On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:52:06PM +0530, . wrote: > Freedom, democracy, ...all lofty words when one is staring down the > barrel of a gun. If we didnt have the army/police/law (with all their > negatives included) there would be no freedom or democracy to uphold > and the ones who value "non-violence" the most would be the first to
i hope you say this with first-hand experience of staring down barrels of guns. > ...which would not be possible when there is no peace and you live > life under the shadow of a gun. With no industry, no commerce and i don't think the kashmiri gun bothers a subsistence farmer in bihar. > trade (other than tourism, and life essentials carted in via Jammu) > Kashmir is not keeping pace with the rest of India. To allow Kashmir > to progress the Govt. should abolish article 370, opening the road to > commerce, allow Indians to start factories, industry, and regularize > trade laws like the rest of India. yes, of course, it's always very good to say what other people need, rather than let them decide themselves.
