{"id":503,"date":"2006-02-19T09:20:18","date_gmt":"2006-02-19T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=503"},"modified":"2006-02-19T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2006-02-19T04:20:18","slug":"freedom-gone-bananas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2006\/02\/19\/freedom-gone-bananas\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom gone bananas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;honourable&#8217; minister for Haj (UP), Haji Yakub Qureshi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/report.asp?NewsID=1013720\"><strong>calls <\/strong><\/a>for the Danish cartoonists head with a reward of 51 crores, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/1420231.cms\"><strong>Government of UP <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; and the Central Government, does nothing.  The Shiv Sena goes on <a href=\"http:\/\/cities.expressindia.com\/fullstory.php?newsid=170182\"><strong>rampage <\/strong><\/a>in Nalla Sopara &#8211; a suberb of greater Mumbai &#8211; and again apart from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/1060219\/asp\/nation\/story_5866242.asp\"><strong>feeble apologies<\/strong><\/a> from the Sena &#8211; there is nothing to suggest that the Sena is going to pay for disrupting Civil Society.  Somehow, the incitement to violence by politicians gets excused under the &#8216;freedom to express&#8217; guaranteed by the Constitution. But, maybe it is time to throw the book at a few to ensrue that we all don&#8217;t end up sufferering for their irresponsibility. I know that there are those who <a href=\"http:\/\/themaanga.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/waht.html\"><strong>disagree <\/strong><\/a>on the idea of responsibility being an integral part of a citizen&#8217;s behaviour. And the fact that responsibility as citizens also means a certain degree of self restraint. But, it is time to throw the book at those who behave irresponsibly. And hit them where it hurts &#8211; with the full might of the legal system against those who want to disrupt our lives and our basic and fundamental freedoms.  I would really like to see the &quot;honourable&#8217; minister arrested, tried and sentanced for incitement to murder, and the SP fined like crazy for inflicting a person like this on the people of India. And I would like to see the goons in Shiv Sena being jailed and the party itself?  fined out of their ample coffers for the?  disruption to our civic lives. Maybe a few such &#8216;examples&#8217; will make us a safer society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;honourable&#8217; minister for Haj (UP), Haji Yakub Qureshi, calls for the Danish cartoonists head with a reward of 51 crores, and the Government of UP &#8211; and the Central Government, does nothing. 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