[Goanet] Fast unto death...

2024-02-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-16 Thread From PAES
...@gmail.com wrote: From: augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death To: goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009, 5:28 PM Bennet Paes wrote: Augusto: In my opinion, fasting unto death is the beginning of an act of suicide in slow motion

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
Bennet Paes wrote about the IPC 1890: Hello Augusto: I said, Indian law might have been non-existent or not in force. Apparently, it was existent, but not in force. == == COMMENT: The phrase in/into force is set to mean 'effective' The Indian Penal Code 1890 came 'into force' on January 1,

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-15 Thread augusto pinto
Bennet Paes wrote: Augusto: In my opinion, fasting unto death is the beginning of an act of suicide in slow motion. And in my opinion, suicide, or attempted suicide, or for that matter fast-unto-death, is cowardly,immoral and illegal. It is also so under the present Indian law. But it so

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-15 Thread J. Colaco jc
augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com: wrote: [1] When Gandhi went on his fasts unto death, the law of the land was more or less the same as exists today. The Indian Penal Code of 1860 which is still in force [2] Well, the reason could be that what is legal is not always what is moral;

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread From PAES
, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote: From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Monday, 14 December, 2009, 8:41 AM Bennet Paes wrote: My contention is that any act

[Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread Samir Kelekar
Suicide or fast unto death --- call it by whatever name, but in a philosophy where man determines his/her own destiny (and not some external God who decides it), it is not just perfectly allright, but even important than one decides when one dies. The concept of Samadhi originates from the

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread augusto pinto
Bennet Paes wrote: My contention is that any act that intentionally leads to one's death, or for that matter to anyone else's death, is criminal and should be punishable under the law. I wonder what Mr. Paes thinks about a bloke named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Just wondering Augusto --

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread J. Colaco jc
2009/12/13 Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca: Lets take the case of the Goan drunkard who has 10 beers and then crashes his car/motor-bike into the nearest coconut tree, killing himself. My QUESTION is: How are you going to punish this guy? ANSWER: I'd remind him of the modified Nunes principle:

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread From PAES
and other political leaders were guilty of that crime. Now you may form your own judgment about what I think. Bennet --- On Mon, 14/12/09, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote: From: augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death To: goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org Date

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread From PAES
In my opinion, hardly any. Bennet --- On Mon, 14/12/09, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Monday, 14 December, 2009, 7:44 PM 2009

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
2009/12/14 J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com ANSWER: I'd remind him of the modified Nunes principle: Thou shalt not have that much of an interest in de beers good wishes as always jc Well if you believe in diamonds then you should be long on De Beers. http://www.debeersgroup.com/

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-13 Thread Frederick Noronha
2009/12/12 Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com: Any person can end his life by Samadhi in Hinduism and Buddhism, and by Santhara in Jainism. A woman could end her life by Sati in Hinduism before it was banned by secular law Is Samadhi the same as suicide? Here's another view: Here i'd like

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 12/13/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote: Is Samadhi the same as suicide? Here's another view: Here are the legal and medical definitions of suicide, which apply to the act of taking a samadhi, prayopavesa or santhara: Suicide - The voluntary and

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-13 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bennet Paes wrote: My contention is that any act that intentionally leads to one’s death, or for that matter to anyone else’s death, is criminal and should be punishable under the law. Bennet Paes, I guess I am not following you here. Lets take the case of the Goan drunkard who has 10

[Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
. venantius j pinto Message: 8 Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:55:39 -0800 (PST) From: From PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com To: Goa Net goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Fast unto death Message-ID: 990829.93499...@web38908.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 FAST UNTO DEATH

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread floriano
...@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:25 AM Subject: [Goanet] Fast unto death FAST UNTO DEATH Refusing to take food or drink is intentionally causing an act leading to death. It is suicide. And suicide is criminal. 1) Therefore, fasting unto death is suicidal, and criminal. 2) Therefore

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread From PAES
wrote: From: Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Fast unto death To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Saturday, 12 December, 2009, 11:52 AM Among the whoever else: Could we apply these criteria to Irom Chanu Sharmila from Manipur. no, No, NO. I will not go further

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sat, 12/12/09, From PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com wrote: Does anyone have the right to end one’s life, even under any religion? Any person can end his life by Samadhi in Hinduism and Buddhism, and by Santhara in Jainism. A woman could end her life by Sati in Hinduism before it was

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread J. Colaco jc
Bennet PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com: If someone goes on a fast, it’s fine. In fact it’s good for health. But, if that someone, no matter who, and no matter what the motive is, declares that the fast is unto death, i.e. he will fast until he dies, it amounts to an act of suicide (although in slow

Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread From PAES
...@gmail.com wrote: From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Sunday, 13 December, 2009, 3:11 AM Bennet PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com: If someone goes on a fast, it’s fine. In fact

[Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
appreciate your being very clear in your stance. Frankly the airing, and presenting of ones perspectives helps us understand each other better in the Goanet universe. Thank you Bennett. venantius Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death Message-ID: 116992.35882...@web38906.mail.mud.yahoo.com

[Goanet] Fast unto death

2009-12-11 Thread From PAES
FAST UNTO DEATH Refusing to take food or drink is intentionally causing an act leading to death. It is suicide. And suicide is criminal. 1) Therefore, fasting unto death is suicidal, and criminal. 2) Therefore, it is a legal and moral obligation of the concerned authorities to prevent death