[Assam] Assam's terror victims demand justice

[Chan Mahanta]

On Jun 29, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:

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>> *** if everyone played by those 'modern rules' or even by the old  
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>> THEN on the books, the insurgencies
>> could never have materialized. They happened, because the powers that
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> That would be like saying - "they started it!" and letting the  
> killers go. To these families it DOES NOT matter, who started. In  
> fact, in most cases, the victims did not even start it, they were  
> just there at the wrong place at the wrong time.


**** In a just and civilized  court of law WHO started it, or caused  
it, does play a part in deciding the SHARE of GUILT.

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>> *** That is called selective retribution, not justice for all.
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> To the immediate families of the victims, that would be lectures  
> from the book.


**** Let us not forget that there are those , like the families of the  
insurgents killed and maimed for life , who
also cry out for justice. And the 'mohaan' who sees only ONE side as  
victims are hardly 'mohaan'.


> They will have to be extra-ordinarily 'mohaan' to not to ask for  
> justice, even if they have forgiven the perpetrators, it still would  
> not be right to not ask for a trial.

**** That is why *I* say that the cry for justice is understandable.  
But victims of BOTH sides ought
to be included in such pursuit of justice.


> Asking them to look at the bigger picture just would not be the  
> fairest thing. I won't force them to do that.

**** That is one's choice.  But it has a price. They could also appear  
hypocritical.


> The killers need to be held responsible and tried in the court of law.

**** Just like THOSE whose acts of commission and omission  were  
responsible for  bringing on the insurgencies.


**** Finally, let us also not forget what such one sided retribution  
in the name of justice will do: It will
leave those embers of resentment and revenge burning, only to erupt  
again at some opportune time.





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>> From: cmahanta at gmail.com
>> To: assam at assamnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:32:17 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Assam] Assam's terror victims demand justice
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>>> I admire them for following the rules of the modern society by
>> asking for justice and NOT an eye for an eye.
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>> *** if everyone played by those 'modern rules' or even by the old  
>> ones
>> THEN on the books, the insurgencies
>> could never have materialized. They happened, because the powers that
>> be did not care about the 'rules' and the
>> their self-proclaimed constitutional bounds or duties.
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>>> Can't we at least support them for seeking justice instead of
>>> comparing and bringing examples of this and that?
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>> *** That is called selective retribution, not justice for all.
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>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
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>>> Sometimes I wonder, there are so many insurgetn groups now, would
>>> the peace talk wit one group really bring peace back to Assam?
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>>> Did ULFA open the flood-gate for all kinds of insurgents in Assam?
>>> Do you need to talk with "outsiders" to bring peace into your own
>>> home?
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>>> I agree with the families that lost their loved ones.
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>>> Only the victims' families know and have to bear the effects of the
>>> fancy/sophisticated/political words like "collatoral damage" and
>>> this and that. Those responsible for their losses must go through
>>> the trials by the justice system, talk or no talk.
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>>> All they are asking is justice, not revenge. They already paid the
>>> most expensive and unbearable price for it.
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>>> I admire them for following the rules of the modern society by
>>> asking for justice and NOT an eye for an eye.
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>>> Can't we at least support them for seeking justice instead of
>>> comparing and bringing examples of this and that?
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