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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@paraw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paraw</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, we swing like a pendulum — former is in vogue when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are in power, latter when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. </p><p>This is captured succinctly in the twin hashtags <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a>.</p><p>Examples abound from US to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> monarchs, and more.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Down memory lane — New hashtags were born:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p><p>Societies are not static. Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes &amp; policies change. Holding a grudge against perceived wrong done to one decades ago will not get one anywhere, especially if the world has changed so much as to be unrecognizable.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111332482184536782" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11332482184536782</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@DropBear" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DropBear</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@galad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>galad</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://babka.social/@serge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>serge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p>I asked my friend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, “How is the form of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> that spawned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> characterised by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bloodlust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloodlust</span></a>?”</p><p>It suggested I look here ➡️ <a href="https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/Zionism-is-racism" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ajc.org/translatehate/Zionism-</span><span class="invisible">is-racism</span></a></p><p>You are either spewing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soviet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> or you disagree with this characterization. The only way you can remove any doubt is by citing your own reliable source(s) from where you got this idea.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> <br>What happened in 1947 is not “evinced” by CURRENT prima facie</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@vidyarthi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vidyarthi</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; It's alright if these are just works of fiction for you but for some, they provide important social and spiritual messages that have shaped the ethos and culture of the subcontinent and beyond for ages.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a>. </p><p>There is no excuse for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reactionary</span></a> forces to propel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> backwards by continuing to elevate ethos and culture that are broadly rejected in civilized societies in the modern world (including India)</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ayoubabedrabbo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ayoubabedrabbo</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; You have some motif about the kindness of Americans. I'm not sure why</p><p>IDK if you are an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> but you surely have doubts about our kindness</p><p>&gt;&gt; but how can you give over 200 million people who are "Americans" a trait when you don't know them?</p><p>Click through hashtags <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a>. I created those specifically to not have to repeat these oft-discussed points</p><p>I too treated you as a clean slate without judging when I gave you links</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@olireiv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>olireiv</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Biden is the one who allows the US Navy to do this exercise, coordinating with a far-right government</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Milei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Milei</span></a> was not in power last Oct and won't be in power forever (I hope)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MajorNonNATOally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MajorNonNATOally</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MNNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNNA</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_no</span><span class="invisible">n-NATO_ally</span></a></p><p>Relations with allies can't be modulated quickly with each change in power. </p><p>This is exactly the problem <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> is also facing with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> govt.</p><p>As I said, if you detest Milei, you should love Biden 🙂</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Nochem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nochem</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; In 1990/91, I spent a lot time in Austria… I was shocked as to how many young people believed Austria was the first victim of rhe Nazis… I didn't expect the youth not to know of the 200,000 people at the Heldenplatz cheering on Hitler.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a>. For all the havoc it wreaked, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, to its credit, went through a thorough <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/denazification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denazification</span></a> after the War. (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> is threatening that again, btw)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a> never went through denazification. So, it is not that surprising.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indian</span></a> Navy responds to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> vessel attacked by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Houthi</span></a> Rebels in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GulfOfAden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfAden</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> once <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonized</span></a> &amp; ruled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a></p><p>Wonder if we will ever see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> forge strong <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jointSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jointSecurity</span></a> ties with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> to drive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> out of their business of fighting a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/permanentStateOfWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permanentStateOfWar</span></a> in the Middle East <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inTheirName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inTheirName</span></a> 🤔</p><p><a href="https://www.thestatesman.com/india/indian-navy-responds-to-british-vessel-attacked-by-houthi-rebels-in-gulf-of-aden-1503263885.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestatesman.com/india/indian-</span><span class="invisible">navy-responds-to-british-vessel-attacked-by-houthi-rebels-in-gulf-of-aden-1503263885.html</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@vidyarthi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vidyarthi</span></a></span> </p><p>I didn't bring up "shaming". You did</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muslims</span></a> have lived in India since 10th c. Can't call them foreign.</p><p>You keep missing that what some invaders did centuries ago (even if reprehensible) CANNOT be corrected today by other reprehensible means. See <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a>. </p><p>You don't need a Time Machine. You need hindsight ability. Use that to project into the future</p><p>This is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DragonTeeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DragonTeeth</span></a> because this will grow AGAIN and AGAIN no matter how many times you break it</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SteveThompson</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Pay heed to political shifts and evolving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalDynamics</span></a> - Part 9</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> once <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonized</span></a> &amp; ruled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> </p><p>Now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> are forging security ties as UK plans to send high-readiness <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LittoralResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LittoralResponse</span></a> Group to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianOcean</span></a> region in 2024 and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarrierStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarrierStrike</span></a> Group in 2025 for joint training.