"Till the day the lions have their rule, history will only show hunting as a glorious skill and hunters as heroes." - an African Quote.
The BBC had an item on the reaction of its readers on the capture of Karadzic – a Bosnian Serb War Crimes suspect. That piece left me wondering about the status of George Bush the current President of the United States of America and of Tony Blair, the former prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Are they not of the same ilk? If definitions are only what matters, then what is the use of defining human rights? Should not people who bring in untold misery to others on account of their actions be held equally responsible as other criminals for they do what they do with full knowledge of the consequences?
Is it justice when dozens of innocent people are killed in Iraq or Afghanistan by bombs dropped by the military forces of the United States of America and the United Kingdom when they know that it could be a consequence of their act and when they have absolutely no business to be on its territory? Are not George Bush and Tony Blair, as the political heads of these countries, equally responsible as Radovan Karadzic for the acts done under their command? If so, are not the selective definitions to suit political purposes a greater crime against humanity than any other?
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Selective Definitions of War Crimes
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Monday, August 13, 2007
E-Bloomer?!!
On sources of legislative materials in India....
which is very brief form of Acts passed by legislature."
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Sunday, July 01, 2007
The One and Only One - Shyaam
"I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay and the Best!!!!!!! Any Problems???????"
Author: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=16658908371104037972
That's a nice view to hold of one self. I am glad that he is my student and a dear friend.
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