At 5:11 PM -0700 10/18/06, Rajib Das wrote: >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.
Ahhh, the legendary Indian rule of law here :-)! Them 'terrorists' flouting laws of warfare. How disgraceful!! Maybe that poor fellow Nipul Saikia can tell us a thing or two about Indian Army's law-abiding professionalism after they stop his RECTAL BLEEDING. Or Ajit Mahanta can fill us in on Indian Army's compassion from inside that plastic bag. > >--- 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
