[Assam] [News Alert] More than 20 dead after inhaling poisonous gas in Karbi Anglong

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Sun Sep 21 09:24:58 PDT 2008 

Well said Uttam.

>  The victim sings paens in glory of the master and demeans himself.

*** The masters have programmed their servants well.










At 9:32 PM +0530 9/21/08, uttam borthakur wrote:
>"A crime is a crime, no matter how big or how small.
>Pity the refineries did not make it more convenient for the looters.
>If we are getting looted since 1960 and still are, then probably we deserve
>it. After all, it only happens in Assam."
>
>A crime is surely a crime. Retribution ought to follow. But if we in 
>Assam deserve crime against us in larger scale and there should be 
>no retribution, then by what sense of justice do we mete 
>out retribution to or condemnation of petty crimes that are 
>ultimately direct and/or indirect result of the bigger crimes 
>against Assam. Jews were killed by Nazis; did they deserve it? 
>Israel and the US bomb innocents on the plea of fight against 
>terror; do those people deserve it? The North East has been used as 
>hinterland for long, why should we deserve it? Say, we do not have a 
>strong lobby at the centre, does it give license for someone to loot 
>us? Does the law of the land say that? If due to underdevelopment 
>and unemployment some people out of desperation take to theft and 
>robbery, how can we say they should be punished when we condone the 
>loot on us as god ordained? We have been indoctrinated to be servile 
>to the authority, however rapacious. In
>  fact, more authoritarian the authority, the ideologies of the 
>victor and the victim merge. The victim sings paens in glory of the 
>master and demeans himself. It is always easier to humiliate the 
>weak: hola gosot bagi kuthar. Such weakness usually has a history 
>that can be looked into.
>
>
>Uttam Kumar Borthakur
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Jyotirmoy Sharma <jyotirmoy.sharma at gmail.com>
>To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the 
>world <assam at assamnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, 21 September, 2008 7:18:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] [News Alert] More than 20 dead after inhaling 
>poisonous gas in Karbi Anglong
>
>A crime is a crime, no matter how big or how small.
>Pity the refineries did not make it more convenient for the looters.
>If we are getting looted since 1960 and still are, then probably we deserve
>it. After all, it only happens in Assam.
>JS
>
>
>On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:43 AM, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>  < "20 dead after attempted robbery of a goods train" would be more>
>>  appropriate.> They( the thugs ) deserve our sympathy, do they?>
>>  ---------------------
>>  But who was Robbing whom since 1960.
>>  And who was poisoning whom?
>>  Not so straightforward ,is it?
>>  mm
>>
>>  > Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:16:54 +0800> From: jyotirmoy.sharma at gmail.com>
>>  To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] [News Alert] More than 20
>>  dead after inhaling poisonous gas in Karbi Anglong> > The heading of this
>>  mesasge "20 dead after inhaling poisonous gas in KA" is> a bit misleading.
>>  Shame on the media again!> "20 dead after attempted robbery of a goods
>>  train" would be more> appropriate.> They( the thugs ) deserve our sympathy,
>>  do they?> JS> > > > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:15 PM, uttam borthakur <
>>  uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in> > wrote:> > > Mahanta Da> >> > That was some
>>  good information. How the US stifle any pro- consumer move> > affecting its
>>  big buiness: the real face of the not so democratic state.> > Also the
>>  information about connivance of the NAM leader in producing inhuman> > war
>>  accessories.> >> > We were taught that DHON GULOI is methane: swamp gas. My
>>  science does not> > extend beyond intermediate. So I tried to put two and
>>  two together.> >> > Uttam Kumar Borthakur> >> >> >> > ----- Original Message
>>  ----> > From: mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com>> > To: A Mailing list for
>>  people interested in Assam from around the world <> > assam at assamnet.org>>
