[Goanet] A Country of Paradoxes

2011-02-23 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh Helekar: In 2010 alone, the Maoists killed a total of 526 innocent civilians and security personnel. Response: Here are some reports on criminal behavior displayed by security forces. It would be interesting to see how well Santosh is able to defend and justify such behaviour. Excerpts:

Re: [Goanet] A Country of Paradoxes

2011-02-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
I was waiting to see if Marshall was willing to admit that Maoists were also criminals. But I guess not. It is all about one-sided ideological justice. They recognize criminality only on one side, not their own. How can you trust these guys to write anything that is impartial? As far as the

Re: [Goanet] A country of paradoxes

2011-02-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
Here is more incredible insight from the Goanet moderator in support of his credibility and lack of bias: My quote: In 2010 alone, the Maoists killed a total of 526 innocent civilians and security personnel. Response from Bosco: I am wondering whether the above comment is implicitly or explicity

[Goanet] A country of paradoxes

2011-02-22 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh Helekar: Is he saying that we need less people like Mashelkar and more people like Arundhati Roy? Response: India needs more people like Mashelkar as well as Arundhati Roy, Medha Patkar, Teesta Setalvad and Dr Binayak Sen. They are the voices of the underdog, the downtrodden and the

Re: [Goanet] A country of paradoxes

2011-02-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 2/22/11, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: It is a measure of their situation that the poor adivasis who are exploited are condemned as maoists when they fight back unable to tolerate injustice any longer, but the criminals in uniform who can kill, maim and torture

Re: [Goanet] A country of paradoxes

2011-02-22 Thread Bosco D
From: Santosh Helekar --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Marshall Mendonza wrote: It is a measure of their situation that the poor adivasis who are exploited are condemned as maoists when they fight back unable to tolerate injustice any longer, but the criminals in uniform who can kill, maim and torture

[Goanet] A country of paradoxes

2011-02-17 Thread soter
How do you build a great India on a foundation of moral and ethical turpitude, asks Anthony Simoes Sunday, 6 February 2011, the Herald front page report states: 'Goa should be the happiest state in the world by 2035; where every Goan will do well, there is harmony, pristine nature and

Re: [Goanet] A country of paradoxes

2011-02-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
I can understand the point here that there is a huge difference between the rich and the poor in India, and that this difference has increased over the last decade or so, as the rich have become richer and many poor people have entered the middle class. But I don't understand the rest of the