Beware of Ashwasena

There are times when Schadenfreude however tempting must be eschewed. As the situation in Nandigram has worsened, and CPM cadre turned more brazen, people who have no love lost for CPM, and they are more than one can count,  are hammering on the fact that CPM cadres, horror, killed Muslims, it may seem like twisting the knife in back of CPM, but there are other issues at stake. Nandigram is not about religion, it's about domination of CPM cadre through fear and intimidation, and challenge to this by rival group again through violence, in that light to project this as oppression of Muslim is to evoke communal passions which can not but escalate violence.
Islamic fundamentalism is a bigger menace than communist thuggery. It is a tiger which one should not be riding.

PS It is especially disappointing to see Yossarian harping on this angle