Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: OROP

Dear Major S'ab

"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire

To settle your various confusions --> Our movement has nothing to do
with Bhopal or 1984. We arose in the context of Common Wealth Games
scams of 2010, and we played our part in getting at least some of
those scamsters eventually prosecuted. Also, we are an anti-corruption
movement and not a human rights movement. Furthermore, we are focused
on remedying larger systemic issues and not the cases of corruption on
behalf of individuals.

Sarbajit

On 10/2/15, Ravindran P M <raviforjustice@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mr Sarbajit
>
> One with common sense can easily see that Bernard Shaw is right and Samuel
> Johnson is wrong. Either he doesn't know what patriotism means or he has
> made patriots of scoundrels!
>
> Any two wrongs may not make a right but then there are two things: the
> first wrong has be acknowledged and corrected and secondly, sometimes
> atleast two wrongs do make a right!
>
> Btw, now that you are so vociferous about rights and wrongs, may I know
> what you and your org has been doing in the case of victims of Bhopal and
> 1984 riots, just to quote two well known cases of human rights violations
> in the history of such violations all over the world?
>
> ravi
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:05 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Major (Retd.) Ravi
>>
>> My quotes are exactly as stated and without distortions. Since you
>> have confined yourself to only one of my cited quotes "Patriotism is
>> the last refuge of scoundrels" and dismissed the others with sweeping
>> generalisations, let me respond as follows,
>>
>> The phrase "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels" is attributed
>> to Samuel Johnson (b. 1709 - d. 1784), whereas the phrase "Politics is
>> the last refuge of scoundrels" is attributed to George Bernard Shaw
>> (b.1856 – d. 1950). A difference of approx. 150 years, and it is
>> crystal clear which phrase came first.
>>
>> Hence your argument is as fundamentally flawed as the present OROP
>> demand.
>>
>> Unfortunately, a completely misguided section of publicity and
>> politically inclined veterans are intent upon permanently damaging
>> India's FUTURE Armed Forces (and its fighting capabilities) with their
>> PAST demands. I don't want to elaborate on this in the present
>> surcharged environment because most veterans posting here are not
>> prepared for balanced dialogue with PATRIOTS like ourselves on FACTS.
>>
>> PS: Many frauds were played on our 'faujis' over the decades, but 2
>> wrongs do not make a right.
>>
>> Sarbajit