[Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation
kamal deka
kjit.deka at gmail.com
Fri Jun 11 15:36:17 PDT 2010
Again,it reminds me of a proverbial saying that goes---playing both
sides from the middle
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, let us see if we can DE-Mystify this:
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> Allow me to agree that the mystifier here is a bad person, an ULFA-Pal in
> the image of say, a terrorist
> pal like Obama as the great American intellectual Sarah Palin might say. But
> he is just a messenger. Is the
> message he is carrying, sullied by his personal failings?
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> Or is the message a bad one? An undesirable one?
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> IF, the message is bad, why so? Is it because it will harm India?
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> And if it is NOT a bad message, that it would not only be in (India's
> interest, but also its neighbors, then
> why tar-and-feather the message, pooh-pooh it, because of the messenger's
> personal failures?
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> Would a thinking person, able or willing to reason, do that? Cut his/her
> own nose to spite the face?
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> That IS the question here.
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> Will we be blessed with an explanation?
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> On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:04 PM, kamal deka wrote:
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>> That's exactly how an ULFA's pal engages himself in an exercise called
>> MYSTIFICATION!!
>> Somebody,please let me know if there is a superior double talker than
>> this.
>> KJD
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani
>> <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Isn't that something? Some are visioning of one big united world and some
>>> are trying to divide one little (or big) country that they live in.
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sushanta Kar <pragyan.tsc50 at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:56:30
>>> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
>>> Subject: [Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation
>>>
>>> This is the Dream, most of the people is visioning these days. People of
>>> this region will sure go for it!
>>>
>>> I support your proposal Dilipda!
>>>
>>> Sushanta
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 10 June 2010 23:22
>>> Subject: Re: [Assam] European Union and South Asian Federation
>>> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world
>>> <
>>> assam at assamnet.org>
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>>>
>>> Precisely!
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>>> On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
>>>
>>> I am sure most netters have read european history and know how viciously
>>> > the european tribes (and subsequently nations) fought for centuries.
>>> World
>>> > wars I and II were fought in Europe. If those people can form an
>>> economic
>>> > and political union for the sake of survival, what is wrong in
>>> expecting
>>> > India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (also Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan
>>> possibly)
>>> > to form a federation?
>>> > There are 27 members in the EU and it is growing.
>>> > Dilip
>>> > ===========================================================
>>> >
>>> > Member states
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>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The continental territories of the member states of the European Union
>>> > (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession.
>>> >
>>> > Albania
>>> >
>>> > Austria
>>> >
>>> > Belarus
>>> >
>>> > Belgium
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Bos.
>>> > & Herz.
>>> >
>>> > Bulgaria
>>> >
>>> > Croatia
>>> >
>>> > Cyprus
>>> >
>>> > Czech
>>> > Rep.
>>> >
>>> > Denmark
>>> >
>>> > Estonia
>>> >
>>> > Finland
>>> >
>>> > France
>>> >
>>> > Germany
>>> >
>>> > Greece
>>> >
>>> > Hungary
>>> >
>>> > Iceland
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Ireland
>>> >
>>> > Italy
>>> >
>>> > Latvia
>>> >
>>> > Lithuania
>>> >
>>> > Luxembourg
>>> >
>>> > Mac.
>>> >
>>> > Malta?
>>> >
>>> > Moldova
>>> >
>>> > Mont.
>>> >
>>> > Netherlands
>>> >
>>> > Norway
>>> >
>>> > Poland
>>> >
>>> > Portugal
>>> >
>>> > Romania
>>> >
>>> > Russia
>>> >
>>> > Serbia
>>> >
>>> > Slovakia
>>> >
>>> > Slovenia
>>> >
>>> > Spain
>>> >
>>> > Sweden
>>> >
>>> > Switz-
>>> > erland
>>> >
>>> > Turkey
>>> >
>>> > Ukraine
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > United
>>> > Kingdom
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> > European Union is composed of 27 sovereign Member States: Austria,
>>> Belgium,
>>> > Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
>>> France,
>>> > Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
>>> Luxembourg,
>>> > Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic,
>>> > Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.[30]
>>> > The Union's membership has grown from the original six founding
>>> > states-Belgium, France, (then-West) Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the
>>> > Netherlands-to the present day 27 by successive enlargements as
>>> countries
>>> > acceded to the treaties and by doing so, pooled their sovereignty in
>>> > exchange for representation in the institutions.[31]
>>> > To join the EU a country must meet the Copenhagen criteria, defined at
>>> the
>>> > 1993 Copenhagen European Council. These require a stable democracy
>>> that
>>> > respects human rights and the rule of law; a functioning market
>>> economy
>>> > capable of competition within the EU; and the acceptance of the
>>> obligations
>>> > of membership, including EU law. Evaluation of a country's fulfilment
>>> of the
>>> > criteria is the responsibility of the European Council.[32]
>>> > No member state has ever left the Union, although Greenland (an
>>> autonomous
>>> > province of Denmark) withdrew in 1985. The Lisbon Treaty now provides
>>> a
>>> > clause dealing with how a member leaves the EU.
>>> > There are three official candidate countries, Croatia, Macedonia and
>>> > Turkey. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and
>>> Iceland are
>>> > officially recognised as potential candidates.[33] Kosovo is also
>>> listed as
>>> > a potential candidate but the European Commission does not list it as
>>> an
>>> > independent country because not all member states recognise it as an
>>> > independent country separate from Serbia.[34]
>>> > Four Western European countries that have chosen not to join the EU
>>> have
>>> > partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland, which
>>> has now
>>> > applied for membership, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are a part of
>>> the
>>> > single market through the European Economic Area, and Switzerland,
>>> which has
>>> > similar ties through bilateral treaties.[35][36] The relationships of
>>> the
>>> > European microstates, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican
>>> include
>>> > the use of the euro and other areas of co-operation.[37]
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