> >But in this >case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem >hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity.
*** Limelight is absolutely a misnomer. It demonstrates an utter lack of sensitivity to blood and gore, a cultural void, which is not unexpected from the most violent society on earth: India. I am glad it was a front page story. However it could have been dealt with a bit of maturity that could be expected from civilized society. Perhaps my expectation is misplaced. At 8:02 AM -0600 1/21/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >C'da, > >In India this journalistic discretion is absolutely different. >Maybe Indian news media is going thru a phase, and such standards be damned. > >Some examples: >The Beltola incident - many newspapers & TV were not ashamed to show a naked >woman running around. > >In the tiger attack in the Guwahati Zoo, last month, it seems a number of TV >channels showed live footage. There was only one newspaper (The Hindu) which >said 'after a discussion with the editors', it was decided to publish only a >black & white photo, not color'. > >And now this gory & sickening photo of the unfortunate rhino. But in this >case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem >hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity. > >--Ram > > >On 1/21/08, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of journalistic >> discretion publish something like this horrific picture on their >> front page. >> >> >> >> >Oh my Country!!! >> >> *** Indeed! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 6:02 PM +0530 1/21/08, mc mahant wrote: >> >Manoj, >> >When I opened the Tribune in the morning- I thought-the beast/s who >> >did that needed to be castrated. Later on --more rational thoughts >> >came. To teach every citizen/human how vivisection needs to be >> >practised onto ones near and dear ones first. >> >And more thoughts ---- >> >I never opened the paper again . >> >Oh my Country!!! >> >Oh for the Indian Rupee! >> >M'da> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:58:22 +0530> From: >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [Assam] symbol >> >of cruelty> > http://www.assamtribune.com/jan2108/Photo.html> > >> >heart cries out to this wounded rhino at kaziranga national park.> > >> >-manoj> _______________________________________________> assam >> >mailing list> [email protected]> >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Tried the new MSN Messenger? It's cool! Download now. >> >http://messenger.msn.com/Download/Default.aspx?mkt=en-in >> >_______________________________________________ >> >assam mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
