[Marxism] a thought on bombay/mumbai attacks

[Aaron Aarons]

>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:16:10 -0800 (PST)
>From: Anon Anon <inprekorr at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Marxism] a thought on bombay/mumbai attacks
>
>Aaron Aarons wrote:
>> aimed at the ruling class and their middle-class collaborators, rather
> > than at proletarians. Based on what I know so far, I don't feel any
>> need to criticize those who carried out these attacks in Mumbai.
>
>Having been speaking to my friends in Bombay in the last two hours (among them workers in hotels), rather than actually write what I think of you, I'll simply note you must be a troll....that or willfully ignorant.

I don't give a damn what an anonymous poster thinks about me, but I would like to know what workers in hotels and other Indian proletarians and members of oppressed groups have to say about the attacks. Perhaps most of them, though, are too busy trying not to be among the thousands of Indians who die every day as a result of policies imposed by the people who frequent those luxury hotels.

I'm not sure how "Anon Anon" defines a troll, but it seems to me that he would fit it better than I would. As for my allegedly being, if not a troll, "willfully ignorant", I'll point out that I said that my opinion was "Based on what I know so far", and I've been looking -- without much success -- for info that would allow me to have a more informed opinion. In the meantime, I'll mention a couple of positive outcomes of the events:

1) The head of the Anti-Terrorist Police was killed.

2) Two hotels where very rich Indians and foreigners went to do their dirty business and/or relax have been destroyed or severely damaged.

 - Aaron