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Sanghi: I don't like what you're saying.
Me: It's a free country. I can speak my mind.
Sanghi: If you were not in a free country, you wouldn't be able to speak your mind.
Me: I know. What's your point?
Sanghi: India allows you freedom of speech.
Me: It's a free country. I can speak my mind.
Sanghi: If you were not in a free country, you wouldn't be able to speak your mind.
Me: I know. What's your point?
Sanghi: India allows you freedom of speech.
Me: I know. That's why I'm using it. What's your point?
Sanghi: My point is that you should not use freedom of expression in a country that allows it.
Me: What! Why?
Sanghi: Because we are great and allow freedom of speech. Therefore we should not be criticised.
Sanghi: My point is that you should not use freedom of expression in a country that allows it.
Me: What! Why?
Sanghi: Because we are great and allow freedom of speech. Therefore we should not be criticised.
Me: Let me get this straight. You are proud of the fact that you belong to a country that allows people to express themselves. But you want to become a country where people don't express themselves.
Sanghi: Yes. I just want the label. I don't want the thing the label promises.
Sanghi: Yes. I just want the label. I don't want the thing the label promises.
Me: I see.
Sanghi: Similarly, I want the label "democratic" and "secular" also. They look nice. They make me look nice when I go to other countries. They make the country's image shiny.
Me: Fascinating. Tell me more. What other labels do you want without the burfen of action.
Sanghi: Similarly, I want the label "democratic" and "secular" also. They look nice. They make me look nice when I go to other countries. They make the country's image shiny.
Me: Fascinating. Tell me more. What other labels do you want without the burfen of action.
Sanghi: Oh, so many. I want "educated" and "civilised" and "cultured" and "scholar" and "intellectual" and "peaceful" and "global superpower".
Me: But you don't want to do any of the things that bring these labels.
Sanghi: No. It's too much work.
Me: You're a disgrace.
Me: But you don't want to do any of the things that bring these labels.
Sanghi: No. It's too much work.
Me: You're a disgrace.
Sanghi: You can't say that. Just because we have freedom of speech, you think you can say anything? If you were in another country where there is no free speech...
