Whatever be Gopal Godse's reasons for killing Gandhi was he right in killing him?Is it right to kill somebody just because you dont believe in what he believes in?Even revenge killings are acceptable; yes there is something very primitive about them but then arent all of us, in one sense. But then does it make any difference to Gopal Godse as to what others think of him.He cleansed the nation and that is the belief he will go to his grave with; "And well you cant expect ordinary mortals who fall in for big words to see the "truth", can you?What if they shun you?Condemn you?That reinforces your original belief right?"
And so Gopal Godse shall go to his grave with no remorse and perhaps even with pride that he did the right thing, with no fear of being condemned and shunned.And thats just the matter with ideological killings.You cant make that person feel remorseful-infact the person begins to see himself as a martyr, what if people shun him?It makes him more of a martyr.
Ideological killing cannot be justified, as any killing is manifestation of a different kind of ideology. Even the "hardcore" criminal have an ideology(!!) to achieve their objective (whatever they believe, whatever they want to get) at any cost.
ReplyDeleteby the way.. nice post.. came here just by chance but got nice blog..keep it up.
In a way, what we should understand is that he has stood for his belief.
ReplyDeleteI would like to cite examples of removal ideology followed by current/past naxals of Andhrapradesh and past naxals of Kerala.
They believed that removal of Bourgeoisie from the society would bring in social equity. We know how wrong they were/are. But there were several followers for them in the late 70s and early 80s.
We can read the fundamentalist terrorist atacks in the same context. Every suicide bomber believes in the ideology more than himself or his family.
Just than 'normal' society does not accpt them.
guess am beating about the bush again. never ll be able to say wht i feel in words. hmpf!
keep blogging regularly. :)