| If Hindus were
to try to do in India, even a small portion of what the Saudis have done in their country,
the world community would be appalled and might even take up arms against them. Why
is Saudi Arabia treated specially? The answer is very simple, because the world dependency
on Saudi oil. Economic need fashions the global press and structures global ethics. We can
ignore the intolerance of those whom we want to have good business relations with. Since the Western world,
which dominates the mass media, has little economic need for India, India is treated
unfairly in the press (though with the economic liberalization of India and more
interest
in Indian economically by the West this may charge in time). There is no need economically
to cater to the Hindus, and no threat of Hindus retaliation economically or through
terrorism, so they can unfairly condemned or bullied. |
