RE: 3 articles

["Cprakash" <Cprakash@goplay.com>]

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this is one thing that bothers all of us. why are muslims subsidised
top go to haj and hindus to go to manasarovar ? why can't some others
be subsididsed for intra-country travel -extending this logical line..
And what for agnostics ? atheists ?  and religious cults for whom
going to antarctica is holy ? where will the subsidisers draw the
line ?

>my Muslim brothers get state subsidy to go abroad (Mecca), I - an
agnostic
>- do not get any subsidy to go to Disneyland. Draw the line FIRMLY
at the
>poverty line; else you and all of us will land into thick soup.
>
>Sh. Raju also says, "A position can be taken that when people are
put in
>control of the resources they create, it is possible for them to not
only
>acquire economic independence, it is also possible for them to become
>socially independent"
>
>I beg to differ. I do not care for independence defined in any way
OTHER
>than political independence. Economic equality is meaningful; not
economic
>independence. Social equality under the law and a partial affirmative
>action if needed is meaningful, not social independence. Let us not
concoct
>words which have hundreds of loose interpretations,  kill liberty and
>promote big fat bureaucracies.
>
>He says, "What is needed is a plurality of democratic structures
right down
>to the village level which empower the citizen as a part of his
everyday
>life."
>
>This (and much that you say on similar veins in this article on
social
>justice) is a governance or political equality issue, NOT a social
justice
>issue. Pl. also see my article on Local Boards on IPI.
>
>Finally, therefore, I am still not convinced that social justice - as
>loosely defined, is acceptable in the liberal terminology. Pin down
the
>word to caste discrimination, and specify what you want here; other
issues
>are economic/ political; not related to social justice.
>
>SS
>

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