The Waffling Continues

So then. The biggest fear that I have after an attack of the sort that happened here in Bombay is the opportunity it awards the government to enforce almost any security law it wishes. Its a vicious cycle that has happened many times over in a whole bunch of places all over. The cycle goes like this:
- A horrific attack occurs on an innocent populate.
- The state is found lacking in pretty much every field ( security/ emergency services, etc).
- The citizenry goes wild.
- First the state fires people directly associated (people who bare the brunt of the public's anger). This suddenly looks like the state means business - HA!
- Then the state will come down with a whole bunch of draconian laws ( all in the interest of the safety of the people of course). Now these laws - at least to insane people like me - will seem pretty harsh and an extreme violation of a whole bunch of private rights. However, these laws will sail through parliament on a wave of righteous anger at all enemies of the state and the sentiments of a 50 million people (the other 50 million have no idea wtf is going on and will go along with pretty much anything) - who are seeped in a collective fear psychosis
- Now the laws keep getting worse and harsher - however the rate at which the attacks take place keeps rising. So does that mean the laws aren't working? Nope - the laws aren't strict enough (after all you have to give up something if you wanna live safe - right?)
-Soon except for the media which co-operates with the media everything else is shut - of course, this s something we are already almost at.
- Aaaah crap children, its 1984 again baby!!!

oh yeah its sorta apt that its John Miltons B'day today ( thats why the pic). He was pretty hardcore against censorship in his time. Of course his reasons for maintaining the freedom of expression was more theosophical ( the whole divine thing) and so are pretty debatable.

On a separate note I finally got my hands on the book of short stories by Marquez. Woo Hoo!!