Besides, the use of child soldiers - whether by legal national armies or extra legal liberation militants - is illegal. Offcourse if you are a terrorist, you are not bound by any kind of laws - even the human ones.
--- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C'da, > > >The point is about the continuation of the conflict > spanning over two > decades, getting worse over time. And as the > >asymmetry widens, so does the > desperation and its resultant by-products. > > So, as insurgents get desperate, children are at > stake. When can we expect a > Beslan? > > >Will you have the courage to face the victims of > the 'secret killings' of > Assam to suggest that their loss is not nearly >as > bad as, say the children > of Dhakuakhana, since the former was perpetrated by > unknown evil people, > while the >latter was, to be reasonably suspected to > be by ULFA? > > All murders are bad, C'da. To the victims of secret > killings or even the > families of ulfa cadres the loss of their loved ones > is terrible. Nothing > that you or me or the GOI or the ULFA can make it > right. > > But as a society, we specially have a much softer > corner for children. And > when their innocence is used for ulfa's or the GOI's > advantage, it doesn't > speak well of the perpetrators. > > >Or can you, with a straight face argue, that the > millions of children of > India scouring garbage piles left by the Great > Indian Middle Class' > >consumption , for the struggle to survive and dying > untimely deaths, > homeless, hungry, bereft of the most rudimentary of > the necessities of life, > is >somehow not nearly as grotesque as children used > to plant bombs by > insurgent groups? > > Whats your point C'da? Yes, millions of children > everywhere in the world are > exploited - even in the US. This is a societal > problem. But just because the > society is derelict or hasn't been able to provide > the best for our > children, it certainly does not mean insurgent > elements take that as a cue > to send children into harms way? > > >The outrage is SELECTIVE and CONVENIENT, designed > to make political points > > It may seem so. But the reality is that it does hurt > when children are used > in this way. There are no excuses here. If the GOI > were to send India's > children to fight its wars with Pakistan or fight > insurgencies, my > indignation would have been similar or more. > > --Ram > > > On 10/18/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Ram: > > > > > > The point is about the continuation of the > conflict spanning over two > > decades, getting worse over time. And as the > asymmetry widens, so does the > > desperation and its resultant by-products. > > > > > > Do GoI's honchos huddle in the backrooms of the > palace to connive to let > > loose the army , armed with AFSPA and other such > devices, on the Assamese, > > or Kashmiris or the myriads of groups across > India? > > > > > > One would have to say, NO. It does not happen that > way. > > > > > > *But the NET EFFECT is the same, isn't it?* > > > > > > Does it matter to its ultimate victims whether it > is an outcome out of > > connivance of a few evil people, or universal > exploitation or benign apathy? > > > > > > Will you have the courage to face the victims of > the 'secret killings' of > > Assam to suggest that their loss is not nearly as > bad as, say the children > > of Dhakuakhana, since the former was perpetrated > by unknown evil people, > > while the latter was, to be reasonably suspected > to be by ULFA? > > > > > > Or can you, with a straight face argue, that the > millions of children of > > India scouring garbage piles left by the Great > Indian Middle Class' > > consumption , for the struggle to survive and > dying untimely deaths, > > homeless, hungry, bereft of the most rudimentary > of the necessities of life, > > is somehow not nearly as grotesque as children > used to plant bombs by > > insurgent groups? > > > > > > Or maimed and deformed children begging on the > streets of great Indian > > cities, plucking their scabs to bleed a little > more, to compete with those > > others whose wounds are not nearly as bad; are > nothing compared to ULFA or > > Kashmir militants > > or tribal-Naxals exploiting their children to > smuggle explosives to > > destroy the lives and life-styles of other > INNOCENT Indians? > > > > > > Give me a break Ram. > > > > > > The outrage is SELECTIVE and CONVENIENT, designed > to make political points > > and > > augment the propaganda of the Indian > establishment, to whom it is more > > important to hold on to the real-estate, of Assam, > of Kashmir, and damn > > those who occupy the ground! > > > > > > > > c-da > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:34 AM -0500 10/18/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > > > C'da, > > > > > > > > >See, the Great Indian Middle Class, is soooo very > kind to the children of > > its under->classes, it must hurt their > sensitivities to see these ULFA > > rogues use children to do their >dirty work! > > > > > > > > This is what one would call 'spinning out of > control' :) > > > > > > > > Yes, mal-treatment to children by any class of > people is bad. But this > > mal-treatment is not an organized effort by the > GOI or some state or even a > > group of people. What you are referring to is a > social problem, and NOT a > > connived effort by groups of people trying to harm > children. > > > > > > > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
