A Very Dangerous Sign (Updated)

I find it particularly disturbing that a great deal of the media are echoing Narendra Modi's sentiment that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai bear the imprint of Pakistan.

UPDATE: This is now the "official view," having been echoed by the foreign minister Pranab "baboo" Mukherjee as well as prime minister Chacha Manmohan S Gandhi, who not only said that these attacks were launched from Pakistan, but also "warned" Pakistan that they would have to pay a "cost" for harbouring such groups. Read the news report: They blame the Pakistani spy agency ISI. So it is Spy Vs. Spy once again.

NOTE: There is a lame duck democratic government here in India and there is a similar one there in Pakistan too..

In both nations the governments are out of touch with the people - and, if I may add, this is true of Bangladesh as well.

It is in the interests of ALL the ordinary people in all three nations that there be free international trade and all the government kleptocracies recede.

SO PLEASE NIP THIS NONSENSE IN THE BUD BEFORE WE HAVE WAR

NOTHING IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF THE STATE MORE THAN WAR

And we must not drink to the health of our The State.

We must daily raise a toast to Liberty.

What is "Pakistan"? Is it the Army there? Or the ISI that plays Spy Vs Spy with our spies? Or is Pakistan all the jehadis?

To Libertarians, Pakistan is all those Pakistanis who earn their keep through honest gains in markets.

They are all honest Individuals, with a Capital I, leading moral lives.

They are our Friends.

Terrorists are individuals too, and some small groups - and they are outlaws who should be isolated and dealt with.

So say NO to War.

And do note that Modi's government has conferred a grant of Rs. 1 crore to the first of kin of all those deceased.

The public treasury is baap ka maal.