Traffic and Terror

In a recent post Nitin had an interesting aside.
Apparently one of the wise sages who reside Mumbai and who met Nitin made a profound statement.
According to the gentleman since traffic accidents kill more people in India that terrorism, therefore it is not justified to give such high priority to terrorism.

There are two ways to approach it.

We are citizens of India, and we constitute a Nation.
One of the most important reasons for forming a nation is protection from inside and from outside.
Responsiblity of a citizen therefore is to place highest priority and urgency on security of his fellow citizens. Terrorist seek to harm citizens and state throught deliberate violent acts.
To fulfill this he must do everything possible under the rule of law.
In my opinion if he shows indifference and non chalance he should be deprived of his citizenship.
This may sound harsh but I believe that citizenship of a nation has to be earned.

Now I could have understood if this statement was made by some wannabe who confuses form with substance. However when this sort of tripe comes from someone belonging to self professed group of deep thinkers who must have though this basic premise of nationhood, I can only conclude that there is something wrong with his moral compass and premises.


* To be fair Nitin's post doesn't explicitly state that someone did take this position.
Also if somebody did take this position in all sincerity his name is not mentioned.

Update: As Nitin mentions in comments it was not one of the bloggers. Therefore I stand corrected