Thanks to Dr. Jiten Roy for his comments on Ms. Farida Majid's comments below. I think the issues that we talk about should not be exchanges between two individuals. Broader participations make the discussions healthier.
However, let me point out that Ms. Majid has made some wrong statements on my comment, "Those boys were killed or tortured not because they were SC or Muslim; they were tortured and killed because they were smuggling cattle in the middle of the night across the India-Bangladesh border." In the same posting of mine (see below), the very next two sentences were, "Now, I am not suggesting that torturing and killing of cattle smugglers is an acceptable behavior for a state paramilitary force. These acts are condemnable by any civilized standard, and the perpetrators should be appropriately punished." There is no reason to believe that Ms. Majid did not read these two sentences. I am sure, after reading these two sentences, (see below), it would be obvious to any honest individual that Ms. Majid's comments on the first sentence quoted above were dishonest and misleading.
Of course, misleading and dishonest statements by media outlets and human rights groups on broader issues are more harmful than those by individuals against other individuals. For the most part, I ignore such statements against me, and it is very likely that I will ignore comments from Ms. Majid on my positions on the issues that I talk about in the future. Also, I will not dignify any personal attacks on me with any response from me.
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Re: Four cattle smugglers killed by BSF
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Re: Four cattle smugglers killed by BSF
First of all - title like: "BSF Hayenas killed innocent Bangladeshi" does not reflect the real news of the cattle-thief and smugling stories. It only serves as disinformation outlet of the BNP/Jamat propaganda machine. You should know this. Shukhamoy Bain did the right thing by changing the headline to reflect the real news in the story. I have opined on the story before to expose the facts behind the headline. Yet, BNP/Jamat gong keeps sending the same cattle-thief stories using the same heading again and again. I thought - only BNP/Jamat people would be annoyed by the change of headline. I guess - I was wrong. Jiten Roy --- On Fri, 4/13/12, Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com> wrote:
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