The key word is
"should".
I never had any problem with
'should'. With 'should' you can
even go further.
like
Every person 'should' be allowed to
opt for his fatherland at the age of 12.
Every child
'should' allowed to adopt their own religion at age 13.
The parliamentary system should be
ablolished.
Instead the election should be thru
electronic voting daily on every issue (like stock market)
(Thus Iraq War etc should have been determined by daily electronic
voting by everybody from age 12.)
etc.RB
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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:25
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Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from
holding a plesbicite
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> If one plebiscite fails in Assam or Kashmir or Nagaland for whatever
> reasons, it doesn't seal the Assam nation's or Kashmir nation's on Naga
> nation's fate for ever. Such plebiscites should be allowed every
> 10-15-25 years say, at least every generation, if there is demand for
> it, just like Canada allows.
>
> A country's or an empire's boundaries are not immortal, they change as
> an obvious matter of history and flow of time and events, and if such
> changes can be effected by plebiscites and not by the making of war, it
> is the ultimate triumph of democracy as far as the human race is
> concerned. Similarly, if some regions or national groups want to become
> a part of another union, like the countries of Eastern Europe recently
> becoming part of the European Union, that should also be done by
> public, open and fair voting.
>
> That is the ideal situation, the human race should strive for: free
> (albeit following an arduous procedure so that there is no anarchy)
> association or disassociation of regions or national groups, the right
> of regions or national groups to choose their own destiny by peaceful
> means. Secession by plebiscites should be enshrined as a moral and
> legal principle of world governance as is accession by plebiscites at
> this time. That is the ideal all liberal, open-minded, human-minded
> intellectuals, policy makers and statesmen should strive for, to accept
> in their own minds and in policy-making.
>
> Jugal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; assam@assamnet.org
> Sent: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:30:45 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Assam] What prevents India from holding a plesbicite
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> >Chandan da thinks he is right.
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> *** I am perfectly willing to SUBMIT to the will of the people of
> Assam, as expressed in a free and fair plebiscite. Heaven knows they
> have suffered enough.
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> > May be most of the people in Assam want seperation from India or may
> be they don't.
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> *** And if they had a shot at expressing themselves, AFTER they had an
> opportunity to EXAMINE the TRUTHS about their condition ( as thru a
> free and unfettered discussion/debate of all pertinent issues), if they
> choose to remain with India and share their dysfunctional state of the
> state, so be it! I shall forever hold MY peace on that.
>
>
> And I salute YOU Utpal, for being able to think like that ( not that I
> had a doubt).But can Ram? Can Rajen? Can Himen-da ? Can the so many
> amongst us who sing the praises of democracy on the one hand, but shall
> not accord the same to the people of Assam, or of Kashmir?
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> >I hope someday the nation called India will be matured enough to
> incorporate >the "instrument of seccession" in the constitution.
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> *** Me too. But we all know the reality.
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> At 11:23 PM +0000 1/9/06, Malabika Brahma wrote:
> Chandan da thinks he is right. So does Rajen da or Ram da or Mike da
> or my self. May be we all are right or may be not. It does not matter
> what I or you feel (the elites of Assam) , what really matters is what
> the people of Assam feel. May be most of the people in Assam want
> seperation from India or may be they don't. There is easy way to find
> out. Hold a plesbicite under a free neutral environment and avoid all
> bloodshed. But somehow I think the present form of GOI does not have
> the moral courage to face the free and fair ballot that would decide
> the fate of Assam or NE for that matter. Also the question is whether
> pro-independence groups of NE have the moral courage face the same. I
> hope someday the nation called India will be matured enough to
> incorporate the "instrument of seccession" in the constitution. Ut!
> pal Brahma
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