Don’t give up, Mr. Abdullah
I hate it when a good signal dies out.
An actor’s blog tends to receive only the good stuff and the adulation of the fans. This unfortunately isn’t true of those in active politics. Omar Abdullah—whose passionate speech in the Indian Parliament recently on the vote of confidence, awoke us all—is quitting his blog after just a handful of posts. He says:
We truly are a bunch of intolerant people. We want to be heard but do not have the strength to hear, we want to have an opinion but do not believe anyone else is entitled to one.
I am going back to being an old school politician and you can read what I think in the newspapers. The handful of you who are my Facebook friends as well - we will continue to spar there and I look forward to it.
Please do not give in to the trolls, Mr Abdullah. We direly need voices like yours, which need to be heard.
Although I don’t always support it, he could turn off comments and continue blogging. At least that way, we get to read his views. His detractors could always start blogs and respond if they so prefer.
Aug 19, 08 at 16:22