tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post912920834990075590..comments2024-03-24T15:11:59.233+05:30Comments on A simple desultory Philippic: There but for the grace of ...J. Alfred Prufrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-53016918185325572892009-02-19T00:46:00.000+05:302009-02-19T00:46:00.000+05:30Hades,Agreed on the first point, but if we restric...Hades,<BR/><BR/>Agreed on the first point, but if we restrict attention to the few policemen who are, in fact, well-meaning, then vigilantism isn't really an available choice. If you want to strike terror into the hearts of evildoers by leaping from rooftops in the dead of night, you had better have inherited a multi-billion dollar corporation.Gamesmaster G9https://www.blogger.com/profile/15328781372141149673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-59728028456733446102009-02-18T22:08:00.000+05:302009-02-18T22:08:00.000+05:30G9,Not commenting on the moral question, but you d...G9,<BR/><BR/><I>Not commenting on the moral question, but you do have to ask - in a system where convictions are impossible to come by, even for the most blatant transgressions, what does a well-meaning policeman do?</I>.<BR/><BR/>1. A well-meaning policeman is somewhat of a rare entity.<BR/><BR/>2. If he is going to function outside the law why become a policeman? Vigilantism would be a much better career choice.<BR/><BR/>HadesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-64989692380528986322009-02-17T11:07:00.000+05:302009-02-17T11:07:00.000+05:30Agreed. The standard practise in India is so very ...Agreed. The standard practise in India is so very shocking that these incidents pale in comparison.<BR/><BR/>The biggest problem is that here physical assault is used by the authorities irrespective of the nature of the crime.<BR/> <BR/>I guess it is a way of display of power by the statutory authorities who are otherwise poorly paid and overworked. But even that do not condone the blatant use of the stick.Lazyanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515533973086213840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-36026214085710131912009-02-17T09:24:00.000+05:302009-02-17T09:24:00.000+05:30Not commenting on the moral question, but you do h...Not commenting on the moral question, but you do have to ask - in a system where convictions are impossible to come by, even for the most blatant transgressions, what does a well-meaning policeman do?Gamesmaster G9https://www.blogger.com/profile/15328781372141149673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-81766658578917445692009-02-16T23:17:00.000+05:302009-02-16T23:17:00.000+05:30I guess that's how it is. All ethics fly out of th...I guess that's how it is. All ethics fly out of the window when the real crossroads is reached, when one actually has to decide.What's In A Name ?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09721657703722868039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-56011688169548018442009-02-16T20:15:00.000+05:302009-02-16T20:15:00.000+05:30But because the kind of torture mentioned here is ...<I>But because the kind of torture mentioned here is child’s play compared to standard practice all over India</I><BR/><BR/>Really? <I>Camp X-Ray</I> is child's play compared to the standard practice <I>all</I> over India?<BR/><BR/>You've just spooked out half the Internet.<BR/><BR/>//Great link, that interview. BTW, have you seen the classic Vietnam docu "Winter Soldier"?kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.com