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*** That is why I don't go asking ULFA to go die for
me.
That is what supporting ULFA
means.
You are supporting from the comfort
of the American Armchair because they are dying anyway.
>But if they are dying for THEIR cause, the
least I could do is give them MORAL support
Moral support to die because they
are dying anyway?
By saying they will go to heaven?
Support a dying person by providing
a Brahmin priest?
Or you are trying to make them
immortal?
But as LDB has indicated,
their cause may be WRONG.
How do you make one immortal who
die for a wrong cause?
'--but I may decide otherwise if they have a
chance to win'
It is a question whole Assam has
been asking ULFA.
Show us the beef.
Are you Lasit or you are playing
games with people of Assam?
Are you real or are flirting with
the name of 'sovereignty' and making money for yourself?
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:09
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Supporting ULFA is
rather a Moral Question
>When one asks someone else
to die for something one believe, that becomes a question of morality,
question of >ethics, not of expediency.
*** That is why I don't go asking ULFA to go die for me. But if they are
dying for THEIR cause, the least I could do is give them MORAL support if not
material and moral both, instead of sticking a wet finger into the air to see
which way the wind is blowing, before I decide whether to support them
or to damn them; as in : >I will never
support the actions of ULFA from a distance if I know their cases are doomed .
What did not get said, but could be clearly inferred, is :'--but I may decide otherwise if they have a chance to
win'
You could not explain the direction of your MORAL COMPASS more clearly!
No doubt it was an accidental disclosure, but the sub-conscious showed up loud
and clear Rajen.
Hai bidhata !
c
At 12:54 PM -0600 1/31/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
When one asks someone else to die for something one believe, that
becomes a question of morality, question of ethics, not of
expediency.
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Chan
Mahanta
To: Rajen
Barua ; assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Supporting ULFA is rather a Moral
Question
>Morally I will never
support the actions of ULFA from a distance if I know their cases are
doomed >as of Subas Bose and Phizo.
*** That is NOT morality. That is called
expediency!
That damned English language again!!!
At 12:30 PM -0600 1/31/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
>"*** I don't 'CLAIM
independence for Assam', whatever that means. But as a well-wisher of
Assam I DO INDEED support Assam's sovereignty aspirations
"
- Chandan:
>I am an US citizen, as you
know. Thus it will be absurd for me to go 'CLAIM independence for
Assam'. That would be elementary, wouldn't you
think?
- Chandan
>If ULFA truly believes
(rightfully or wrongfully) that India is an occupying force, why
would they surrender? Did Naga leader Phizo ever surrender?
Would
>Subhas Bose have surrendered to the
British?
- LDB
>A very mature letter. A man
after my own heart :-).
- Chandan
>I have heard of all kinds of
excuses people hold out why independence is scary for them, but
never heard of this boogie you brought out.
Chandan
Somehow the above
comments bring to my mind as if some of us are trying to support
ULFA the way one would support "Charge of the Light Brigade" from a
distance. We can always support such aspirirations, and in fact inspire
such aspirations from the comfort of America Armchair, because we
have nothing to loose.
I would rather
comment the same way as Chandan did to Hemenda.
>"And coming from someone like yourself, who
probably claimed US citizenship with a mere five or so years in the
country, enjoying the benefits and protections >of a secular society
with a rule of law,it is that much more unbecoming,
hypocritical"
Morally I will never
support the actions of ULFA from a distance if I know their cases are
doomed as of Subas Bose and Phizo. Morally I would have to join them if
I believe what they believe.
RB
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