Comically Dangerous

John Wayne Gacy had moved to Des Plaines, near Chicago after his marriage. He quit being a chef and started his own construction business. He was quite successful and was well connected with politicians and the establishment. He had once met Rosalyn Carter (wife of ex-President Jimmy Carter) and a picture with her adorned his drawing room. One of the things Gacy did successfully was being a do-gooder in his community. He always dressed up as Pogo the clown and entertained young children and adults too. He also employed young boys at higher wages in his business than they earned at grocery stores or pharmacies. Paints a pretty picture, doesn’t it?

Everyone wants to be a do-gooder, especially those who are supposed to be community leaders. The Christian church has always portrayed itself as an entity that spreads nothing but “love”. Recently, the Archbishop of Delhi, Anil Couto, also wrote a letter deeply dipped in love asking his followers to “pray” for 2019.  His letter mentioned a “turbulent political atmosphere” ahead of the LS2019 campaign. And he added that this turbulent atmosphere poses a threat to the Constitution, secular fabric of the nation. In short, he projects a dangerous situation ahead of the LS2019 campaign. Nice! If you ever ask any church priest in this country about Pedophiles in the church, rape of nuns and illegal encroachment of land – you will probably never get a reply. But they are good at predicting danger.

They are innocent! From Kudankulam in TN to the recent Tuticorin riots, the church is alleged to have engineered the agitation. Let’s pray! Ironically, one of the priests alleged to have been involved and in the middle of the riots, got injured in the riots or police firing. I am not sure of his name but it seems to be Rev Fr Leo Jayaseelan. He was earlier pronounced dead on SM but I am happy he was only injured and survived. This is a pic of him from Twitter:

While the media reported on his being injured in the riots or police firing very passionately, nobody asked him a simple question – What was he doing in the middle of the riots and violence and in plain clothes? Had he worn his pink garb at least people would have identified him and immediately taken him to a safe place. Not that a bullet would know the difference between plain clothes and pink garb but, surely, why would a Padre be in the middle of all this? Praying for peace and love? As with the letter of the Delhi archbishop, the annual whining of the US religions committee comes out with another of its bombastic nonsense on India and her minorities:

 

Since the time ModiSarkar took office in 2014, this has been an annual feature, like a pilgrimage to some holy place. And if you read the last para in the report above, it is mostly “he said, she said” garbage that is peddled under a grand headline. If there is violence, there is from every community, and I have identified Fridays as a “national day of violence” with some violence in some corner without fail. As for the US, their candy boys wouldn’t ask what the church is doing in India or in their own country. What was Rev Jayaseelan doing in the middle of the riots to get injured or shot? All this hogwash will now be moved from “simmer” to “high” as LS2019 gets closer. The Pogos in India will probably reveal their joyful agenda. All this “orchestrated” nonsense just to beat one man – Narendra Modi.

It is quite understandable that the whole Opposition has no clue what to do or what mathematical formula to adopt to beat this one man. Never in the history of India has one man dominated politics and managed to sway public opinion and emotions the way Modi has done. And he hasn’t done this with mere oratory and rhetoric – there is hard performance to back it up. There is no doubt that ModiSarkar has performed on various fronts although nobody will ever be happy till the cup of ice-cream keeps running over. That is why, this motley crew of personalities of different hues, each one with his or her own personal agenda and desire for a “fiefdom” is clueless on what to do with this guy. Sure, they did try sending that Manishankar to Pakistan to beg for help but those guys seem embroiled in their own election quandary and they have their own Pogos to deal with:

One Pogo, in particular, Udhav Thackeray of ShivSena, has gone so crazy, he calls every one dogs and mistresses. His is a classic situation with his feet and legs stretched over a six-foot wide trench. You don’t know whether UT will fall in or tear from the middle of his body given the stress and suffering of excessive stretching. He’s a guy not very liked by BJP and not very trusted by the Sickulars. He is another Pogo that is comically dangerous, apart from many in the Sickular gang. And here is my most favourite Pogo of all:

They call him Pappu, Clown Prince, Dunderhead and what not. MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar recently said he sees RahulG as a “dangerous man’. I would add “Comically dangerous”. What nonsense Pappu spews by relating to RSS in Tuticorin and RSS killing Tamils because they aren’t toeing their line – this is not mere idiocy, this is an attempt at “political-character-murder” with the hope that he can get away with the crime. I am not sure he will. He visits India for a few months a year, runs around in election campaigns blabbering nonsense and then runs off to some foreign land to vacation. From the Cambridge Analytica episode to the Karnataka campaign, riots on the streets, riots in Tuticorin – all of it seems orchestrated by powers well outside India.

The characters I have named in the post are not serial killers or criminals of that genre. I have studied serial killers, mafia and other criminals since my school days. Most serial offenders offer a singular reason for their unbelievable crimes – they feel a sense of power over their victims. It is in that sense that the behaviour of the Opposition members is comically dangerous. They are hungry and thirsty for power not to do any good – but to feel a total command and control over their victims. Just like the govt in Karnataka is in a “Hang” mode and citizens suffer, even the ones from a natural calamity.  The poor, the Garib have been their victims for ages but that doesn’t matter one bit. It is the same motivation that a serial killer has for power and the belief that he can get away with it that drives the scamsters and the comical clowns. From Pappu to Mayawati to Mamata to Naidu – everybody wants to be PM.

The underlying desire for power over their victims since ages and an assertion of their fake superiority in culture, class or education is the comically dangerous situation that India faces – and that is exemplified by the desperation of the Opposition to throw out one man. John Gacy played the clown very well. In the end he was convicted for murdering 33 young boys and men and burying them in the basement drain of his house. The cops who entered his house couldn’t bear the stench from the vents. Indians would do well to understand where and from which house all the stench is coming from lest India become a victim. 

PS: Since my original Twitter account remains suspended, please follow the alternate handle @RealMediaCrooks for updates.

 

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