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Sorry, but could you walk this rather dull mind through this? As @Bang Galore says it might sound stupid on a defence forum not to understand this after so many posts, but at the risk of appearing dim, I have to ask - who exactly is Joe senior?Mama 'Joe', Mrs. Arora, Luthra who ran the refugee camps, Mrs. Luthra, Buchi Das (son's daughter of C. R. Das), Jagjit Arora, Osmany, Siddhartha Ray (daughter's son of C. R. Das), Jake Jacob, Papa 'Joe'. Joe is on one knee in front, with his kid brother and baby sister.
Sorry, but could you walk this rather dull mind through this? As @Bang Galore says it might sound stupid on a defence forum not to understand this after so many posts, but at the risk of appearing dim, I have to ask - who exactly is Joe senior?
I had noticed the profile pic and had wanted to ask about it, but I was waiting for it to come up sometime.
To everybody else: The point that Joe was making early on is quite simple - forget for a moment concepts like freedom of speech or thought or expression. Forget for now, all those questions about whether freedom of speech should have limits and so on.
But when you are on the forum, and read something you don't like, attack the idea, not the person. Avoid ad hominems, and dismantle the argument instead - is that a concept too difficult to understand?
What is the point of this name calling and sexist remarks? Bitch, whore, liberal fascist, blah blah.
And because she is a female, there have to be remarks about her sexlife also, is it? She should get married, we should get her a dildo, she is ugly, her niece is prettier - seriously, WTF? How does her appearance or marital status or sexlife matter here? If it was a man who wrote this, I am sure that members here won't be worrying about his onanism habits or sexlife. Leave personal matters aside and address the message. At least that much can be agreed upon, without going into the larger point about her freedom of speech, can't it?
On private mail, if you don't mind?
And thank you for the elementary lesson in manners that you handed out to this scummy bunch. Did me a treat to read it.
If you don't mind,sir. Here is another one.On private mail, if you don't mind?
And thank you for the elementary lesson in manners that you handed out to this scummy bunch. Did me a treat to read it.
I am becoming very much interested in Koenraad Elst's writings especially after reading this in one of his article on Ayodhya controversy.
Hindusthan was always a proverbially rich country. Now, mother Theresa has made it something of a synonym with poverty. But this poverty cannot be blamed on Hindu culture.
"Ms Roy believes that India’s chosen development model has a genocidal core to it. “How have the other ‘developed’ countries progressed? Through wars and by colonising and usurping the resources of other countries and societies,” she says. “India has no option but to colonise itself.” "
No option eh. Then why the long rant?
Thank you so much for the mail. I could not ask on PM myself, as non titled members cannot initiate PMs as of now. I request you send the same to the others who are curious as well - after all, most of us are here because of our interest in these matters, and since @Bang Galore sparked everybody's curiosity with that tidbt about your illustrious family, it's not fair to keep us in the dark!I've just written a rather incoherent ramble to janon on private mail, and shall repeat it to you other two, with profound apologies for the bad quality of the piece. It just doesn't bring out the man. Perhaps I will prepare a better account when I have more time.
The defiance of international law, and the resort to force in re-occupying Goa stands in sharp contrast to the peaceful negotiation and the transfer of the territories of other colonial powers who were still in possession of Indian soil after the British left us independent. It is not defensible, even under the rubric of liberating Indian soil under colonial occupation. The PRC could have done the same very easily for Hong Kong or for Macau; they are reputed to be a far more violent power than India. They did not; they negotiated. I don't think this was the most savoury chapter in Indian diplomacy or Indian statehood.
@Soumitra
I really wouldn't count "not abjuring the use of force" as negotiating.
You may (or may not) be aware of the respective strength of PRC troops around Hong Kong and Macau, vis-a-vis the British and the Portuguese troops in those two enclaves. In spite of overwhelming strength, the Chinese were patient, and waited.
Is Lance Corporal like a Dalit(low worth) in Indian Army?.Like you, i also have an opinion and i shared it on this thread. if you have any problems with it then you are free to cry me an ocean.
And for the question of sanity, you should be last person to comment on that, Mr. Lance corporal .
Is Lance Corporal like a Dalit(low worth) in Indian Army?.
That is the first rank you get as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the infantry or other arms, other than Cavalry or Armour, after Sipahi. Cavalry and Armour units have a very odd hybrid equivalent.
Dalit?
What an odd expression to use in this context. Why Dalit? And what was the kind of position that you visualised being held by these lower-ranked NCOs? I seriously am curious to know.