[Assam] Fwd: JUSTICE...!!!!!! see it

[Chan Mahanta]

At 8:42 AM -0500 9/22/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
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>  >*** Same explanation again Ram. In Oxomiya 
>there is a scatological >proverb that deals with 
>the issue. It goes: Moi g** khaale toi-w khaabi 
>neki? >In other words, 'two wrongs do not make a 
>right'.




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>These photos ARE in bad taste,

*** That is the very least one can imagine about the  enterprise.

If you had noticed the forwardees' names, it does 
not take a genius to see that it is something 
that has been very popular with Hindus. They may 
be Indians, they may be British, or of other 
nationalities.

It is also not out of the realm of possibilities 
that it was concoction perpetrated by Hindus.

India and Iran have had friendly relations if I 
remember correctly. Under the circumstances 
Indian participation in this means only one 
thing: It is a Hinduttwa thang!


>However, you will notice that there is a big hue 
>and cry (as there should be) >when 
>Hindus/Christians/Jews commit such attrocities.

*** What does that have to do with a FAKE 
atrocity, like this hoax represents, Ram?

Who have prevented you or anybody else from 
condemning REAL atrocities by those whose names 
are not in you list above? I am sure Hindus, 
Christians and Jews
appreciate your attempts at leveling the playing 
field, but who is SKEWING it in favor of the 
unlisted, requiring your bold and fearless 
intervention :-)?


>  >But one often does not see the same frevor (of 
>condemnation) from apologists.
>There are many attrocities committed by people of different faiths.

*** Isn't that the truth? But who is it that does 
NOT accept that truth? Or who is that gets 
laryngitis when such truths confront us, even 
though we have seen severe outbreaks of the 
malady quite routinely in assamnet?


>Being a Hindu, I would stand in line and be the 
>first one to condemn any >attrocity by Hindus on 
>other faiths.

*** That is you Ram! But who has singled you out requiring your defense here?

>The least one could expect that someone would return the favor.

*** And all powers to the brave and the 
even-handed, as long as it is on issues that are 
not FAKE.


>OR are you telling us that some are not capable 
>of condemning attrocities >commited by their 
>co-religiionists?

*** Do I need to answer that Ram :-) :-)? I 
would, if I am forced to--with examples. But I 
would just as soon  not this morning. Got work to 
do.


>And so - we should all look the other way?

*** That depends on IF anyone is suggesting that, 
would be my guess at the answer.


c-da




>and I have already said that those who created 
>them probably had the intention of whipping up 
>more hatred against Muslims.
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>Two wrongs do not make a right - absolutely. But 
>one often does not see the same frevor (of 
>condemnation) from apologists.
>There are many attrocities committed by people of different faiths.
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>However, you will notice that there is a big hue 
>and cry (as there should be) when 
>Hindus/Christians/Jews commit such attrocities.
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>Being a Hindu, I would stand in line and be the 
>first one to condemn any attrocity by Hindus on 
>other faiths.
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>The least one could expect that someone would return the favor.
>OR are you telling us that some are not capable 
>of condemning attrocities commited by their 
>co-religiionists? And so - we should all look 
>the other way?
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>--Ram
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>On 9/21/06, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> 
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>I understand that Ram.
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>When I saw the attachment, I too was disgusted. 
>But I had a funny feeling it was
>a hoax, only because such an egregiously 
>barbaric act would have been reported in the 
>media.
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>Obviously a segment of our friends were only too 
>keen to believe it and pass it on. The names on 
>the addresses of the recipients of the multiple 
>rounds of  forwarding of the piece tells a 
>rather sordid tale.
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>  >Yes, you are right someone needs to apologize 
>to the Muslim community, but who?
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>*** I don't know. I guess those who have taken 
>on the responsibility of forwarding them on have 
>some responsibility. I realize Rini is NOT the 
>original sinner. But she does have a 
>responsibility, just like you or I would, to 
>exercise judgement in deciding if such 
>inflammatory material ought to be spread around 
>WITHOUT verifying their veracity.
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>>  >Most of the public are often taken in by whatever is seen on the web.
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>*** That, I am sure you know, is hardly a 
>justification, particularly for those of us who 
>value our credibility, our sense of fairness, 
>and our ability to reason.
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>  >These photos are in the same class as the 
>propoganda that goes around in the >Middle East 
>that the Jews kill Arab children and drink their 
>blood (One >Egyptian newspaper even printed it). 
>Wonder if anyone apologized to Israel or >the 
>Jews for that?
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>*** Same explanation again Ram. In Oxomiya there 
>is a scatological proverb that deals with the 
>issue. It goes: Moi g** khaale toi-w khaabi 
>neki? In other words, 'two wrongs do not make a 
>right'.  And according to the Mahanta School of
>Bumper-sticker Philosophy( MSBSP) :-), those who 
>know better( or fancy themselves to know better) 
>have a HIGHER responsibility.
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>Would you agree?
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>c-da
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>At 5:18 PM -0500 9/21/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>>C'da,
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>The photos are a hoax -
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>This is what I wrote to RK
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>I am sure you were not aware, but these same 
>photos were doing a run about a year back. They 
>are basically web hoaxes and are aimed to build 
>up more hatred and anger against Muslims . Hope 
>our netters don't fall for this stuff.
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>Somehow it got rejected by Assamnet (file size 
>too big). I am sure RK did not know these were 
>hoaxes (and the photos do look convincing) and 
>was responsible enough to write back to Assamnet.
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>Yes, you are right someone needs to apologize to 
>the Muslim community, but who? I would think the 
>people responsible for creating this stuff ought 
>to. Most of the public are often taken in by 
>whatever is seen on the web.
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>These photos are in the same class as the 
>propoganda that goes around in the Middle East 
>that the Jews kill Arab children and drink their 
>blood (One Egyptian newspaper even printed it). 
>Wonder if anyone apologized to Israel or the 
>Jews for that?
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>--Ram
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>On 9/21/06, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> 
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>Hi Rini:
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>I just saw this.
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>Does it mean that the attachment was a hoax?
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>And if it was, does anybody deserve an apology?
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>At 3:23 PM +0000 9/20/06, Rini Kakati wrote:
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>>Hello Ram,
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>The photos look so convincing that I thought it 
>was real. Any way thanks for alerting me. I will 
>keep that in mind.
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>Rini Kakati
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