{"id":3222,"date":"2011-06-10T04:13:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T22:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2011-06-10T05:54:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T00:24:30","slug":"two-typical-angry-responses-to-m-f-husain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2011\/rights-and-freedoms\/two-typical-angry-responses-to-m-f-husain.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Two typical angry responses to M F Husain’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indian people’s response to M F Husain’s death has been fairly predictable. For a lot of people like me, it’s very sad that a 96 year old Indian was driven from his home and had to spend his last days under a strange sky and on strange soil. All because people were unable to ignore things which irritated them. But we’ve discussed this many times before<\/a>. I’ve already explained why you can’t take someone to court for “offending” you<\/a>. Only if they physically prevent you from doing something or if they physically attack you do you have the right to respond in a physical manner. Otherwise, if a painting offends someone they can protest against in in kind through another painting, a book, a song or a funny cartoon. Not using violence.<\/p>\n

Any number of articles on Husain’s death have\u00a0elicited heated comments<\/a>.\u00a0This post is to humorously analyse two of the most common “hate” responses. Here goes:<\/p>\n

Would you allow your mother or sister to be painted naked?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is so funny because it assumes that a person’s mother or sister is their personal property. If they go of their own free will and pose naked for a picture, do you have the right to stop them? Sure you may not like it, but it’s their choice. So the answer to the question goes like this. Would you paint your own mother or sister naked? I may not. But I won’t stop them if they want to get their own painting done :)<\/p>\n

Another strange aspect is that in reality, no one’s mother or sister was painted naked<\/em>. Imaginary gods and goddesses don’t qualify as people. If they did, then let the offended gods go take it up with the Supreme Court! Why should mere mortals have to do god’s work for them? If god is not going to court, what right do other people have to do it for them? In legal terms, they have no locus standi<\/em>. Meaning that if a certain article attacks me personally, a third party doesn’t have the right to file a civil case on my behalf without my consent.<\/p>\n

So let Bharat Mata<\/em> come and do her dirty legal work for herself! Having poked fun at this response long enough, let’s move onto the other common refrain:<\/p>\n

Why didn’t Husain paint Mohammed naked?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So here’s what I don’t get. Is your complaint against the painting or the painter? Suppose for a moment that he did<\/em> paint Mohammed in the buff. Would these offended people suddenly be ok with the paintings of nude goddesses? The answer of course is no. So what the hell is the relevance of Husain’s other works? After all, a painting must be judged by itself as a standalone work of art. The painter is irrelevant. Once a painting has been painted it becomes a separate thing from the artist. It matters not at all whether he painted something else or not.<\/p>\n

The angry crowd must object to the painting itself. Let them forget who painted it. The second point is this. Would it have been more acceptable if Husain was a Hindu? I personally feel that the angry boys are upset because they feel taken advantage of. They feel that Islam is far less tolerant and they want Hinduism to be intolerant as well<\/em>. Interesting no? Instead of saying “Look how advanced we are. You can paint anything you want about Hinduism and no one will take it seriously,” the response instead is “Muslims would have gotten really upset. They’re so<\/em> intolerant. I want to be intolerant too!”<\/p>\n

So go to the comments section of any popular article on Husain and do a search for mother\/sister. Also check out “Mohammed” and sit and enjoy all the outraged responses :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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