It was a letter sent by US mail sent to many of us in the US, I guess. I don't think anybody is going to put that letter on www.assam.org.
> I am trying to get a flavour of SPIN and HYPE :-) It might be disappointing to some, but in this particular case there was no spin or hype, it was the plain old 'benami sithi' that prompted the mails. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Biraj Chakrabarti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: [Assam] Shame - a crying shame! > I have spent about 15 minutes in www.assam.org > looking for the relevant email that prompt > Sri Chandan Mahanta to write the following email, > but I could not find it in the archive. > > I did not mean to write that I am suspicious on Sri > Mahanata, in this regard, but would Sri Mahanta or > someone in the net please show me the relevant link to > the email that prompt Sri Mahanta to write the > following in Assam-net. > > I am trying to get a flavour of SPIN and HYPE :-) > > Thanks, > Biraj > > > --- Chan Mahanta's email from assam.org --- > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/pipermail/assam/2003-September/003053.html > ----------------------------------- > [Assam] Shame > Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:21:11 -0500 > > I am very distressed at an anonymous piece of mail > that we received this evening. Some one in our > community found it fit, to write scurrilous things > about one of our own, Mr. Barada Sarma of Austin, > Texas. > > > I make no bones about the fact, that I have had a few > differences of opinion about our community matters > with Sarma-da. Netters have seen how we debated > issues, even today. But it never is on a personal > level. We have always valued and cherished the > friendship that we have enjoyed with Sarma da and > Kumkum Baideu. > > > Coming at the heels of our spirited arguments today, > this piece of mail was a shock, a complete downer. It > was a symbol of shame for our community. I can't > believe one amongst us would stoop so low to revile > another with such cowardice. > > > Let us digress here for a moment, and look at the > principles involved. Let us assume for a moment that > all the charges made in the letter are true and > factual. If so, could there have been no legal > recourses? It is not that we have no legal remedy, and > so such an act could be condoned as an act of > desperation by the weak, the powerless and the > disenfranchised. Far from the truth. The stability and > security we enjoy in this adopted land of ours is > available to us all, because of a rule of laws. > > It was charged that the object of this attack declared > bankruptcy. Is it a crime? Bankruptcy is a legal > instrument to protect someone who might have gotten > into a situation , by mistake or by chance-even by > design, from which she has no way of digging out. But > it is a LEGAL instrument. People don't go about > declaring bankruptcy out of choice.Mostly. > > > Again, EVEN if all of the charges and innuendos > levelled were to be true, HOW we, Assam Netters, could > be in a position to judge it? By taking the words of > the anonymous writer? Is it plausible? Are we THAT > stupid? Isn't the writer capable of even this much of > common sense? How stupid can HE/SHE get? > > > I invite netters to condemn such acts of cowardice > unequivocally. Sitting around pretending we have not > seen or heard any evil is an act of cowardice too. > And a society of cowards is destined to reap the > harvest it deserves. I hope we would rise above that. > > > cm > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
