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The communist experience shows that giving welfare rights priority over basic freedoms is the road to serfdom. And the capitalist welfare state now shows that entitlements, although desirable and inevitable in democracies, must be limited and targeted at the needy, so that they do not hog all spending or bankrupt governments.
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Let’s not confuse entitlements with rights « Swaminomics
Posted by balaji 5 days ago (http://swaminomics.org)The word ‘Freedom’ does not exist in China
Posted by balaji 24 days ago (http://spontaneousorder.in)
If you google the word ‘freedom’ in China, your browser will display an error message and your Internet connection will be disabled for a while. All of this is based on the lousy argument that the government protects you against your evil demeanors. Watch out ‘freedom’ then, it’s a dangerous animal!
As I was hurling the stones it felt like this was the only legitimate thing to do in that cursed place. And after being restrained by my fellow journalists, disoriented, I walked to Nawab Bazar. In the Old City, where I was born.
Abhay Vaidya: Asserting our freedoms and the freedom of choice
Posted by balaji 28 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
One of the great founding fathers of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, said in 1823: The only security of all is in a free press ... It is necessary to keep the waters pure". He had stated that he would choose newspapers without a government rather than a government without newspapers.
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 - Wikipedia
Posted by balaji 34 days ago (http://en.wikipedia.org)
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), was passed on September 11, 1958 by the Parliament of India. It conferred special powers upon armed forces in what the language of the act calls "disturbed areas" in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. It was later extended to J and K as the The Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act
Swapan Dasgupta: Taslima’s deportation would be India’s shame
Posted by balaji 48 days ago (http://www.swapan55.com)
Manmohan Singh gave an assurance: "We recognise Taslima Nasreen's right to remain in a country of her choice, viz India…". Now, as a politician, he faces the sorry dismal prospect of not only having to eat his words but worse, mocking at the idea of an India "where the mind is without fear…"
Sadanand Dhune: Why the French burqa ban makes sense
Posted by balaji 54 days ago (http://yaleglobal.yale.edu)
It makes no attempt to ban the burqa at home or on the street, but would curtail it at points of public service where citizens can reasonably expect not to encounter a masked stranger.
National Identification Authority of India Act, 2010
Posted by balaji 68 days ago (http://www.livemint.com)
“It doesn’t have any of the safeguards and provisions necessary to protect the rights of citizens. It’s only protecting the interests of the UIDAI,” said Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society and a critic of the Aadhaar project.
President commutes death sentence of 8 to life
Posted by balaji 70 days ago (http://ibnlive.in.com)
The broad guidelines generally considered while examining grant of mercy under Article 72 of the Constitution relate to age, sex or mental state of the accused, circumstances of the case, conduct of the offender and medical abnormality falling short of legal insanity.
It is laid down in the Constitution that we as a country have to develop a scientific temper. The polygraph test has been there since 1921. Forensic science has advanced. Are we going to go forward or backward? Are we going to look at the law only from the point of view of the accused?
"Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape." Indeed, it is absurd that in this day and age we have a provision that implies that within a marriage, sex does not have to be consensual. Most advanced countries recognise marital rape.
SC says narco test unconstitutional, can't be forced
Posted by balaji 124 days ago (http://www.hindustantimes.com)
"We are of the considered opinion that no individual can be forced and subjected to such techniques involuntarily, and by doing so it amounts to unwarranted intrusion of personal liberty," a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said.
Furor grows over Arizona law against immigrants
Posted by balaji 132 days ago (http://apnews.myway.com)
The measure - set to take effect in late July or early August - would make it a crime under state law to be in the U.S. illegally. It directs state and local police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal.
State Censorship, User Data Requests Released By Google
Posted by balaji 138 days ago (http://www.huffingtonpost.com)
Google Inc. has set up a new tool to show where it's facing the most government pressure to censor material and turn over personal information about its users.
Critics to debate privacy issues of UID project
Posted by balaji 146 days ago (http://expressbuzz.com)
Critics of the project, which aims at issuing unique identification numbers (UIDs) to all Indians, have raised concerns in the absence of strict laws protecting the privacy of Indian citizens.
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