[Assam] symbol of cruelty

[mc mahant]

They will look the other way -and it will be History again tomorrow.
 -For a thick nation-run by thick ones all the way.
Oh My Country!!
mm> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:42:17 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty> > > Have we NOT been aware of these kind of activities going on for > decades? Didn't we know that rhinos are shot down with shotgun > pellets and left to die in horrible agony. Didn't we know that they > are trapped in pits with bamboo spikes lining the pits to impale > these animals and let them die in horrible pain?> > Did we need this picture to finally awaken us to animal cruelty.> > Or did we need the body of the FCI official Ram lying in a pool of > blood across the newspapers to tell us about the tragedy ?> > Or images of freshly killed 'suspected insurgents', strung up on > bamboo poles taken away by the police in UNIFORM?> > If it did, then something is terribly wrong with our own > sensitivities, isn't it?> > The truth is that our sensitivities have long been buried, if they > were there at all.> > A civilization is not marked by its ability to disperse shock value. > It is marked by its ability to get the message across and stay with > it, without the blood and gore, without trampling on the > sensitivities of the victims' kin or their admirers.> > And I repeat: Subtlety, thy name is not desi!> > > > > > > > > At 9:37 PM +0530 1/21/08, Manoj Das wrote:> >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> >>> >> 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.> >>> >>> >> *** 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.> >>> >> 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.> >>> >> Perhaps my expectation is misplaced.> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> At 8:02 AM -0600 1/21/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote:> >> >C'da,> >> >> >> >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.> >> >> >> >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'.> >> >> >> >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.> >> >> >> >--Ram> >> >> >> >> >> >On 1/21/08, Chan Mahanta wrote:> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of journalistic> >> >> discretion publish something like this horrific picture on their> >> >> front page.> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >Oh my Country!!!> >> >>> >> >> *** Indeed!> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> 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.> >> >> >> >-manoj> _______________________________________________> assam> >> >> >mailing list> assam at assamnet.org>> >> >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >> >> >_________________________________________________________________> >> >> >Tried the new MSN Messenger? It's cool! 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