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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07 http://tinyurl.com/2dk2bl http://tinyurl.com/29kpdx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modis offer to protect taslima is no doubt a electoral gimmick. Given that the man is fighting his most uphill electoral battle he can not be grudged such gimmicks. All political parties do it and modi is no excetion. That being said,Taslima nasreen and M F Hussain cases are not identical. M F hussain is an absconder and hence a criminal. he painted some hindu godesses in the nude and a case was filed against him (in Bhopal i believe).Rather than present himself before the court Hussain showed scant regard for the law of the land and turned absconder. Hussain should be punished not for his potrayl of gods in a insulting manner but because he has broken the civil law of this country. It is also interesting that Selma wants hussein to have full freedom of speech to insult the sentiments of hindus but would not grant that same fredom to people who abuse gandhi or nehru or hold exhibitions. As regards Gadgil, once again I request him to place in public record any statemnt by a RSS functionary which supports sati or dowry. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs