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

[Jeffrey Thomas Piercy]

Many apologies. I meant to send this to a friend of mine.

Jeffrey Thomas Piercy wrote:
> 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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