> you probably want me to comment on the assam/ulfa situation in the > context of the united nations.
yes and I was just making a case. am planning to go to law school. :) But not from any context, but from your viewpoint. Who would care about our 'ongohi-bongohi's than ourselves? not UN, not US - nobody. > assam doesnot qualify as an acute human tragedy. "acute human > tragedies" (this is my phrase, actually), entails large scale > massacres, large scale movement of people due to calamities so collateral damage in Assam's case is acceptable, because it does not qualify for the phrase "acute human tragedy"? what about the pain? Is it less acute for those particular persons/families b'coz there were not "enough" people that died with them? If you do think that, I would be surprised. I thought you would be more sensitive than that - I guessed this as I have seen you (over the years on this net of course) looking at things (that generally ghotiram/baatiraam and malati's like us would take for granted) from different angles. On the other hand, if UN intervened in Assam's case, who do you think they would put the "blame" on? Who do you think they would ask to stop exploiting or dominating? Do you think they would do anything to stop the naive (and frustrated) young boys and girls from becoming "insurgents"? I am talking about the ones who are on the forefront - literally "fighting" and losing their families and their own lives but not making any money. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saurav Pathak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Bush- a gambler? > > > > Alpana B. Sarangapani said on AssamNet: > > + + been having this 'collateral damage' for a while? > + >yes, i do. > > + Do you think this damage in the shape of "acute human tragedy" > + (leave alone the fact that the state has gone economically 100 years > + back and also the havoc that was produced) is "fair" in Assam's case? If > + so, why? If not, what should have been done/not done? > + > + Reply at your convenience and if you want to! > > you probably want me to comment on the assam/ulfa situation in the > context of the united nations. > > assam doesnot qualify as an acute human tragedy. "acute human > tragedies" (this is my phrase, actually), entails large scale > massacres, large scale movement of people due to calamities > (for e.g rwanda). assam has seen killings in the range of a few > hundreds per year. this number is very small in comparison. the > post-godhra massacre of minorities in gujarat comes closer to the > kind of situation that needs u.n intervention. > > -- > saurav > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
