However, on this occasion, Offstumped gets it wrong.
Offstumped falls into a bit of a duality between safeguarding the National Interest and human rights, when frankly there is none.
The National Interest, is, in fact, the same as the safeguarding of the human rights of all Indians in general. India's National interest is in ensuring the human rights of her citizens -- the right of tax paying, law abiding citizens to safety, property, wealth, health and what have you.
However, a clear distinction must be drawn in the matter of whos human rights are important. The human rights of those citizens who threaten the human rights (to safety, property, health, etc.) of ordinary Indians are not paramount and should be suborned by the state to protect the rights of law abiding, tax paying citizens.
Hence the human rights of the Indian Mujahideen, SIMI activists do not matter as much as that of the victims. If third degree methods are to be employed against them to prevent violations of the human rights of Ordinary Indians, so be it. If family members of terrorists face the heat for the follies of their "misguided" flock, so be it, for it creates a powerful disincentive in the minds of would-be terrorists, knowing that their kith and kin will have a price to pay (even if they are enjoying 72 virgins in heaven).
However, for the Indian media and our resident fifth columnists (at times virtually indistinguishable from each other), human rights apply only for terrorists (of the homegrown and illegal varieties) and their kin. Not to victims, or slain police officers and armymen.
In separating the National Interest from human rights, we play into the hands of the ELM and sundry seditionists. We have to exercise judgement -- viveka -- in engaging our adversaries.
Yes human rights are paramount, so long as its the human rights of the saamanya nagarik, terror victims and law enforcers. Human rights do not apply for Terrorists, or their sympathisers.
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Sabarmati express fire was preplanned--reports Nanavati Commission
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Godhra_train_fire_not_an_accident_Nanavati/articleshow/3526816.cms
It kind of reminds how Rajeev got it wrong in one of his rediff article. Rajeev calculated the equivalence of six hindus with one semitic, I forgot how many white semites.
When comrade Prachand is greeted with "traditional" greeting in Bangalore, and he sets foot in NY, it just means that the human value could be thousand to one...never to underestomate the fools who have become sensibles.
Latest incident of Prachand speaking in NY needs us to evaluate the humanright calculation of secular progressives. And then I don't think a simple statistical average would work. New methods needed to portray the stupidity of sickular progressives.
Imagine Prachand killing ten thousands white men and lecturing in Newyork - Imagine the outrage that the toilet paper of India and the national TV would express when that happens...Imagine the JNU potatotes working late night to touch up their latest paper on human rights
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