Comments on: Just who is the public? http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html A digital substitute for a spirited conversation Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Harprabhjot Paul Singh http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-13 Harprabhjot Paul Singh Sat, 09 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-13 This is my first time on your blog. So figured reading the first post would make sense. <br /><br />The article gets the point across.<br /><br />Also saw your company website. One word. Superb.<br />The entire concept is damn neat.<br /><br />I have recently joined the world of blogging http://www.cockybox.com/2009/05/root-canal.html<br /><br />Have also added a link to your blog on mine. Will continue to come back for more.<br /><br />Cheers This is my first time on your blog. So figured reading the first post would make sense.

The article gets the point across.

Also saw your company website. One word. Superb.
The entire concept is damn neat.

I have recently joined the world of blogging http://www.cockybox.com/2009/05/root-canal.html

Have also added a link to your blog on mine. Will continue to come back for more.

Cheers

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-10 Anonymous Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:47:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-10 'tyranny of the majority' as John Stuart Mill said. ‘tyranny of the majority’ as John Stuart Mill said.

]]> By: Vishwas Krishna http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-5 Vishwas Krishna Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:30:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-5 And it is also said, eternal vigilance is the price of democracy. And it is also said, eternal vigilance is the price of democracy.

]]> By: Rahul Jauhari http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-9 Rahul Jauhari Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-9 Nailed ever so accurately :-) Nailed ever so accurately :-)

]]> By: mosilager http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-8 mosilager Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:35:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-8 Hammer, meet head of nail. Great post.<br/><br/>The other problem is that if the youth don't stand up for the immigrants, the poor don't stand up for the homosexuals, and nobody protects each other, then one by one we'll all lose our rights. Hammer, meet head of nail. Great post.

The other problem is that if the youth don’t stand up for the immigrants, the poor don’t stand up for the homosexuals, and nobody protects each other, then one by one we’ll all lose our rights.

]]> By: Ramesh Srivats http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-3 Ramesh Srivats Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:13:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-3 If they do drive over someone, they should be punished for that. Because that is a crime with a victim (someone else's right to life has been violated). Even if they dope and drive, they could be punished because they are an imminent danger to someone's life. But not because they are partying and could be driving home. By that logic, police should also raid booze parties because people may drive back later in a booze induced haze. Or any party that lasts late because people may drive back in a sleep-induced haze. <br/><br/>My point is that there is some arbitrary age when you consider people to be adults. I take that as the voting age (18 in India) because it means you consider them responsible enough to elect a government. After that age it is up to the individual what he or she does as long as no one else's rights are violated. The police and the state have no role to play in this.<br/><br/>And incidentally, the biggest incentive drug dealers have to expand operations is the fact that it has been declared illegal. How many smugglers do you hear of these days (after imports have been eased a bit). Any victimless activity practised by consenting adults only becomes a crime because the mob decrees it to be one. <br/><br/>And that incidentally was the point of my post. If they do drive over someone, they should be punished for that. Because that is a crime with a victim (someone else’s right to life has been violated). Even if they dope and drive, they could be punished because they are an imminent danger to someone’s life. But not because they are partying and could be driving home. By that logic, police should also raid booze parties because people may drive back later in a booze induced haze. Or any party that lasts late because people may drive back in a sleep-induced haze.

My point is that there is some arbitrary age when you consider people to be adults. I take that as the voting age (18 in India) because it means you consider them responsible enough to elect a government. After that age it is up to the individual what he or she does as long as no one else’s rights are violated. The police and the state have no role to play in this.

And incidentally, the biggest incentive drug dealers have to expand operations is the fact that it has been declared illegal. How many smugglers do you hear of these days (after imports have been eased a bit). Any victimless activity practised by consenting adults only becomes a crime because the mob decrees it to be one.

And that incidentally was the point of my post.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-4 Anonymous Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:57:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-4 Great start. But I have to crib about the 'wastrels' bit. How do you know these kids won't drive over people in a drug induced haze. A lot of violence in the U.S. is drug induced and its a good thing we don't have it here. And these rave parties will give dealers the incentive and money to expand operations. How many lives and families will the dope trade ruin?<br/><br/>Agree the police should arrest the dope dealers first, but breaking up a rave party isn't wrong. Great start. But I have to crib about the ‘wastrels’ bit. How do you know these kids won’t drive over people in a drug induced haze. A lot of violence in the U.S. is drug induced and its a good thing we don’t have it here. And these rave parties will give dealers the incentive and money to expand operations. How many lives and families will the dope trade ruin?

Agree the police should arrest the dope dealers first, but breaking up a rave party isn’t wrong.

]]> By: Harjee Kapur® http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-7 Harjee Kapur® Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:35:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-7 Awesome. Awesome.

]]> By: pavita http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-6 pavita Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:55:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-6 Sad but true. Sad but true.

]]> By: gaea http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-12 gaea Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:55:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-12 great post! welcome to blogocracy my friend... great post! welcome to blogocracy my friend…

]]> By: pramodbiligiri http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/10/just-who-is-the-public.html#comment-11 pramodbiligiri Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=144#comment-11 Interesting start to blogging :)<br/>Came here via Aristotle the Geek. Interesting start to blogging :)
Came here via Aristotle the Geek.

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