[Reader-list] the liberty of the networked

[Angshukanta Chakraborty]

Extremely interesting discussion on networked and increasingly technocratic
societies


http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/the-liberty-of-the-networked-part-1

<http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/the-liberty-of-the-networked-pt-2>

http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/email/the-liberty-of-the-networked-pt-2


On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Taha Mehmood
<2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>wrote:

>
> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Lead-anti-terror-discourse--Advani-to-Kalam/364547
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> Lead anti-terror discourse: Advani to Kalam
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> Suman K Jha Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 0017 hrs IST
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> NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22: After zeroing in on Gujarat Chief Minister
> Narendra Modi as the party's mascot for its anti-terror plank, the BJP
> on Monday hoped that A P J Abdul Kalam would help build a national
> consensus on Terror and the need to effect stringent anti-terror laws.
>
> "I was happy to read media reports about your concern over terrorism,
> which has assumed such serious dimensions that it has not only gravely
> imperiled India's national security and national unity but also
> threatened the safety of the common man... I feel that a person of
> your eminence can help in elevating the discourse on terrorism to a
> level where it can be discussed as a national problem requiring broad
> national consensus unimpaired by narrow electoral considerations,"
> said NDA prime ministerial candidate L K Advani in a letter to the
> former President.
>
> In his recent interventions, Kalam has stressed for a "unified
> intelligence agency" and a "national mission to eradicate terrorism".
> "I believe, time has come, apart from our multiple agencies
> forecasting and handling of the terrorist activities, we need to
> evolve an aggressive mission called National Campaign to Eradicate
> Terrorism (NCET), with mission oriented integrated management
> structure, duly passed as a Bill by Parliament," he had said last
> week. Kalam also called for a law "to provide stringent punishments
> and faster justice to the perpetrators of the crime in a time bound
> manner" and "national citizen ID cards for all".
>
>
> Many of these ideas have been mooted by the BJP in the past. While
> Advani, as former Union Home Minister, wanted to implement a national
> ID card scheme for the country, the BJP holds the Centre responsible
> "for halting Gujarat's crackdown on terror agents by its refusal to
> give its nod to the GUJCOC Bill, passed by the state Assembly some
> four years ago". The party in its recent National Executive said that
> the "Congress was communalising the war on terror."
>
> While the BJP chose to look the other way when attempts were being
> made to give him a second term as President, or when he rooted
> strongly for the Indo-US nuclear deal more recently, Kalam,
> nonetheless, has always been the "Ideal Indian Muslim" for the saffron
> party and the RSS.
>
> "Like you and millions of ordinary citizens in the country, I am
> extremely concerned that an issue of such national and global
> importance is being ignored by a section of the political class," said
> Advani in his letter, in an obvious reference to the Congress position
> on terror.
>
> "Therefore, your statement has come as a great relief. It holds out a
> hope for building a national consensus for initiating effective
> measures, including stringent laws, against terror. My intention in
> writing this letter is to request you to lead this initiative in a
> manner you deem fit. I assure you the cooperation of my party and that
> of the National Democratic Alliance in this effort," concluded
> Advani's letter.
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