Gabe Menezes <gabe.mene...@gmail.com> wrote: [1] There is more than meets the eye here, conclusions could be arrived at, depending on what is percolated down from the media.
[2] The Minister is a public servant and his affairs and those involved therein, become public purvey. == COMMENT: My dear Gabe and Valmiki, Having read your latest contributions and Frederick's response to them, it is my belief that FN has provided the most reasonable and equitable position on this matter. I address the rest of my comment to Gabe's post (quoted above) 1: I caution against arriving at any conclusion based solely on press reports...and press statements made by lawyers based upon (non-cross examined) assertions by (say) a 'dissed' husband. 2: A Minister of Govt is a public figure. The public has a right to ask him questions about the paid-job he is supposed to be doing on their behalf. His private life is nobody's business UNLESS he molests another person or otherwise breaks the law (one way ....by showing favouritism to his sweetie, any one connected to his sweetie or because of his relationship with his sweetie - if indeed there is a sweetie) 3: If you or anybody else can provide me with evidence that 'consensual' sexual relationships violate any law in India or even in the UK, please go ahead. If there is no violation of any law, why this "out of court' hangama ....unless there is a political and/or personal agenda? Let the courts handle it to the best or worst of their ability. 4: The modus operandi of political hacks and other vested interests is an orchestration of a Trial by Media with the help of Innuendo and Threat. 5: This is not to say that an egregious decision by the courts or governments should not be 'taken up' by pro-bono entities or the press.....but merely to invite you evaluate IF there is a trend by (as a start) revisiting the 'threat' to the Fiona MacKeown, the mother of the hapless Scarlett Keeling: a: In Britain, would the mother be able (legally) to prevent her 15 year old daughter from consenting to sex, requesting contraceptives or even demanding a termination of pregnancy? b: From your knowledge, can the 'above child' brought up in the UK .....suddenly be 'controlled' by her mother upon arrival in Goa? 6: What do you think of the lawyer who accused Ms MacKeown of neglect? Is he a public servant? Can his public actions be dissected? jc