---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Badri Raina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Oct 17, 2007 8:19 PM Subject: Re: jackpot democracy To: Sudhir Devadas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
this would suggest that there are some takers for the lottery route; what have we come to? ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Sudhir Devadas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* Badri Raina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Cc:* sadanand menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:56 PM *Subject:* jackpot democracy dear all, a couple of points raised by the curious apathy of our society to discuss the grave issue of political ethics involved in picking a minister through drawing lots: 1. the minister incumbent is on record as having denied the exercise of drawing lots. in that case, in the light of the his colleague's revelation to the contrary, mons seems to have been economical with the truth. as such, how can he be sworn in as a minister and can we expect him to uphold the law? alternately, action has to be initiated against pillai. 2. as a minister were he to face a political dilemma in terms of policy making, would he resort to the same procedure as was adopted for his assuming office? 3. what credibility and respect would a minister chosen by such dubious means, evoke among his staff, bureaucrats and the public at large? 4. are ministerships to be seen as a jackpot? seen in the wider perspective, the apathy of our society and media to react to such a negation of electoral values in a democracy, can seen as our collective acceptance of the lottery phenomenon. we were the first state to introduce lottery in 1967, p k kunju, during e m s's 2nd term. now things have come to such a pass that the communist-led ldf govt is introducing lotteries for everything from disaster relief, sports to vat collection! look at the various promotional schemes in the media where prizes are given on the basis of drawing lots. in short we have degenerated into a lottery state. in his prophetic short story, 'the lottery in babylon', borges employs a pregnant phrase *'novus ordo seclorum'* - a necessary stage of history! pity that we have to inhabit such a period... regrads & still with undying hope, sudhir regards, sudhir --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
