If this (meaning 'qualified' environmentalists as a requirement for NGOs working against the ill effects of mining) becomes a norm, does one's fundamental democratic right of freedom of speech go overboard?
>In Goa, such legislative proposal is urgently needed," said Mr >Lume, an official at Fomento, a mining company. "Such a >regulation was mooted in the past but it gradually fizzled out," >said Mr S Sridhar, executive director of Goa Mineral Ore >Exporters' Association (GMOEA), when contacted. I am no legal luminary but I am sure such legislation will be unceremoniously dumped, by the Courts, in the garbage yard of failed legislations. And again if such legislation does become generalized, should, say, Childrens' Rights activists exclusively be children? Or sex worker activists themselves be sex workers? Or once again should Womens' Rights be championed only by women? Worth pondering about, no? I am sure, JC will be able to throw light on this. With best wishes for 2009, -- Tony ============================ Tony de Sa Ph: +91 832 2470 148 M: +91 9975162897 E: tonydesa at gmail dot com ----------------------------------------------------------- Things do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau ================================
