Solitary Plagiarist?

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:09:21 +0100 (BST)
From: "Prakash J. Mascarenhas"
Subject: Solitary Plagiarist?
To: [email protected], [email protected], MIC Moderator, "Bernado Colaco"

This copy of this post in reply to the post by "Solitary Hunter" on the MIC list is purely for courtesy... and as insurance in the event that the MIC list moderators do not approve my reply!

I despise plagiarists!


P.J.M.
Message 27877 MalaysianIndianClub
From: Prax Maskaren
Date: Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:17 pm
Subject: Solitary Plagiarist?

Dear Solitary Whatever,

Nice turn of words you have. Just wanted to know when and how you came to compose this text.

To the best of my knowledge, this text was written by Dr. Jose Colaco, a pro-Indian, quislingist Goan medical doctor residing in the Bahamas, and is part of his website, at http://www.colaco.net (page url http://www.colaco.net/1/FreeGoa.htm See my response here at http://www.geocities.com/prakashjm45/woollythinking.html)

Am I right? Is it that your name should be "Solitary Plagiarist" instead?

Prakash J. Mascarenhas
Goan patriot and nationalist
Message 27746 MalaysianIndianClub
From: Solitary Hunter
Date: Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:54 pm
Subject: Re: India the 'so called worlds largest democracy'

All this Foolish Talk about Goan Independence

Out there in cyberspace, there are still some odd voices making silly noises about Independence for Goa. What Nonsense!. Wake up fellas. Seriously wake up.

Independence from India will NOT happen for Goa. It is a non-starter. Let's not waste precious time on it. Goa is not East Timor, and Thank God for that. There is enough bloodshed and suffering in this world. Goa has its own share of woes. No need for any more.

Go high up in the mountains and bury this "independence" foolishness where no one will find it ever again.

However, from our vantage point, we might wish to look at the WHY of these noises.

There is always something to learn from any episode of disgruntlement. Yugoslavia should have paid attention to it, the USSR should have paid attention to it, but they both did not. Look what happened when they used force under the guise of "national unity" to suppress popular expression.

India is a joint family. It needs to revisit the various bones of contention in the various parts of India. Every attempt must be made to understand these issues and resolve them in the best interest of the people.

--- In [email protected], saladdindancervictrix wrote:

What do you say about India the 'so called worlds largest democracy', when it denies the right to freedom to people she calls its own. All goa want is to be given the chance to express their feelings. Other parties in other conflict have accepted this. If Goa does decide to become independence let them do so. If they decide to stay with India, let that be, but that is hardly going to be so, as the whole issue is about HOW MUCH DESTRUCTION GOANS CAN TOLERATE. Can any one blame them after what India has and are doing there? Can India chains the human spirit. I do not think so. Can it delay events, sure but at a cost, DESTRUCTION OF GOA? Goans are peace loving people. Most of the world is now free except some pockets of slavery/occupation here and there. I appeal to all FREEDOM loving people of the world to HELP LIBERATE GOA.

People who stand up for human rights in India are being subjected to threats, harassment, false criminal cases and in some cases torture, ill-treatment, "disappearances" and even political killings, Amnesty International said today in a new report on human rights defenders (Persecuted for challenging injustice. Human rights defenders in India ).

The Indian authorities are failing to protect human rights defenders or prevent these human rights abuses. In some cases they are directly responsible for the abuses while in others state agencies, particularly police under political influence, connive or acquiesce in the attacks. "Human rights activists often pay a high price for their courage and commitment,"Amnesty International said. "The death of an activist in Gujarat six days ago after he was detained and reportedly beaten by police highlights the urgent need for the Indian authorities to protect human rights defenders".

Colonel Save, an activist with the Kinara Bachao Samiti [Save the Coast Committee], which has protested the construction of a port in the coastal zone of Gujarat, was arrested in his home in the early hours of 20 April 2000. He was taken to the local police station, where fellow detainees say he was hit repeatedly by police before being placed in a crowded cell, despite pleadings that he had a heart condition. Colonel Save subsequently suffered a brain haemorrhage and died in hospital in Bombay.

Excessive use of force by law enforcement agencies against peaceful protesters is just one concern highlighted by Amnesty International in its report. The report also documents the monitoring of their activities by the state, and restrictions on their freedom of opinion and expression. False criminal cases are frequently filed against individuals as a means of harassment by politicians, powerful landowners and businessmen, as well as the state. Although the rights of vulnerable groups including dalits, adivasis, and members of religious minorities are protected in law, attacks on activists defending the rights of these communities demonstrate their continuing vulnerability and the urgent need for the Indian government to take practical steps to protect their rights. Women who campaign for human rights in India also face discrimination from their own families, in the wider community, in the criminal justice system and from the authorities.

Human rights activists in areas of internal armed conflict are killed and "disappeared", often accused of belonging to the armed opposition. Those who have tried to address human rights abuses by either side of the conflict, including journalists, have themselves been targeted by both security forces and armed opposition groups. At a recent workshop held in New Delhi to discuss how to protect and support human rights defenders, a series of recommendations was endorsed to put to the government, to armed opposition groups and to economic actors, calling on them in the first instance to support and respect the role of human rights defenders.

On Wednesday the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva passed a resolution calling for a special representative to promote and protect human rights defenders.

Source: Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom

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