[Assam] What a response!!

Wed Oct 3 16:06:19 CDT 2007

>Don't be afraid of the screamers and the preachers in the net. Say 
>your piece when you want to.

If I had access to such insightful advice, I would SELL them, for a 
big fat fee, by the word.

What a shame you give it away, for FREE.

:-)

PS:  O' Pai, Kelei baaru eneke mwk eneke 'chance' di thako, koswn.

At 9:09 AM -0700 10/3/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>Don't be afraid of the screamers and the preachers in the net. Say 
>your piece when you want to.
>Dilip Deka
>
>uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>When two parties talk, be it in catechism mode or a dialogue, it is 
>inevitable that they would represent divers interests. Is there any 
>pre-condition for proselytisation?
>
>Now, if the interests are so antgonistic that there is no point in 
>beginning the discourse, then why should someone start a response 
>cycle at all?
>
>  Does Pakistan have to run a check on India while entering a 
>dialogue or impose a pre-condition for conversion? Let everyone have 
>his say. Each would find for himself, what is acceptable and what is 
>not? I do not find any substance in the search for sincerity or any 
>comment thereon.
>
>  Intelligentsia or not, every human being capable of communicating 
>through the net is intelligent enough to find what is good for him 
>and what is not. What is saintly sermon for Mr. Laden may be 
>blasphemy for Mr. Bush. Intelligentsia is not a defined monolith. 
>What is intelligentsia for one may not be so for another.
>
>Is there  any scope for normative preachings here? 
>
>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>Before we pass judgement on the response, we also ought to be able 
>to judge the QUESTION.
>
>
>What were the questions posed by Utpal designed to ?
>
>To help him and others decide, if what ULFA has been fighting for, 
>Assam's sovereignty,  is a  sound and beneficial  move for Assam? 
>And if they are persuaded by ULFA's response that they are sound, 
>Utpal and others would SUPPORT it?
>
>Or were they designed to extract an admission from ULFA, that their 
>own notions and beliefs, that it is
>patently bad  for Assam, never mind HOW or WHY they have concluded 
>that their notions and beliefs are the truly wise and considered 
>opinions?
>
>Is it therefore REASONABLE  to evaluate INTENT for ULFA before 
>submitting itself to the INQUISITION?
>
>Where is the ORDINARY integrity expected of  the intelligentsia 
>here, if one can misuse the English word under the circumstances? 
>The sincerity of purpose?
>It is obvious that those who consider themselves the 'educated' 
>and'wise', unlike ULFA, and  who parade around wearing the garbs of 
>pillars-of society do not think so and thus the eloquent outpourings 
>of disappointment, not to mention the offenses to their genteel 
>sensitivities . Not just that, the self-fulfilling prophecies too of 
>the band of braves indulging in the "hola gosot baagi kuthar mora" 
>enterprise, justification why their masters don't talk to them, or 
>should not.
>
>What  is missing from the exercises is a rudimentary  element of AIM 
>of GOALS.  Never mind the need to explore the reasons WHY ten 
>thousand plus Oxomiyas have given their lives. No doubt their lives 
>were nearly not as valuable as one Sanjoy Ghosh's.
>
>Aimless exercises unfortunately  lead to nowhere.  With such pillars 
>of society looking after its well-being, one hardly needs enemies to 
>tear it down.
>
>cm
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>
>At 11:19 AM +0530 10/3/07, shantikam hazarika wrote:
>
>>It seems that some of us are being branded as part of an "unhappy 
>>gang with their so-called education". And they would be 'selective' 
>>in answering their questions; which means they would only reply to 
>>'sincere' questions, from 'real questioners' after their 
>>'background check done'.
>>
>>Well, in case they have to do a background check in my case, let me 
>>tell you that my life has been an open book and if a background 
>>check is requird in my case, it simly shows how much these people 
>>are in touch with reality or the ground situations.
>>
>>Incidentally, let me also tell, that there has been enough 
>>background checks done about these people, their cohorts, 
>>sympathisers, beneficiaries, supporters, hangers one and what not. 
>>Lot of people already know who benefits from their actions, who are 
>>actually propping them up. For example when they killed Sanjay 
>>Ghosh, it did not require much background check to find out why 
>>they did so, what was the nexus behind that sordid deal and who 
>>would be the real losers if Majuli is genuinely saved in a very 
>>cost effective manner. Obviously, they are buying time to prepare 
>>some obfuscating response, what we may call "saale bere kobowa" 
>>reply in the name of background checks and what not.
>>
>>Also they have already said that they would ignore "halfwit 
>>questions and questioners". How more selective can your comfort 
>>zone be...
>>
>>Interestingly, I was reading something today and I came across the 
>>follwoing phrase: The truth is that many terrorists are doing very 
>>well out of violence. Extortion rackets give them a lifestyle they 
>>cannot aspire in times of peace. They have money, excitement and 
>>status: what more you seek in life?
>>
>>Mantabya nisproyojan.
>>
>>
>Shantikam Hazarika
>
>Director,
>
>Assam Institute of Management
>
>PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India
>
>HOME PAGE: <http://www.aimguwahati.edu.in/>www.aimguwahati.edu.in
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>
>
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:17:14 +0100
>From: ulfa_1979april7 at yahoo.co.uk
>To: assam at assamnet.org
>Subject: Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 26, Issue 66
>
>To:  assamonline
>
>
>
>   ULFA  invites  genuine  sincere questions  from persons(not gangs) 
>not happy with their  so-called education ,wanting  to KNOW how to 
>fight and win their great future in sovereign Assam .
>
>
>Firstly we will have background checks  done on  real (?) 
>questioners. Please tolerate delays.
>
>   ULFA will ignore halfwit questions and questioners who think they 
>already know and  are already bonded mentally or monetarily.
>
>  With  Best Regards to  respectable  Assamonliners,
>
>  Rubi
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