The Death Of The Voice Of Reason
Few in the UK have heard of Narendra Dabholkar, but according to this report, he was murdered in India a few days ago. Here’s an extract.
Blaming opponents of the anti-superstition bill for the murdering rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said organisations behind such acts should be isolated and their activities stopped.
Amid spontaneous public outrage and grief over 69-year-old Dabholkar’s killing in Pune on Tuesday, the state government on Wednesday had cleared a proposal to promulgate an ordinance to check black magic and inhuman religious rituals.
“The forces which did not want this Bill to be presented and passed into a law were the people responsible for silencing his voice,” Mr. Chavan said.
Before we say that things like this don’t go on in the UK, we ought to look at ourselves carefully. David Aaronovitch in the Times yesterday wrote a powerful piece about this case and detailed cases all over the world and in our past.
I am happy with my life as a scientifically-correct atheist, but doubt I’ll ever see superstition and most religion consigned to the dustbin of history. Let’s face it we can’t even get to grips with things like the appalling treatment of women, children, and those with a different colour or sexual orientation, by quite a few people in this country.
The Anonymous Widower 
This is a sad lost. Good people with strong voices of hope. Their flame of life are put out too soon.
Comment by johncoyote | August 23, 2013 |
If you can get hold of David Aaronovitch’s article from the Times yesterday, read it. I don’t know where you are, but it might be reprinted in one of the Murdoch papers around the world. They tend to re-use the good and powerful stuff.
Comment by AnonW | August 23, 2013 |
I will research. Thank you for the information. Many voices of hope and kindness are took from us without concern or objective. I’m in Michigan.
Comment by johncoyote | August 23, 2013