On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Sruthi Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Warning: it is a long post. > > I know there is corruption in our country but there is a process and a > procedure, which is democratic. This fast is subverting democracy by > not letting procedure take its due course. It in fact helps > delegitimize democracy. > 64 years, 8 attempts for a lokpal bill to be passed. 8 parliamentary standing committees. procedure surely doesnt have a minimum stipulation of 100 years duration. and scam after scam. and who is questioning democracy, btw? by electing some MPs, we are not surrendering our brains to them. they are supposed to act in public interest. If they are not, protest is a reasonable thing to be undertaken. all else does not follow. because we are not delegitimising democracy in any way. thanks Dinesh
