[Marxism] Maoists appoint 'living goddess', Re: Prachanda welcomed by revolutionary

[Jeffrey Thomas Piercy]

My response is at the bottom. Although I defended the new government's 
decision, it's still very a enlightening story.

Ruthless Critic of All that Exists wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Greg Butterfield <gregb at wwpublish.com> wrote:
> 
>> Prime Minister Prachanda is chairperson of the Communist
>> Party of Nepal (Maoist) and led the people's war that
>> ousted Nepal's monarchy and old parliamentary system. The
>> CPN(M) won a decisive victory in constitutent assembly
>> elections held earlier this year.
> 
> Disturbing news from Nepal.....
> 
> 
> Maoists appoint 'living goddess'
> 
> 
> Nepal's new Maoist-led government has authorised the appointment of a
> six-year-old girl to be a "living goddess" in the temple town of
> Bhaktapur.  [...]
> 
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7642798.stm>

Me: "The "Maoists" didn't appoint her, they gave someone permission to
appoint her. She is a religious symbol and has no power, though at least
up until now her predecessors have lived "lives of extreme privilege",
according to the article. You would prefer they make enemies of the
devout in Nepal in order to make a political point?"


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