On Government
Thursday, 24. January 2008 - 3:44 PM
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
It’s pretty easy, but I’ll still ask: who said this? No Googling.
24. January 2008 - 9:41 PM
Milton Friedman
25. January 2008 - 4:44 AM
sounds like marxist utopian thought which has been transformed into american libertarianism… Cowboy Bush???
25. January 2008 - 8:32 AM
This is calling for no government – could be Edmund Burke? Or even Vidura in the Mahabharata. My understanding of Indian thought is that in the ideal age (Sat Yuga?) men are so noble that there is no need for government
25. January 2008 - 11:00 AM
Churchill!
25. January 2008 - 11:03 AM
Churchill?!
25. January 2008 - 11:53 AM
All,
Incorrect.
25. January 2008 - 12:38 PM
Would it be Gandhi by any chance?
25. January 2008 - 12:38 PM
pb shelley. easy.
25. January 2008 - 4:31 PM
Shuvro,
That is correct.
26. January 2008 - 12:40 AM
sorry guyz for the OFT but could not resist this ROFTL .. rajdeep sardesai and barkha dutt have “won the padma shri “!!!!! drum roll…!!! really ROFTL last year it was teesta seetvald !!!next year … i dunoo lets guess robert vadera .. maybe
26. January 2008 - 3:46 AM
Next year? Good question, but it will arise if only commies don’t pull out. Maybe you can put a poll for predicting Kaangress awardees.
Here’s few that come to mind:
Gladys Staines – due for upgrade
Shahrukh/Amir/Salman/Saif – just due
Dr. Haneef – wizard from Oz
Syed Geelani- make up for unfair treatment
26. January 2008 - 3:48 AM
John Dayal
Valson Thampu
26. January 2008 - 12:05 PM
> this ROFTL .. rajdeep sardesai and barkha dutt have “won
> the padma shri “!!!!!
tvr shenoy, mv kamath — padma bhushans 3-4 years ago. whats difference? did u rotfl then?
26. January 2008 - 12:53 PM
>>>tvr shenoy, mv kamath — padma bhushans 3-4 years ago.whats difference?
The same difference that exists between sucking up to the rulers and standing up for something even in adversity.
Kamath and Shenoy took a cause eschewed by the secsoc establishment. That’s 400% of the elite, to borrow from their favorite General.
You want to compare the fortitude of few with the sycophancy of the many?
26. January 2008 - 3:31 PM
> The same difference that exists between sucking up to the rulers
> and standing up for something even in adversity.
who sucked up to the rulers/who is standing up for something?
bjp govt gives its favourites honours. congress govt gives its favourits honours. for you, one govt’s awards are more meaningful (bjp).
for me, it shows how seriously to take awards.
funny how people on this site see nthing wrong in bjp, but everything wrong in congress, and still think they are objective. “fortitute of few”, right.
26. January 2008 - 7:27 PM
Hey Sandeep,
I am a final year student of journalism and i am doing a research on the blogging revolution. As you are a blog writer, i would like you to fill up a questionnaire for me which would help me in my project work.
Thanks,
Shweta
26. January 2008 - 10:30 PM
it’s always been you scratch my back & I’ll scratch your’s.
27. January 2008 - 2:12 AM
how about award to the great general dyer? poor man was born in india. even his picture was found hanging in the golden temple museum. should be good enough?
27. January 2008 - 2:20 AM
>>>tvr shenoy, mv kamath — padma bhushans 3-4 years ago.whats difference?
They are not anti-Indian.
27. January 2008 - 6:27 AM
>>>who sucked up to the rulers/who is standing up for something?
Rhetorical question. Quite pointless.
“bjp govt gives its favourites honours. congress govt gives its favourits honours. for you, one govt’s awards are more meaningful (bjp).”
Who’s talking about favorites? You asked about difference between the award recipients. You got answer for the same.
>>>for me, it shows how seriously to take awards.
One can dismiss pretty much every award with such simplistic criterion. Even the Nobel peace/literature awards reflect primarily Scandinavian preferences.
>>>funny how people on this site see nthing wrong in bjp, but everything wrong in congress, and still think they are objective. “fortitute of fewâ€, right.
“nthing wrong,” “everything wrong”- all sweeping generalizations.
>>>“fortitute of fewâ€, right.
fortitude! yep, that’s right.
27. January 2008 - 1:40 PM
Burkha Dutt might well become a rare recipient of Bharat Ratna (for services to Sonia) and nisha-e-pakistan (for services to jihad fi sabilillah)
27. January 2008 - 2:19 PM
I guess Shuvro has appointed himself as the official conscience keeper of the “people on this site”
27. January 2008 - 5:12 PM
why is shuvro linking to barbarindian’s blog ?
28. January 2008 - 12:28 AM
he says it’s his own blog.
28. January 2008 - 5:43 PM
>> he says it’s his own blog. >>
Ask him to prove it by writing a dummy post with the title “This is Shuvro’s blog”
29. January 2008 - 9:40 AM
Here’s Shuvro-e-Namah from the ‘media responsibility’ thread.
>>>>do you mean dcubed, hes not my friend, as my blog barbarindians.blogspot.com will tell you.>>>>>
OK, Shuvro, put that pic of Nehru and Edwina sharing a cigarette on your site. You have 24 hours. Otherwise, you will declared as a jokerlal.
(PS if you can’t find that pic, “This is Shuvro’s blog” will do.)
29. January 2008 - 11:32 AM
It is his blog. I know it.