Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly

 When author of post or comment is not mentioned, it should be assumed that it is me (Ravi S. Iyer). To save time, I am usually not providing my FB post links but only contents. I am also not hyperlinking links. So readers will have to copy-paste links from this post onto a browser link box and then browse to that link. ========================================== 1930s John Wayne movie with storyline based in Canada with villains being French Canadian outlaws! [Actual shooting seems to have been in California, USA, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trail_Beyond, with some great scenery and some quaint canoe (boating) scenes, including canoe chasing and fight scenes.] A short movie description is put up here: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trail_beyond. It was a surprise for me to see French Canadians being shown as villains with English speaking Canadians as the good guys. I think it is the first such film that I have seen. Perhaps French movies of that time, may have the reverse ...

White supremacy is bad and evil, and has no place in today's world whether it is USA or anywhere else. Further, in democratic countries, any other kind of group supremacy based on race or religion or whatever, is unacceptable in today's world whether it is USA or India or any other democracy. As a beneficiary, lover and an open supporter of democracy, and as a resident and citizen of democratic India, my view on possibility of disputed outcome of USA presidential election this year, is that any such dispute resolution has to be handled by courts of law (USA Supreme Court, I guess). There should be zero tolerance of any group, white supremacist or any other group like those that seem to be promoting anarchy, that attempts to use force and intimidation to prevent a fair election process and result. Violent protest is ***bad*** for democracy and it promotes rule by thugs. Maintaining law and order is vital for democracies to flourish. Please note that I have a PUBLICLY (POLITICALL...