Comments on: Rising 1–2-3 or Falling 3–2-1? (123 Trilogy Part 1) http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/ ...reason and emotion, shaken and stirred... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:40:47 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mahendrap http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-844 mahendrap Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:33:25 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-844 Paul: this one too was identified as spam...and no, I have no answer. Your question is a very interesting one though! Paul: this one too was identified as spam…and no, I have no answer. Your question is a very interesting one though!

]]> By: mahendrap http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-835 mahendrap Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:17:38 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-835 Prax: thanks for providing further insight. Yes, communism is another kind of fascism, and they cannot succeed without acting like a mafia. Controlling land documentation and influencing gram panchayats...how deplorable! Prax: thanks for providing further insight. Yes, communism is another kind of fascism, and they cannot succeed without acting like a mafia. Controlling land documentation and influencing gram panchayats…how deplorable!

]]> By: Paul Sunstone http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-846 Paul Sunstone Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:45:12 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-846 Please correct me if I'm wrong, but is there really any chance of containing China's dictatorship in the long term without the US and India teaming up? Please correct me if I’m wrong, but is there really any chance of containing China’s dictatorship in the long term without the US and India teaming up?

]]> By: Ratan Tata Speaks Out « An Unquiet Mind http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-834 Ratan Tata Speaks Out « An Unquiet Mind Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:54:43 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-834 [...] mahendrap @ 2:24 pm Echoing the sentiments and thoughts expressed by K. Subrahmanyam as I’d written earlier about, it is now the turn of Ratan Tata to speak out about the significance of the Indo-US nuclear deal [...] […] mahendrap @ 2:24 pm Echoing the sentiments and thoughts expressed by K. Subrahmanyam as I’d written earlier about, it is now the turn of Ratan Tata to speak out about the significance of the Indo-US nuclear deal […]

]]> By: Prax http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-849 Prax Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:05:43 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-849 very certainly interesting r the comments very well known are the facts the commis as doc said are into everything in bengal From a friend and a person who has worked in bengal they work in a mafioso manner i heard that the commis also hold land papers of most people who received govt land, after the land was redistributed in the 60s if not they control all functions of gram panchayat, so as to control ruralfolk, this is a very potent tool and the flareup of singur showed how they can try to get their way. very certainly interesting r the comments
very well known are the facts
the commis as doc said are into everything in bengal
From a friend and a person who has worked in bengal
they work in a mafioso manner
i heard that the commis also hold land papers of most people who received govt land, after the land was redistributed in the 60s if not they control all functions of gram panchayat, so as to control ruralfolk, this is a very potent tool and the flareup of singur showed how they can try to get their way.

]]> By: mahendrap http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-848 mahendrap Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:51:33 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-848 God! This reminded me of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_the_Living" rel="nofollow">We The Living</a>! Thanks! God! This reminded me of We The Living! Thanks!

]]> By: Nita http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-847 Nita Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:31:52 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-847 I had heard vaguely about this when we lived in Kolkata. About how people are intimidated into voting...and thats how I had come to the conclusion that masss rigging was going on. Anyway, all this is typical of communism. Thanks for the info. I had heard vaguely about this when we lived in Kolkata. About how people are intimidated into voting…and thats how I had come to the conclusion that masss rigging was going on. Anyway, all this is typical of communism. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: rambodoc http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-845 rambodoc Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:04:32 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-845 Nita and Mahendra, The Left is a chronic disease in Bengal. The people are in cahoots with the party, a sort of conspiracy to ensure continuation of one party rule. How so? Want a job? Psst..go to the party boss. Want a piece of land? Psst..give a bit to the local Committee. Want to beat up your girl friend's paramour? Let's go, comrades! The Party has systematically infiltrated into villages, talukas, districts and cities. At every level, there is a CPM office, with an impressive organisation that can control the local society. Anyone who dares to resist may get beaten up or killed. During the elections, there is the phenomenon of 'scientific rigging' about which there should be a Wikipedia article. Lastly, I should add that for some people, CPM has become part of their career growth. A doctor who is a good for nothing and fails in all the PG entrance tests needs to just work in the Government hospital. Five years later, he gets into an MD/MS course without having to take ANY exam. So for him, the party is part of his career. A few still vote for the CPM because they believe in communism. Suckers! Nita and Mahendra,
The Left is a chronic disease in Bengal. The people are in cahoots with the party, a sort of conspiracy to ensure continuation of one party rule. How so? Want a job? Psst..go to the party boss. Want a piece of land? Psst..give a bit to the local Committee. Want to beat up your girl friend’s paramour? Let’s go, comrades!
The Party has systematically infiltrated into villages, talukas, districts and cities. At every level, there is a CPM office, with an impressive organisation that can control the local society. Anyone who dares to resist may get beaten up or killed. During the elections, there is the phenomenon of ‘scientific rigging’ about which there should be a Wikipedia article.
Lastly, I should add that for some people, CPM has become part of their career growth. A doctor who is a good for nothing and fails in all the PG entrance tests needs to just work in the Government hospital. Five years later, he gets into an MD/MS course without having to take ANY exam. So for him, the party is part of his career.
A few still vote for the CPM because they believe in communism. Suckers!

]]> By: mahendrap http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-838 mahendrap Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:20:06 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-838 Nita: //You said it. Writing a rational post on this subject. I am quite incapable of it!// That's why I refrained from writing. Then a light bulb moment occurred: "Oh, but there will be a comment section, where I can really vent out!" :-) Why do people vote for the left in Bengal? I've also often wondered about the same question. How come the anti-incumbency factor doesn't work at all? Any insight - Rambodoc or any other Bengali who's reading this? Please enlighten us! Oh, and what I'm really scared of, is when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee did try to deviate from Leftist ideology and try to attract investment in the state, his Government did such a poor job of it, that it led to the Nandigram disaster! So, these things are really going to work in pushing them back towards an extreme Leftist stance. Nita: //You said it. Writing a rational post on this subject. I am quite incapable of it!//

That’s why I refrained from writing. Then a light bulb moment occurred: “Oh, but there will be a comment section, where I can really vent out!” :-)

Why do people vote for the left in Bengal? I’ve also often wondered about the same question. How come the anti-incumbency factor doesn’t work at all? Any insight — Rambodoc or any other Bengali who’s reading this? Please enlighten us!

Oh, and what I’m really scared of, is when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee did try to deviate from Leftist ideology and try to attract investment in the state, his Government did such a poor job of it, that it led to the Nandigram disaster! So, these things are really going to work in pushing them back towards an extreme Leftist stance.

]]> By: Nita http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-837 Nita Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:24:55 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/08/24/rising-1-2-3-or-falling-3-2-1/#comment-837 Oh and btw Ramobodoc, can you tell me why people in Bengal vote for the Left? I have my own theory on it, that the elections are rigged, but people tell me I am wrong. Whats your take on it? Oh and btw Ramobodoc, can you tell me why people in Bengal vote for the Left? I have my own theory on it, that the elections are rigged, but people tell me I am wrong. Whats your take on it?

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