| Mr. Amitabh, Commendable as the work you do is, and I am sure your intentions too are honorable. But this is a situation in which I disagree with your stand The moment we try to censure, we are bringing in extraneous entities into the picture, in this case Governmental interference, which we already have enough of Unlike a disco, which can become a public nuisance, sites like facebook are voluntary ...Its not like everytime you go onto the net, the hate message flashes across on the screen for you All those who read those messages are people who chose to join that group and are free to leave it if they don't agree with its topic or discussions. Gandhi maybe a great son of India, but his greatness cannot be thrust upon a people or made a holy cow that is beyond criticism. Something that has been the bane of India in developing independant thought. We place our heroes too high to be perceived or emulated. Now I do not condone the kind of language used in these groups as mentioned by you. But then what do you expect from a people suppressed for so long. There is bound to be a lot of angst and psychological deviations that must have occured within the indian psyche. Venting it out on an online forum is at least better than getting sick in real life or rioting. Open sex in a disco is an illegality Ventuing ire against a personlity in a group that one can voluntarily join cannot be held as illegal. Doing so would only result in setting a bad precedent for the authorities to play big brother ever too often. Besides, these people would only either go undeground or refine/hedge their legal position before committing such acts .. Raj Thackeraty is regularly known to consult his lawyers about the speeches he gives to ensure that he does not transgress any legality. He himself is a keen student of Indian law Do you want to create more such entities?? These kind of people survive only because there is opposition oppose them. they derive their strength fom opposition. Deny them that and they are finished. At least in the online world. Do you remember the case of the 19 year old student who was taken to court by the Shiv Sena because his group carried derogatory remarks against the organisation and its leader Bal Thackeray?? Even Ekta Kapoor's serials are watched by many and they too were in the eye of the storm by womens' organisation for the portrayal of women in her serials. Again, no one forces me to watch her serials I didn't even know there was a problem until I read it in the news. Because the the first few times that I did watch the soaps, I found them nauseating enough to switch channels and never return to them. Unless and until people practice self control themselves, they'll never be free in the true sense. The Internet allows them to vent their ire and practice self restraint. No offence and Nothing personal. My apologies If I violated any social etiquette, Pranaam, P.S. I am posting this to my groups too as it is an issue I would very much like a wider audience to get involved in With best wishes, from Rahul,  --- On Thu, 1/27/11, Amitabh Thakur <amitabhth@yahoo.com> wrote:
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