> But if you meant India cannot pass a law to monitor Muslims, because, say,
You are putting words into my mouth. What I meant was that in India - it would be next to impossible to pass off as LAW of monitoring only certain sections of the populace. No, I don't like Sadaam Hussien - he ought to be ousted. But, if today Americans of Iraqi descent are put under a microscope (did we forget the Japanese internments?), who is next? If there are particular instances of people (Iraqi or otherwise) who intend harm to the US - they should be readily brought to justice. The monitoring of Iraqis (US Citizens) in the US is not the same as India monitoring Pakistanis (spies) in India. The POTA as I understand does not discriminate amongst the citizenry of India. While, I do not agree with the draconian measures, it does apply equally to all. You might want to argue that POTA be aboloished - but not for the reasons you cite. BTW: Why should India NOT monitor a terrorist state like Pakistan? If India were to sleep it off - it won't be just Kashmir that India will trying to keep intact. We already see the effects of the ISI in many parts of the country, don't we? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alpana Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "AssamNet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 6:39 PM Subject: Re: ansal plaza incident > > Also, in the USA, they are saying people from Iraq will be monitored. > >India >can't even think about passing that kind of rule, even after it's > >parliament >was attacked, can she? > > > *** India monitoring WHO, Alpana? Pakistanis? Are you suggesting India > cannot, or does not monitor Pakistanis in India? > > And if India cannot pass a law to monitor citizens of 'enemy countries' > within its boundaries, what seems to be the problem? Why can't she? What > do you suppose POTA does? Heck, it even allows snooping its OWN citizens. > And expats when they visit the old country. > > But if you meant India cannot pass a law to monitor Muslims, because, say, > even the USA would be monitoring Iraqis in the USA, then I will be reduced > to say: No further comment :-). > > > c-da > > > > > > > > > > At 5:21 PM -0600 11/18/02, Alpana Sarangapani wrote: > > Also, in the USA, they are saying people from Iraq will be monitored. > >India can't even think about passing that kind of rule, even after it's > >parliament was attacked, can she? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: D Deka To: Saurav Pathak > >Cc: Chan Mahanta ; AssamNet Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:43 PM > >Subject: Re: ansal plaza incident > > > > > >Saurav, > > > >You probably don't realize when you write these notes that you are already > >biased. How do you know it was stage managed? Just because Kuldip Nayar > >said so? You may say there have been so many like this before. Again > >that shows bias and pre-disposition. Look again at the words below that > >you wrote: " is a stage managed encounter acceptable to you? would a > >similar thing be acceptable in the usa?" > > > > > > > >Dilipda > > > > > > > > Saurav Pathak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >D Deka said on AssamNet: > > > >+ > >+ Debating on these issues is healthy. Even if it doesn't solve the > >real problem back home, it clears the conscience of the participants > >in the debates. > > > > > >dilip-da -- we are just following an issue. the issue is -- did the > >police stage an encounter. > > > > > > > >+ I have a very simple question to the sleuths of the net. Where are > >the friends and relatives of the victims? Normally after such an > >incident, the journalists find the relatives, friends or neighbors to > >interview. I have scanned the Indian newspapers but haven't read any such > >interview. Were the victims local to Delhi? Or is it simply that I missed > >the reports? > > > > > >we dont know, since no-one came forward to claim their bodies. the > >police claimed they are pakistanis. > > > >i am just curious. if they are pakistanis/terrorists, would you > >agree that they ! can be killed outside the purview of the indian > >legal system? is a stage managed encounter acceptable to you? > >would a similar thing be acceptable in the usa? > > > >saurav > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site >
