Pakistan faces 26/11 everyday: Mani Shankar Aiyar

[Iggy]

Mine is 3.5

Disciplined but tolerant; a true American

Cool.

Except that I am a true Indian.

What is the link??

 

[rubyjackass]

Some fine-tuning of the F-Test will bring in sharper results for Indians who take the test, but the test itself is structurally sound. We fine-tuned it in IIMC in 1973, and found a difference in the figures of the second decimal. Putting in equivalent positions of Indian right wingers, we found, did not work very well, because in English, they were inclined to make far more centre of the road decisions than when the test was administered to them in Bengali. Perhaps when people speak and write English, they feel it incumbent to comply with an unseen set of social norms; the invisible hand of Macaulay. Perhaps. I am more than 35 years away from that area of work.

About saying yes to dictatorship, there will always be a handful of weak people who seek, crave direction. That is an element in every democracy. So what?

When Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency, she effectively created a dictatorial regime, a regime not answerable to the law, for a very brief period. Are you unaware of the reaction to that brief experiment? Or what might have resulted if any politician got the impression that he or she could get away with such measures?

Do you want a dictatorship in India? I have many friends who will answer yes.

I was just giving a sample question here man. I was not asking you any question. Sorry I should have made it clearer.

 

[vsdoc]

What is the link??

The F Scale: Final form

 

[Bang Galore]

Incidentally, I was offered a ticket (in jest) for 2014. Presumably it was in jest, as it is difficult to fathom anything in common between the mass organisation that did the offering and my own liberal democratic views,, except for our shared antipathy to majoritarianism.

Interesting...CPI(M)....??

 

[Iggy]

The F Scale: Final form

4.066666666666666..

I also become a true American

I can go to US with out a visa

 

[KS]

@rubyjackass

Sorry for OT but I wanted to show this to you..

 

[vsdoc]

Interesting...CPI(M)....??

To balance Derek?

 

[Kayoze]

India suffered terrorism for so many decades including 26/11.was that also result of india's karma?

This was actually the result of not doing its Karma.
India' s puny leadership decided to look the other way when Pakistan was acquiring the nukes. India should have attacked Pakistani nuclear installation in 70s. Pak started formenting trouble in kashmir and other parts of country just as soon as they acquired the nukes.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

To balance Derek?

Derek is unbalanced enough as it is!! Now who can balance that?

 

[rubyjackass]

@rubyjackass

Sorry for OT but I wanted to show this to you..

What is it?

 

[notorious_eagle]

Sadly, it started much further back. And Pakistan was squarely at the root of things then. As now.

Hon Joe

With all due respect, lets not indulge in this 'holier than thou' attitude. India is not exactly 'Dudh ka dhula huwa'. Both sides are to be blamed for the injustices that were committed and are being committed now, putting the blame squarely on Pakistan is at best foolish. We are not exactly blind, we know what these Indian consulates are doing in Afghanistan. Thus, i firmly believe that the only way forward is for both India and Pakistan to have cordial and peaceful relations. If we cannot accomplish this, than i am afraid i see a very destructive and deadly war in which countless will perish. Good relations between India and Pakistan is the only way forward, atleast thats my opinion.

 

[KS]

What is it?

Take a guess

 

[Joe Shearer]

Hon Joe

With all due respect, lets not indulge in this 'holier than thou' attitude. India is not exactly 'Dudh ka dhula huwa'. Both sides are to be blamed for the injustices that were committed and are being committed now, putting the blame squarely on Pakistan is at best foolish. We are not exactly blind, we know what these Indian consulates are doing in Afghanistan. Thus, i firmly believe that the only way forward is for both India and Pakistan to have cordial and peaceful relations. If we cannot accomplish this, than i am afraid i see a very destructive and deadly war in which countless will perish. Good relations between India and Pakistan is the only way forward, atleast thats my opinion.

I agree with you about the general tenor of your remarks, and also believe that we cannot trump each other by pointing that either side was older in infamy than the other.

Second, there has been frequent mention about Indian consulates in Afghanistan. The number is misquoted, some fanciful accounts counting as many as fifteen. In fact, I suspect, far from having anything other than personal scepticism about the role and nature of Indian diplomatic representations in Afghanistan, you may not even have an idea of the number and location of these consulates! Seriously, for your own sake, not for public display, can you list the consulates? Do you think, considering their location, that we are over-represented? Would you, as a hypothetical leader of the overseas representation of India, have had less?

Interesting...CPI(M)....??

Think cow-belt wrestler?

 

[Joe Shearer]

Its a two way street don't you think so?

Yes, certainly, the forces opposing them reject violence, accept the rule of law and agree on constitutional rule. If they do not, the alternative is not armed revolt - the leadership-oriented, direct action that the muscular want - the alternative is processes which are not violent, accept the rule of law, and agree on constitutional rule.

It is slow, unheroic and takes patience, restraint and maturity. The alternative is to be impatient, unrestrained and immature.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Another morose essay which with ever more caution seeks to deflect the hard questions asked and tries to take the other on a moralistic trip with no practical take on the issues.(1)

I did not ask you to figure out a solution for me, I am pretty clear on what my ideas are and who I would be voting for, but rather asked from your perspective on what the best possible solution would be. (2)

Surely you with your 1000 word criticism must have an inkling on what the solutions to the ills facing India should be and which political party is in a best position to implement them.(3)

These are the things for which the state elections are there but the talk is about the Lok Sabha elections which have to take into account national issues as well - overall economy, foreign policy, military etc. Looks like you did not even begin to understand what is being talked about here. Your references to Nitish and Mamata clearly betray that.(4)

(1) The problem is that NO hard questions have been asked.

(2) Unless we happen to agree what the problems are, how can our solutions agree?

(3) Again, when there is a difference in fundamentals, how can there be an agreement on the ways forward? How can we agree on a political party without emasculating the other parties, and removing one of the essential features of a multi-party democracy?

(4) Here, too, we are talking at such abstract levels as to make a joke of any discussion of programmes. Have we outlined the features of the economy that require attention? Or how our current international relations is insufficient? Has there been an establishment of facts about the military, its doctrine, policy and objectives, in order to talk meaningfully about what my plans are for the military? Solutions to problems that are described by waving of hand will just be more waving of hands.