</p><p>Deployment of their most advanced naval capabilities portends conflict in the region that is strategically located between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarEast</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thestatesman.com/world/uk-plans-to-deploy-carrier-strike-group-to-indian-ocean-in-2025-1503258273.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestatesman.com/world/uk-plan</span><span class="invisible">s-to-deploy-carrier-strike-group-to-indian-ocean-in-2025-1503258273.html</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HeavenlyPossum</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; it remains a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moralRequirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moralRequirement</span></a> to distinguish between the rulers and the ruled</p><p>There used to be separation before. See hashtags <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p><p>That separation is no more since reports came out that 90% of ALL Palestinians support <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a></p><p>18000 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> died because 90% of Palestinians support Hamas, while supreme Hamas leader <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haniyeh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haniyeh</span></a> remains <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ensconced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ensconced</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/safetyAndLuxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safetyAndLuxury</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Doha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doha</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111484845659495467" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11484845659495467</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inTheirName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inTheirName</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@geomant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geomant</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> —There are no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/permanentEnemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permanentEnemies</span></a>, nor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/permanentAllies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permanentAllies</span></a>.</p><p>There was a time when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Puritan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Puritan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protestant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protestant</span></a>, with a disdain toward <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monarchy</span></a>) and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> (with an absolute monarchy) were <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mortalEnemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mortalEnemies</span></a>. </p><p>That changed in Feb 1778 when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> and France agreed to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perpetualAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perpetualAlliance</span></a>.</p><p>In 2003, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeorgeWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWBush</span></a> threw France under the bus, repudiating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> intelligence regarding absence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WMDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WMDs</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a>, and lied his way into an unnecessary &amp; illegal war.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthKorean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorean</span></a> leader <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KimJongUn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimJongUn</span></a> calls for women to have more children. </p><p>If a government can prevent you from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/takingItOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>takingItOut</span></a>, it can force you to put it in.</p><p>In a different era, North Korea had forced its people from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/puttingItIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>puttingItIn</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a></p><p>In the 1970-80s North Korea had implemented <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birthControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birthControl</span></a> programs to slow a postwar population growth.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reproductiveCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiveCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiveRights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-jong-un-birthrate-72d59d0e2c685549ba8cd8734d8a7fe2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/north-korea</span><span class="invisible">-kim-jong-un-birthrate-72d59d0e2c685549ba8cd8734d8a7fe2</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ </p><p>&gt;&gt; US, Canada, Mexico, … all are built on stolen land</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p><p>Wars of conquest were the norm at some point, but they are not any more.</p><p>&gt;&gt; ideal for Israelis with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kahanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kahanist</span></a> leanings</p><p>Gratuitously dredging up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kahanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kahanism</span></a>, that is not on anybody’s radar</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️</p><p>1922: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PointOfNoReturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PointOfNoReturn</span></a> based on tripartite agreements between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p><p>— <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AllenbyDeclaration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllenbyDeclaration</span></a> (independence for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>)</p><p>— <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestineMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineMandate</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchillWhitePaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchillWhitePaper</span></a> (birth of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jordan</span></a>)</p><p>— <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> Treaty of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a></p><p>— <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrenchMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchMandate</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a>)</p><p>— <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> Proclamation of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a> (taking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAsia</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> — Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes &amp; policies change</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeaceToEndAllPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeaceToEndAllPeace</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Societies are not static. Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes &amp; policies change. Holding a grudge against perceived wrong done to one decades ago will not get one anywhere, especially if the world has changed so much as to be unrecognizable.</p><p>Societies are not homogenous. Not all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> thinks the same way. Not all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> either. And not all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> same way.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalDynamics</span></a></p><p>1 ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111376788032217265" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11376788032217265</span></a></p><p>2 ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111377607972413455" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11377607972413455</span></a></p><p>3 ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111393282111223814" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span 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class="invisible">11794121901229066</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuadPartnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuadPartnership</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a></p>