{"id":3892,"date":"2014-09-27T22:09:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T16:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3892"},"modified":"2014-09-27T22:28:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T16:58:44","slug":"chennai-riots-nothing-but-organized-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2014\/politics\/chennai-riots-nothing-but-organized-crime.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Chennai Riots &#8211; Nothing But Organized Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-HkTbCfpp0Jg\/VCbpr4y3ihI\/AAAAAAAAEhY\/GTwN1hIfF-w\/w440-h453-no\/bus%2Bburnt.jpg\" alt=\"Normal people don't do crap like this\" width=\"440\" height=\"453\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Normal people don&#8217;t do crap like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Jayalalithaa-along-with-three-associates-sentenced-to-four-years-imprisonment-sent-to-jail\/articleshow\/43625359.cms\">Jayalalitha&#8217;s conviction<\/a> has sparked off riots all across Tamil Nadu. It was so predictable, that the restaurant we were sitting in closed its shutters as the verdict was being read out! They knew &#8211; they knew. But who are these assholes going around burning buses and destroying public property? Are they regular peace abiding citizens with jobs?<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine a regular person unaffiliated with a political party\u00a0sitting in front of his television, eating lunch or sipping a cup of tea, who sees the news about Jayalalitha&#8217;s conviction, and suddenly gets so enraged that he feels the urge to go join a flash mob to burn stuff! I mean&#8230;it just doesn&#8217;t happen like that. It stands to reason therefore, that these are party workers who owe\u00a0their salary or other financial compensation or position to a political party.<\/p>\n<p>How is this not plain organized crime? It&#8217;s tragic that we have to sit quietly under the yoke while these jerks run rampant. Where is the unrestrained\u00a0and total condemnation? Is this some kind of bloody weather emergency where we have to just accept it as an act of god and sit quietly in our homes and close our shops? These are\u00a0<em>people<\/em> who are carrying out mayhem.\u00a0<em>Thugs<\/em>. If these were Islamic terrorists going around burning stuff, we would have called in the army by now!<\/p>\n<p>Why is a free pass given to these goons and thugs? And why are sensible people supporting political\u00a0leaders who don&#8217;t take steps to reign in their followers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The riots following Jayalalitha&#8217;s conviction are goons and thugs. 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