Deepak Chopra is a bit flustered these days because of a commentary written by Dorothy Rabinowitz that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on December 1st. The piece, titled "Deepak Blames America", convincingly asserts that Mr Chopra, during a CNN interview, pointed the finger of blame toward the United States as it related to the Mumbai, India terrorist attack.
To paraphrase the CNN interview, Deepak said that US foreign policy led to the murderous act because the policy is too nasty toward the otherwise easy-going terrorists. It would be far better for America to adopt a "root cause" approach to this pedestrian misunderstanding with those who want to annihilate us. By the way, the self-help guru put out the outlandish claim that those who drop bombs from 35,000 feet (US pilots) can also be considered terrorists.
The inconvenience of the "roots cause" kumbaya is that we are being targeted because of who we are - western society. However, to correct the root problem, all we need to do is mass convert to Islam and abandon this silly democratic regime we have. Seems reasonable to me.
Deepak Chopra objects to the term "War on Terrorism", citing that it paradoxically translates into "War on War". I tend to agree with Deepak and would suggest a more illuminating term, such as "War on Islamofacsism" or "War on Radical Islam". The sagacious Mr Chopra prefers to dial down the rhetoric and call it "Serious but respectful objections with those who embrace a different but equal culture and possess a well-grounded dislike for Americans because we do not dedicate enough time to fully understand the root reason for why these peaceful human beings want to kill us". Okay, the conflict's name may be long but it may catch on in time.
Today is the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The next day when President Roosevelt declared war on Japan he used stark and clear words (dastardly, treachery, etc..) to convey his emotions and the reasons for war. Deepak would have advised the barbaric FDR to stand before congress daintily waving windchimes and call for a moment of aromatherapeutic, non-offensive dialog amid sushi and sake in order to engage in a guilt-ridden exploration of the "root cause" for the attack. We obviously did something to offend them. If you buy "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" you will not actually learn what we should have done in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor or 9/11 but Deepak would appreciate the patronage.
On December 5th, Deepak's retort to Ms Rabinowitz was printed in the Wall Street Journal. The letter was short and a bit whiney. He pouted because Ms Rabinowitz launched a personal attack on him. Somewhat disappointingly, Deepak exhibited a lack of creativity by using the same catty arguments, almost verbatim, that he used earlier in the week when he pawed at Fox News. Catty is never good, but being catty and lazy is inexcusable for someone who wrote a book conspicuously titled "Synchrodestiny".
Enter Gotham Chopra, son of Deepak and rumored to have been conceived in the batmobile. Gotham follows Deepak's blurb of a letter with a rather long missive that is ominously prefaced with a threat to swing hard at Ms Rabinowitz because his daddy could not on account of Deepak's vow of non-violence in "all his words and action". (I may be allowed to dispute Deepak's allegiance with his own vow because his words do make my head hurt) The point is that Deepak cannot engage in bellicose words but he can recruit Gotham to the task - kinda like how the old mafia dons would take care of business.
Gotham blusters that he will put this whole fracas with the terrorists in the "proper context". He does not. Gotham fails pathetically. Rather than elucidate, he punishes us with a rambling and incoherent series of non sequiturs. Further into his meandering letter I think I read the name Gandhi somewhere in there, something about his lending a bizarre idea to Deepak, and perhaps even a philosophical reminder that Cisco drank the whiskey and Pancho drank the wine.
Okay, I was going to write more about this but these guys just aren't worth it. So I'll stop right here. Deepak is a fraud and Gotham is a dullard.
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