Majority and morality do not mean the same thing, writes Javed Anand (co-editor, ‘Communalism Combat’). A day after George W. Bush — the man responsible for the “global war on terror” — was re-elected president of the US in November 2004, a young student posted a picture of himself on the internet holding up a sign that read: “Sorry world (we tried) — Half of America”... Our turn to say sorry to the world? I think so. We should if we believe democracy is not just about electoral arithmetic. For concepts like human rights, civil liberties, rule of law, constitutional governance, democracy to have any meaning, they must have universal jurisdiction, respect no national boundaries. The millions of Americans who logged on to sorryeverybody felt accountable to the world and so should we if we claim allegiance to democratic values.
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 16:07:47 +0000
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