[Assam] Organized for Sympathy "Vote"?

[uttam borthakur]

Ram Da,

In all worldly affairs we have to get our basics right, as you have correctly pointed out. We have to proceed from the basic tenets: at least a humanist view of life. Our point of departure should not be xenophobia and bias. Why I say is: I shall have to understand the feelings of an Afghan civilian, who has lost the family to CAS bombing by American planes, if he harbours 'terrorist' thoughts against the US. We have to put ourselves into his shoes before drawing up a conclusion. Else it would be a 'bias' of facts, created by facts not considered, and therefore, one-eyed.

 
Uttam Kumar Borthakur




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From: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam at assamnet.org>
Sent: Monday, 15 December, 2008 8:14:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Organized for Sympathy "Vote"?

JS,

Iraq was the wrong country to invade. Without going into it much deeper,
many in the US are now aware that Bush invaded  Iraq  for other reasons
(Oil, War economics, "he tried to kill my daddy" ) and not Sept. 11.

>he has made America safer.

Maybe, maybe not. All we know is that the US may have become more skittish.

>If given a choice between Bush and Saddam, there's no an iota of doubt as
to
>whom most people would chose to live under.

I guess we have to thank our stars, that these aren't the only choices we
have. There are other choices, JS.

>That "journalist" earned his 2-3 mins of cheap fame. What he threw was more
>than a shoe, his pride, dignity and honour. Probably his job and career as
>well.

Not an action most of us would take. Imagine being an Iraqi. Only they have
been affected so deeply and directly. Saddam for all his faults, had NO part
in 9/11.
The Saudis, Egyptians, and Pakis were involved. The Saudis and Pakis were
rewarded these past 7 years (Billions of $ in Largese). The Saudis for their
part gave more oil to the US, and the Paki leadership ate all the the $$.
So, I guess, only if you are an Iraqi could one understand whether this
journalist actually lost dignity, honor. I agree, he has probably lost his
job.

--Ram da

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Jyotirmoy Sharma <
jyotirmoy.sharma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bush may have been wrong in invading Iraq( and I think he was ) but to his
> credit, post Sep 11, he has made America safer.
> If given a choice between Bush and Saddam, there's no an iota of doubt as
> to
> whom most people would chose to live under.
> That "journalist" earned his 2-3 mins of cheap fame. What he threw was more
> than a shoe, his pride, dignity and honour. Probably his job and career as
> well.
> Bush dodged, the shoe may have hit the Iraqi flag behind.
> JS
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > C'da,
> >
> > >Bush was good! He ducked very well. Just saw the clips on Fox News.
> >
> > Well, of course!. He's had good practice - been ducking for nearly 8
> years
> > now.
> >
> > --Ram
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Bush was good! He ducked very well. Just saw the clips on Fox News.
> > >
> > > Sympathy? Very, very unlikely.
> > >
> > > It was very funny actually.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 8:08 AM +0530 12/15/08, mc mahant wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28220165
> > >>
> > >> I remember a Bollywood Movie some 30 yrs back--
> > >> Indira suffering brises from "Stone" throwers --
> > >> She swept back to power soon after.
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