Try to imagine an embedded or imperial writer doing this?
"Celebrated writer Arundhati Roy on Saturday refused to accept the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the Indian Government toeing the US line by 'violently and ruthlessly pursuing policies of brutalisation of industrial workers, increasing militarisation and economic neo-liberalisation'.
"Celebrated writer Arundhati Roy on Saturday refused to accept the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the Indian Government toeing the US line by 'violently and ruthlessly pursuing policies of brutalisation of industrial workers, increasing militarisation and economic neo-liberalisation'.
"Novelist Arundhati Roy has turned down a national award from India's academy of letters because she opposes the government's policies. The jury of Sahitya Akademi last week chose her book, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, a collection of political essays, for the 2005 literary award.
"'I have a great deal of respect for the Sahitya Akademi, for the members of this year's Jury and for many of the writers who have received these awards in the past. But to register my protest and reaffirm my disagreement — indeed my absolute disgust — with these policies of the Indian Government, I must refuse to accept the 2005 Sahtiya Akademi Award', Arundhati said in a statement here. 'These essays written between 1998 and 2001 are deeply critical of some of the major policies of the Indian State', she said. The main area of her disagreement included the government policies of constructing big dams, persuing nuclear weapons, increasing militarisation and economic liberalisation. Even today this government 'shows a continuing commitment to these polices and is clearly prepared to implement them ruthlessly and violently,' whatever the cost, she said."
When Roy won the 2004 Sydney Peace Prize, her principles were clear for all to see:
"I believe that all of us should be part of an Iraqi resistance which allows it to be non-violent, to be mass based, to be secular."
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Her critics? The Murdoch press who claimed a 'terrorist sympathiser' was being awarded. The usual bollocks.
I greatly enjoy her fiction. Her non-fiction is odious beyond belief. What's more, she hasn't come up with anything particularly new. Just another leftish shill. Wonderful.
Orang - I told you before; LSD is best avoided.
Apologies - who are the "three bitches"? I am counting two anti-Orang (presumably) females on this thread...Neoleftychick and Violet. Who is the other bitch? Surely you're not talking about Ms Roy herself?
Orang - I've noticed that a lot of young, smart women are lefties. This is mainly due to their relatively low incomes. Most of them make the conversion from left to right in their mid-late 20s when they start earning some decent money and suddenly they realise getting a third of your paypacket taken in tax to fund a socialist agenda really sucks.
That's one big reason why socialism's a young wo/man's game. Young people generally don't earn that much - the progressive tax system means they can easily afford socialism. This is, of course, quite a hypocritical move - it also indicates a lack of moral reasoning. Unfortunately, most young lefties destined for the right find it difficult to think beyond their immediate circumstances.
Anyhoo, what I've noticed about the left is that they're *extremely* intolerant of people who don't agree with them - I find this particularly humorous, considering all the "tolerance" crap they like to come out with. Most of the relationships I've had with lefty girls have petered out because she doesn't like my politics - and most of the time she doesn't really understand them, despite my best efforts to clarify. "Liberal voter" is about maximum comprehension of the libertarian philosophy for a depressingly large chunk of young socialists.
This is also reflected in national politics: just look at the difference between the cultures of the (once socialist, with strong loyalty and fraternal traits) ALP and the Liberal Party. If you're a pollie and you defect from LP to ALP, you *might* get accepted if you're bringing a seat with you. Just don't expect preselection at the next ballot. You'll certainly never be trusted. Make the move in the other direction and you get welcomed with open arms - the Libs will accept (almost) anyone.
Personally, I don't give a shit about someone's politics if I'm going to have a relationship with them - as long as their motivations for believing what they believe are worthy. Most leftist girls I've come across may say they agree - but in practice I've discovered they don't.
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