Cheerleaders are causing a stir in the Indian premier league of cricket. The very definition of twenty20 cricket was about creating an entertaining event with the two cornerstones - Bollywood and Cricket. Now the politicians have got into the act, criticizing the cheerleaders for propagating the "wrong" message with their revealing dresses and suggestive routines.
I cannot passover a chance to psychoanalyze -
1. If this is done so that we can refocus on cricket, ok. But then, take out the rest of the tamasha too.
2. If this is done from the so-called moral viewpoint, it is crap. There is more on 'display' on the typical bollywood item number - women dancing in the group dance numbers are scantily dressed white women. It has become a badge of bollywood. Totally pandering to the lowest common denominators-fantasy of sex with a fair 'easy' woman. Have a devi at home who cooks and does not complain/ demand and is not emancipated, and have a vamp for the fun in bed.
Indians are inherently generally racist (white over black), elitist (rich over poor), snobbish(high class/caste over low) desperates (want sex but suppress it as there is a social stigma about it - coming from the land of the Kamasutra and the temples replete with sexual poses, it is a bit rich).
No chance of so much hungama happening if these were brown Indian/ black / Chinese cheerleaders even if they were scantily dressed and shaking their hips more vigorously.
False morality.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
About me - Mild Keynesian
Competition creates innovation. Without the Soviet Union and US having a cold war, man would not be in space or have reached the moon. Competition lowers prices. Without Ryan Air, British Airways would have been a bloated carrier charging high prices and not bringing air travel to all. Competition improves customer service by giving customers choice. As an economic theory, the free market is the perfect market. A free market economy has been proven to increase the living standard of all.
But this must reconcile to a socialist value system and a left-centrist philosophy. So a light touch of regulation, primarily to protect the most needy is required. Unbridled capitalism must not benefit only the privileged few. Turmoil would result. Visible excess when all do not benefit will result in the loss of social cohesion. The trick is to get the balance between creating adequate rewards for human endeavor but not allow that free market activity to descend to exploitation. There must be a fine balance between capital (free-market) and labor (socialism), and history has shown that when one or the other get the upper hand, it is never too good for all.
But this must reconcile to a socialist value system and a left-centrist philosophy. So a light touch of regulation, primarily to protect the most needy is required. Unbridled capitalism must not benefit only the privileged few. Turmoil would result. Visible excess when all do not benefit will result in the loss of social cohesion. The trick is to get the balance between creating adequate rewards for human endeavor but not allow that free market activity to descend to exploitation. There must be a fine balance between capital (free-market) and labor (socialism), and history has shown that when one or the other get the upper hand, it is never too good for all.
About me - Centrist
Water finds its own level. No one can be too happy or too sad. No one would like too much of anything or everything. Balance is all. An extreme behavior or action will cause a like reaction. This does not mean the absence of passion. Not contrived, but controlled.
As a political platform, this is it. Not too labour, not too Tory. Not too much for tax cuts, not too much for taxes. The best of both, the worst of neither. Not far-right, nor far-left.
Socialism leaves everyone equally poor. Capitalism is about the survival of the fittest - As humans we like to think we are evolved from a lower species - Darwinism must not apply to us. Not much must be said about communism - a failed system.
As a political platform, this is it. Not too labour, not too Tory. Not too much for tax cuts, not too much for taxes. The best of both, the worst of neither. Not far-right, nor far-left.
Socialism leaves everyone equally poor. Capitalism is about the survival of the fittest - As humans we like to think we are evolved from a lower species - Darwinism must not apply to us. Not much must be said about communism - a failed system.
The state is best left to govern and defend (law and order, borders). It must be an enabler not a provider. it must not level the field so the fitter come down to the mid level, but bring the less able up to a higher level. Taking the socialist value system and applying it to capitalist thinking gives you a left-of-centre political philosophy. A form of government that is primarily visible for its most needy.
About me - Simplicity
Everyone has an equal right to be happy, and simplicity as a philosophy allows me to be that. Values which appeal to me include modesty, quiet elegance, understatement and empathy. I dislike brashness, arrogance, and boastful behavior. I do not subscribe to Gandhian poverty, but definitely to Gandhian simplicity. Form over function, not for me. Value for money. Fulfill needs not wants. Simplicity not as a moralising platform but as a personal value system.
So dear reader, what do you think?
About me - Moral Liberal
What I mean by a moral liberal is that I am fairly easy going on judging others. It is said, maybe in the Bible - "Judge not, lest ye be judged"; and also - "let he who hath not sinned cast the first stone".
Many vegetarians have a chip on the shoulder and feel more upright for it, but many non vegetarians have been so since birth and did not choose it. In conservative Islamic countries, ladies must dress modestly as ostensibly their religion dictates it, but others would frown on that thinking.
Religion is interpretation of GOD and comes from man, culture is an expression of societal mores and evolves with it, morality is truth and must not change. Morality cannot be dictated by religion, it lives to the highest standard. Religion muddies the waters tremendously by claiming to set the moral standard - it fails dramatically. Religion has been the cause of conflict amongst men for centuries, even if politics has used the excuse of religion. Most so-called right or wrong beliefs are not moral but cultural or religious.
And funnily enough, that is why I am a moral liberal. I have a less restricted moral compass to what most of the rest of the world has.
Shared "moral" beliefs (e.g conservative, Christian) are a badge of identity and a sense of belonging, even if flawed. So dear reader, with a open moral boundary, am I "rootless", a "drifter"? You judge. Leave me your comments. And help evolve my thinking.
Many vegetarians have a chip on the shoulder and feel more upright for it, but many non vegetarians have been so since birth and did not choose it. In conservative Islamic countries, ladies must dress modestly as ostensibly their religion dictates it, but others would frown on that thinking.
Religion is interpretation of GOD and comes from man, culture is an expression of societal mores and evolves with it, morality is truth and must not change. Morality cannot be dictated by religion, it lives to the highest standard. Religion muddies the waters tremendously by claiming to set the moral standard - it fails dramatically. Religion has been the cause of conflict amongst men for centuries, even if politics has used the excuse of religion. Most so-called right or wrong beliefs are not moral but cultural or religious.
And funnily enough, that is why I am a moral liberal. I have a less restricted moral compass to what most of the rest of the world has.
Shared "moral" beliefs (e.g conservative, Christian) are a badge of identity and a sense of belonging, even if flawed. So dear reader, with a open moral boundary, am I "rootless", a "drifter"? You judge. Leave me your comments. And help evolve my thinking.
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