Surya Pratap wrote: > jtd wrote: > >> On Monday 08 December 2008 17:37, Saswata Banerjee wrote: >> >> >> >>>> The Issue goes a little further, >>>> >>>> In a place like Mumbai with nearly 2 Crore population, the >>>> terrorists killed about 200, >>>> >>>> hardly a nudge in the yearly death rate, >>>> >>>> >>> WOW ! >>> The attitude is interesting. >>> I am sure for the people who lost family and friends in the attack >>> will appreciate that its hardly a nudge in the death rate. >>> >>> >> Err. I think he meant that it is not going to make a diff to the >> politicos (as though anything does). As indeed subsequent events have >> proved. The "event" was just a nice excuse for getting rid of a few >> inconvienient politicians. BTW RR Patil was trying to break the >> police-underworld money nexus. Most dance bars are benami held by >> cops. >> On a more cynical note, there are more people dying travelling on the >> local trains and farmers comiting suicide. But heck it does not stop >> our cocktails and diner. >> >> > Thanks JTD, > > Saswata, Sorry for the bad choice of words, it was just meant to be an > objective view of the issue > > It is interesting to see the huge flood of messages in this list after the comment on the police action. There is no doubt that people are dying in larger numbers due to non-terror related circumstances but these can be prevented if the individual is more educated about the dangers lurking, like hanging outside a train, finding practical means to pay back a farm loan, avoiding un-clean environments to fight diseases. However a terrorist strike is a strike against an individual's freedom to exist and exist peacefully. This is no different from a mob attack of local political groups. If certain technologies are used to aid such terror attacks then it is quite natural for the security agencies to be cautious about the same. The satt. phones and GPS devices do widen the scope of a terror strike from the lower end of a terror hierarchy, one that can navigate its way with lesser guidance. This increases the headache for the security forces who are already under pressure. By co-operating with them, we are only lessening their burden. Many incompetent Govts. in democracies have realized that the war on terrorism is a viable alternative to good governance. The same is true for Nations under dictators. The only difference is that in a democracy we can change our leaders. We must guard against patriotic criminals who want to use the war on terror to come to power and then dictate our existence according to their whims and fancies. We can do that by not falling into their trap.
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