past.  He is also a director who has not hesitated to give newcomers (who are not star-kids) a break, which is highly admirable.

He may be an atheist, that's fine.  As Amartya Sen puts it in his Argumentative Indian, there should be and there is a place for people of all faiths in a pluralistic society such as ours.  Yes, there is also the need to preserve the freedom of speech, even if it happens to be a provocative one.

RGV tweets that Ganesh was unable to save his own head.  Does he then believe that the story actually is true?  Or is he just confused?  A person's faith, Mr RGV, is as much important to him, as your atheism is to yourself.  If you do want to exercise your freedom of expression, then why not also condemn whipping yourself in public as a moronic act?  Or why not laugh in the faces of people who tell their children that a fat old man in a funny red costume is going to slide down the chimney to leave them presents?

Actually he has spoken like a true 'converter': people belonging to that cult who would denounce 'idolatry' as though it is a crime that is punishable.  Can these people say why they denounce it, or provide any proof to say it is wrong?

If killing innocent animals to fill one's stomachs as part of a religious feast is acceptable in one's faith - if distributing publicity material extolling the virtues of one's religion and seeking to get people into its fold is acceptable - then so should bringing home Ganesha and Gowri, worshipping them, and sending them off.

I dare rationalists/atheists to be impartial and also include Abrahamic religions in their criticisms; not only Hinduism.    

Anyway, I am sure Lord Ganesh Himself would have laughed it off and forgiven RGV.  

We morons already have.

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