[Assam] symbol of cruelty

[Manoj Das]

but for these journalists we would never have seen such a horrific
picture and symbol of mens' greed. journalists should show what we
are. i dare to differ.

-manoj

On 1/21/08, Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You are absolutely correct. Sensitivity is lacking when the newspapers
> publish not only the picture of a suffering animal but also pictures of dead
> people lying on the street killed by the police or the militants. Several
> months ago, I was shocked by photographs of the FCI official's dead body
> lying in a pool of blood, and had a nightmare.
>   Is it shock therapy and does it work?
>   Dilip
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> Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>   > >But in this
> >case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem
> >hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity.
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> *** Limelight is absolutely a misnomer. It demonstrates an utter lack
> of sensitivity to blood and gore, a cultural void, which is not
> unexpected from the most violent society on earth: India.
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> I am glad it was a front page story. However it could have been dealt
> with a bit of maturity that could be expected from civilized society.
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> Perhaps my expectation is misplaced.
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> At 8:02 AM -0600 1/21/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
> >C'da,
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> >In India this journalistic discretion is absolutely different.
> >Maybe Indian news media is going thru a phase, and such standards be
> damned.
> >
> >Some examples:
> >The Beltola incident - many newspapers & TV were not ashamed to show a
> naked
> >woman running around.
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> >In the tiger attack in the Guwahati Zoo, last month, it seems a number of
> TV
> >channels showed live footage. There was only one newspaper (The Hindu)
> which
> >said 'after a discussion with the editors', it was decided to publish only
> a
> >black & white photo, not color'.
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> >And now this gory & sickening photo of the unfortunate rhino. But in this
> >case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem
> >hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity.
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> >--Ram
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> >On 1/21/08, Chan Mahanta wrote:
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> >> I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of journalistic
> >> discretion publish something like this horrific picture on their
> >> front page.
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> >> >Oh my Country!!!
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> >> *** Indeed!
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> >> At 6:02 PM +0530 1/21/08, mc mahant wrote:
> >> >Manoj,
> >> >When I opened the Tribune in the morning- I thought-the beast/s who
> >> >did that needed to be castrated. Later on --more rational thoughts
> >> >came. To teach every citizen/human how vivisection needs to be
> >> >practised onto ones near and dear ones first.
> >> >And more thoughts ----
> >> >I never opened the paper again .
> >> >Oh my Country!!!
> >> >Oh for the Indian Rupee!
> >> >M'da> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:58:22 +0530> From:
> >> >dasmk2k at gmail.com> To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] symbol
> >> >of cruelty> > http://www.assamtribune.com/jan2108/Photo.html> >
> >> >heart cries out to this wounded rhino at kaziranga national park.> >
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