http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bloggers-can-be-nailed-for-views/articleshow/4178823.cms
whatever happened to freedom of speech and expression in the world's largest democracy!!
does that mean us bloggers now need to think twice before penning down our thoughts? what's the point of being 'free' netizens then? what's the point of celebrating our independence every year when we don't even have the freedom to express our thoughts! infact..blogging should very well be banned in India then coz who's gonna take up the role of a censor to decide what is allowed and what is not! and in similar lines..bollywood directors should be stopped from making movies coz any theme is liable to be protested against by some group in the country! and Danny Boyle for sure should have been prohibited from making SM coz after all it nakedly exposes the 'slumness' of Indian slums and Dev D should be banned coz it perhaps makes fun of a great Bengali novelist! Likewise, our actresses should be banned coz they are wearing dresses that expose parts of their bodies in so many ways and even indulging in drinking/smoking on screen not to mention the acts of physical intimacy with the opposite sex! Print and online media should be banned too coz they publish articles on as taboo a subject as sex and books/novels on societal issues should be burned coz they pollute people's minds!
So basically we all should return to our primitive ways of living in ignorance and never think of expressing ourselves in fear that we may be arrested and prosecuted by the powers that be!
Bravo...!!
Reminds me of a popular movie of the 1980s named 'Hirak Rajar Deshe', produced by late Satyajit Ray (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080856/) wherein the king of the kingdom had a machine using which he could brainwash his subjects and make them say whatever he wanted...if bloggers can get arrested..then perhaps Ray had a great foresight!
Monday, February 23, 2009
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