Jugalda, Giving this violence the cover of political struggle is inexcusable. The objective of this violence is to spread terror, pure and simple. Civilians are picked up at random and thrown to bombs. There is no political purpose - not even one where a specific community can be terrorized to flee.
These are acts of organizations that have lost the will to fight, are weak and desperate, need to demonstrate their presence somehow and worse, probably, shorn of any discipline. They demonstrate their state in the worst possible way. Even with my political views, I would to an extent understand hits on armed forces. But here we see only civilian bombings almost to the exclusion of any fighting with the army. When organizations come to such a state, there is no bigger question than to render them inactive. Rajib --- "J. Kalita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I condemn the killings of civilians by governments > as well as > non-governmental groups. > > I think the reason for the violence is that > discussion of autonomy and > independence is banned or met with severe violence > by governments. If > people could freely discuss issues regarding > independence and autonomy, > organize politically to demand independence and > autonomy, see a > non-violent process by which independence and > autonomy can be potentially > achieved, a lot of the violence will go away. Such > is the case in Canada > where the issue of Quebec independence has created a > political movement > within a free society. > > The bigger question is how is the world going to > address the question of > independence demanded by peoples in many parts of > the world. There is no > mechanism. Once a geographical area has become a > country (for example, > India became a country after several hundred years > of colonialism and > after the British left), the country thinks its > borders are god-given and > cannot be redrawn at any cost, be it the lives of > hundreds of thousands of > people. A newly-created country like India starts > behaving like its old > colonial power denying freedom. At the same time, > older countries such as > Russia keep on denying freedom as well. > > The spread of freedom is the best antidote to > violence. The world's > structure now is very good at denying freedom to > many. This behooves > everyone to think how the world structure can be > changed so that the > peoples demanding freedom can get free and fair > hearings, and free and > fair decisions so that the need for violence goes > away. This is the bigger > question, the root cause of violence. > > I agree violence aimed at civilians must be stopped, > but if the powers of > the world just want to treat the symptoms and not > address the root causes, > it is not a long term solution. > > Jugal Kalita > > > > > "collatoral damage"! > > Go look into the eyes of a mother that has just > lost her child in > > this stupid kiling sprees of the always > whining, power hungry mad > > group of people. > > > > >From: Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: [Assam] This mindless violence.. > > >Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 07:55:28 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > > >http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041003/asp/frontpage/story_3835155.asp > > > > > >Why do the terror groups (and I do not think > > >liberation fighters or any other harmless word > would > > >be apt) of Assam have a continuing penchant > for > > >killing civilians? A railway station, a > marketplace, a > > >school and then a cinema hall... > > > > > >The Naga fighters, the Mizos, even the others > have not > > >indulged in killing civilians in such a scale. > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________ > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > >Declare Yourself - Register online to vote > today! > > >http://vote.yahoo.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Assam mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > > >Mailing list FAQ: > > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > > >To unsubscribe or change options: > > > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! > Download today - it's > > FREE! > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
