[Reader-list] SRK BLUNDER

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear Rakesh,

A threat of violence cannot be construed to be a legitimate  
expression of the freedom of speech. In fact it is the threat and the  
intimidation that constitute an attack on the freedom of speech and  
simple liberty of others. There are simple provisions in the criminal  
law for tackling anyone who threatens violence and intimidates  
people. I agree with what was said in a previous posting, the  
Thackeray clan, father, son and nephew should all be held under house  
arrest, with no contact with the media. It will solve the whole  
problem, and the Shiv Sena and the MNS will both be revealed to be  
the paper tigers that they actually are.

best

Shuddha

On 14-Feb-10, at 4:45 PM, Rakesh Iyer wrote:

> Dear Malik jee
>
> The Maharashtra govt. hasn't done anything of substance to suggest  
> (except
> for the recent arrest of Shiv Sainiks who were involved in violent
> activities) that they are serious in taking on this problem. The  
> simplest
> strategy could have been to house arrest the entire Thackeray clan  
> and keep
> them in house arrest (without anybody meeting them or their views  
> being
> heard out) for the next 6 months or so. Things would have improved
> automatically.  Once goons are not heard, things turn to sanity.
>
> I do understand that some may comment here, that it's an attack on  
> freedom
> of speech. To that I would respond by saying that freedom of speech  
> has a
> limit that it shouldn't result in loss of freedoms or rights of other
> individuals, and if it does so, then it has to be curtailed,  
> howsoever much
> we may dislike it. What the Thackerays are indulging in are plain  
> threats,
> and they should be put behind bars for inciting people to commit  
> violence.
>
> Rakesh
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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
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