Hindu party BJP wants beef ban at 2010 Commonwealth Games in India
12th July 2010
The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in the Indian parliament, wants to ban beef from the menu at this year’s Commonwealth Games in New Dehli on Oct. 3-14 to showcase the country’s “cultural values and age-old traditions”.
Don’t tell me – let me guess: the ‘cultural value’ they’d be ‘showcasing’ is ‘Do It Our Way’ and the ‘age-old tradition’ is Suppression of Freedom. On historical grounds, I must admit that they have an excellent case.
Muslims have an equally good case to make that Killing Non-Muslims And Stealing Their Land is likewise one of their ‘cultural values’ and ‘age-old traditions’; indeed, the Moguls had been doing that in India for about 300 years before the British stepped in and ruined all the fun.
I wonder whether the BJP would be down with that?