One of the advantages of using an economic model is that we can provide
rather precise guidance on certain. Or at least we like to think so.
For the Hon'ble Mr. Nikhil Mehra, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, I
had the following additional thoughts :
In terms of the terrorist threat, we cannot easily predict what will
happen in a given place at a given time either in the United States or
in India. What the United States government does with its Homeland
Security Advisory System
<http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/Copy_of_press_release_0046.shtm>
(more commonly called the "terror alert system") is to provide some very
general guidance to the overall economy in terms of what level it
perceives the threat from terrorism.
The guidance offered by the Department of Homeland Security is very
general and it has been described as 'vague' by many media outlets. The
"terror alert system" doesn't provide, or even attempt to provide,
fine-grain insight into what the terrorists may or may not be planning,
what the government may be doing in response, et cetera. This is because
it is intended to mainly act as a signal.
By using this institutional capability, the government can bring into
play a larger set of entities in the greater economy (such as local
police (which it does not directly control) or even local patrols,
which can come out of the private sector) than would otherwise come into
play if it clearly specified what private individuals should do and what
the government is planning on doing.
This is more or less what India should be doing as well, and sitting
from here in the United States, it seems to be what it is actually
doing.
In any case, this is the right approach for dealing with the terrorist
threat. Anand--- In [email protected], Nikhil Mehra
<nikhil.mehra773@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks. But I think this debate was meant to be political and
constitutional
> not anything else. It was always about detailing political groups and
they
> do or not do not form. Even if they are clearly based on matters
> of identity that the groups themselves identify as matters of
identity. In
> India. The examples, and not just yours, Anand, appear pointless.
>
> Has anyone on this list dealt with the consociotional theory?
>
>
> Regards,
> Nikhil Mehra
>
> Advocate, Supreme Court of India
> Tel: (+91) 9810776904
> Res: C-I/10 AIIMS Campus
> Ansari Nagar
> New Delhi - 110029.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Anand Manikutty
> [email protected]:
>
> > With a broad enough definition of identity [1], [2] : The United
Kingdom,
> > France, Germany, Spain.
> >
> > And the Republic of South Africa, and the erstwhile Republic of
Upper Volta
> > (now Burkina Faso), and the erstwhile Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes
> > (the general region of the former Yugoslavia), and Sao Tome e
Principle. And
> > many others.
> >
> > Basically, every country in the world. Amartya Sen, who is not a
leftist
> > [3], has persuasively argued that identity need not be in just one
form and
> > is, in fact, a matter of choice. People choose their own identities
in many
> > ways. I think you are referring to cultural/national identity, but
even
> > those can be chosen at least to some extent. In fact, people behave
in very
> > similar ways with respect to the other identities that they often
possess -
> > in terms of occupation or profession.
> >
> > Anand
> >
> > [1] George A. Akerlof & Rachel E. Kranton, 2000. "Economics And
Identity,"
> > The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 115(3), pages
715-753,
> > August.
> > [2] Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our
Time),
> > New York, W. W. Norton, 2006.
> > [3] Amartya Sen on Amartya Sen :
> >
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/37
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* ss cybersurg@...
> > *To:* silklist@...
> > *Sent:* Mon, January 17, 2011 5:56:27 AM
> >
> > *Subject:* Re: [silk] Stochastic Terrorism
> >
> > On Monday 17 Jan 2011 1:24:25 pm Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote:
> > > Are we the only country with multiple identities?
> > >
> > Could you name a few countries with multiple identities for
comparison?
> > Other
> > tan the USA that is.
> > shiv
> >
> >
> >
>
