Swara bhaskar abuses (mods move it to debate mansion) - Page 9

Originally posted by: Vedika211

I did not use freedom of speech even once. I'm using the word 'illegal'. You cannot arrest someone for an opinion, no matter how personally offensive you find that opinion. If someone says "I will destroy you", the police cannot arrest you for that thought. They can provide protection to that person, or keep a watch on you, but you cannot arrest someone for making a statement, even if that statement is vile, disgusting and makes you want to punish that person somehow.

Originally posted by: Vedika211

It is freedom of speech that has conditions attached. Sedition was a law set in place by the British, which punished Indians for speaking up against them. In the past, when the Sikhs asked for a separate nation of Khalistan, and made that demand with raised swords, the Supreme Court of India refused to punish them.

http://thewire.in/2016/02/13/a-short-summary-of-the-law-of-sedition-in-india-21472/

Originally posted by: Aweeecute

dont know which political party is right
but bjp is getting lot of support from local indians
and arvind kej is getting trashed on his own fb page BR]
see his post about jnu students he posted few days back
and even a post he posted day before yesterday

Originally posted by: gatheringstorm

Ok so basically we should treat intellectuals and Phd students like myself btw on a different parameter, good to know. I will also go out of my house and make illegal and inflammatory statements all in the name of my research and expect the society to be all accepting👏

Originally posted by: angrybread

Yes on the same social media some morons were mocking and making fun of this tribal woman activist who had acid thrown on her and burnt her face , we know the moral conscience of these people .

Originally posted by: Vedika211

No we should not treat them separately. We should counter arguments with arguments, not with threats of arrest and mob violence. If you dislike what Umar Khalid says, answer him. Argue with him. Write articles that show that his thinking is wrong and twisted.

I am also a historian. I am also writing about the history of India, independence history to be precise. And I would want people to counter my arguments with arguments, not with a rally outside my door.

Originally posted by: Heisenberg.

Well under the Indian sedition act, such sloganeering is illegal. Like I said, to what extent should threats of violence and destruction be tolerated in campuses?, if someone tomorrow were to say, "I'm going to bomb the parliament", are you saying that he shouldn't be arrested for simply making that statement?, hell no, he should be arrested and investigated.