>  > > Sent: Saturday, 20 September, 2008 12:32:42 PM> > Subject: Re: [Assam]
>>  [News Alert] More than 20 dead after inhaling> > poisonous gas in Karbi
>>  Anglong> >> >> > <Poisonous Gas that explodes: Do they carry methane or does
>>  methane come> > piggyback with crude? Or somebody was carrying poisonous gas
>>  for defoliation> > and counter-insurgency?>> >> > Gas for defoliation : Not
>>  likely.> >> > And Assam has no PetroChemicals industry -Except for a tiny
>>  Methanol plant> > at Namrup.> > Methanol is poison if you ingest. It does
>>  burn however . In fact M85 (85%> > Methanol+15%Gasoline)was standard motor
>>  fuel in California for many years> > till banneed by Swaznegger on
>>  "Environmentally bad if spilled " alibi. Truth> > was Refineries did not
>>  loke this cheap fuel--and Bush told the Terminator to> > terminate. And Auto
>>  suppliers to USA were told-'Stop offering multifuel> > cars'. Yes this could
>>  have been Methanol-caught flame from a spark.> > Methanol Tanker Goods Wagon
>>  will be easy to open--not under Pressure.> >> > Defoliant Gas ( produced by
>>  UnionCarbide in Bhopal was good Dollar earning> > export Hush -Hush) to US-
>>  Vietnam war!-- well known to India Leadership> > -killed/maimed/blinded how
>>  many in 1984?.> > For counter-insurgency? That would have been INDIAN Hara
>>  Kiri.> >> > By the way war the train travelling UP--to Upper Assam or Down
>>  ?> >> > Poor Reporting all over !> >> > mm> >> >
>>  -----------------------------> > > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:09:00 +0530>
>>  From: uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in>> > To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: Re:
>>  [Assam] [News Alert] More than 20> > dead after inhaling poisonous gas in
>>  Karbi Anglong> > *** Poisonous Gas that> > explodes: Do they carry methane
>>  or does methane come piggyback with crude?> > Or somebody was carrying
>>  poisonous gas for defoliation and> > counter-insurgency? > > > Uttam Kumar
>>  Borthakur> > > > ----- Original> > Message ----> From: mc mahant <
>>  mikemahant at hotmail.com>> To: Assam Times <> > newsletter at assamtimes.org>;
>>  assam at assamnet.org> Sent: Saturday, 20> > September, 2008 11:02:29 AM>
>>  Subject: Re: [Assam] [News Alert] More than 20> > dead after inhaling
>>  poisonous gas in Karbi Anglong> > > <wagon full of> > poisonous gas, it
>>  exploded leaving >> > > Crude Oil- Where from -was going> > to where?Crude
>>  Oil travels in the 16" Pipe to Refineries> Crude Oil Tanker> > carries
>>  liquid. Where from GAS and which Petroleum Gas is poisonous?>> > Exploded?
>>  Means it was a> > high Pressure LPG wagon. LPG will engulf ina flame-- not
>>  explode> mm> > >> > > > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:22:51 +0530From:
>>  newsletter at assamtimes.orgTo:> > news at list.assamtimes.orgSubject: [News
>>  Alert] More than 20 dead after> > inhaling poisonous gas in Karbi
>>  AnglongMore than 20 dead after inhaling> > poisonous gas in Karbi Anglong20
>>  September, 2008 08:32:00> More than 20> > people died and around 40 others
>>  have fallen seriously ill after inhaling> > poisonous gas when they went to
>>  pilfer crude oil at Chaiding in Karbi> > Anglong district on Friday
>>  midnight.According to information, a group of> > around 70 people from the
>>  area halted a goods train at Chaiding between> > Dhansiri and Rangapahar and
>>  tried to unload crude oil from a wagon.As they> > started opening the wagon
>>  full of poisonous gas, it exploded leaving more> > than twenty people dead
>>  on the spot. More than forty who were also among> > these gathered to pilfer
>>  crude oil have fallen seriously ill. Notably, two> > NSCN(IM) cadres> > are
>>  also in the list of the deceased. Some of the seriously ill people> > have
>>  been rushed to Dimapur Civil Hospital while some others have been> >
>>  admitted to the Dhansiri Civil Hospital.Twenty dead bodies have been> >
>>  recovered but some bodies have been lifted before the morning fearing some>
>>  > other sensational revelations.It may be recalled that for the last>
>>  couple> > of months, some miscreants aided and abetted by a section of NF
>>  Railway> > officials unload crude oil at gunpoint. The Friday midnight
>>  incident was one> > of the attempts Details are awaited.> >
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