[Reader-list] advocacy of violence on 'Kafila'

[Aalok Aima]

tara prakash
 
i agree ..... a very positive and commendable step that from the article the lines advocating violence have been removed
 
something else has been teasing my mind
 
violence is a crime, advocating violence (the writer hilal mir) is a crime, knowingly providing a platform for advocacy of violence is a crime ...... i see shivam vij and/or kafila complicit in that crime
 
is it enough to just remove the 'lines'? one person Tariq was already provoked by the article into declaring "Here I am with a stone in my hand ready to hurl at them." (that comment has also been removed now)
 
i have been thinking .......
 
the bjp chief minister of karnataka has been accused of illegalities in allocation of state-land to his family members ...... the family members then surrender those lands ...... is that enough? does that wash out the crime?
 
defence personell have been accused of illegally receiving allotment of flats in the 'adarsh housing scam' in mumbai ....... they then surrender those flats ...... is that enough? is their complicity in a crime negated?
 
we in public space, cannot be kangaroo courts to levy penalties or give punishments ....... but we in public space do have a right to expect an acknowledgement of the crime and at the very least an apology ........ whether it comes from yeddyurappa of karnataka or from the defence personell in mumbai ..... or from shivam vij and/or kafila
 
i am expecting too much i guess
 
.......... aalok aima
 
 
 
--- On Tue, 11/23/10, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:


From: TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] advocacy of violence on 'Kafila'
To: "Aalok Aima" <aalok.aima at yahoo.com>, "reader-list list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 7:10 PM


You should give the administrator or the writer of the post credit for this. You pointed to a wrong kind of message and they removed it. Isn't it a corrective action?
You should also note that the kind of people on Kafila are too cowardly (emancipated?) to do any violence by themselves. The kind of people who can do it don't read Kafila. Some of their's support to violence is known to the readers on this list. If the deplorable comments inciting violence are removed, it should seen a positive and commendible step on part of the person who removed them.

Cheers


----- Original Message ----- From: "Aalok Aima" <aalok.aima at yahoo.com>
To: "reader-list list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] advocacy of violence on 'Kafila'


> (someone from) 'Kafila' has now removed the finale lines "Beware, the farce called panchayat elections is round the corner. Throw some stones. Virtual or real. Stop them. You owe this to those 110 warm-blooded martyrs."
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> (my comment on the lines also has been deleted)
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> as of this moment, comment by one Tariq is still available "Here I am with a stone in my hand ready to hurl at them."
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> the article including the lines i had highlighted is available (as of now) at:
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> http://www.kashmirdispatch.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=765:scavengers&catid=103:others&Itemid=497
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> ............ aalok aima
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> 
> --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Aalok Aima <aalok.aima at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Aalok Aima <aalok.aima at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] advocacy of violence on 'Kafila'
> To: "reader-list list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 2:59 PM
> 
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> "Beware, the farce called panchayat elections is round the corner. Throw some stones. Virtual or real. Stop them. You owe this to those 110 warm-blooded martyrs."
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> that "Throw some stones. Virtual or real" is from a Guest post by HILAL MIR posted by Shivam Vij on 'Kafila' on 23/11/2010
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> http://kafila.org/2010/11/23/scavengers-pdp-mufti-mehbooba-omar-kashmir-politics/
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> in a thread aarti sethi (of kafila) wrote "Kafila set itself up with a very clear mandate – to articulate and represent voices and views that do not get an airing in the mainstream press."
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> does that articulating and representing voices and views on 'kafila' include providing a platform for the advocacy of violence?
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> ............ aalok aima
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