Western hypocrisy/ double standards

The so called "enlightened" West meaning the US and its allies Western allies in Europe, Australia and New Zealand have a double standard. One rule for them and another for others.

I like Gandhi's quote. He was asked in the 1920's by an American reporter what he (Gandhi) thought about Western civilization. Gandhi replied, "I think it would be a very good idea!"

There are many examples of this (E.g. biased reporting against Chavez) but just one or two would suffice.

When I was a kid growing up in India there was the terrorism problem in Kashmir which was Pakistan sponsored and the West clearly knew but turned a blind eye.

I concede the point one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. That is the topic of another blog.

Now when those very same groups aided by Pakistan threaten the very fabric of the country and also threaten the West, terrorism caused by Islamic fundamentalists or Al Qaeda is a problem.

I'd urge to read the book by Chalmers Johnson Blowback and buy books from this site rather than Amazon. They donate their proceeds to worthy causes and have very competitive prices.

I'm not against Amazon.com, in fact I've bought a lot of stuff from them but for books I use this site. http://www.betterworldbooks.com/

http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Blowback-id-1433204789.aspx

Recently, with regard to the anti-racism conference in Geneva and Iranian Presidents comments on the racist policies followed by the State of Israel.

I'm in no way support Ahmadinejad in his other shocking remarks re. denying the Holocaust or wiping the state of Israel. These are not dignified remarks and deserve condemnation. Surely anyone who makes these remarks must be smoking something.

However, we must defend their right to say them as part of freedom of expression.

Just the same way the cartoons on Prophet Muhammed could and should have been published.

You cannot be for freedom of speech for something you support but be against it when ideas or things you hold dear are attacked.

Even Israeli human rights groups have issued reports condemning Israeli military tactics.

See http://www.btselem.org/English/Press_Releases/20090208.asp

Nor do I agree or support the Anti-racism conference introducing a text or resolution that you can't speak against/"blasphemize" any religion. Refer to my post on Respect
http://russ-ramble.blogspot.com/2009/04/respect.html