adam_muntasir <adam_muntasir@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mr. syed,
apnar kothatai mene nilam. Mr. moti er kono principle nei.
apnar bishal ekta principle ase.
Dhora jak, mr. moti B. mokarrome khoma chaite gelona.
tokhon beparta ki hoto?
:shara deshe ekta jhor uthto.
:prothom alo potrika ta bondho hoto.
:ek srenir manush anonde attohara hoto.
poyshar kintu ultu pith-o thake!
ekti potrikay kotojon lok kaj kore?
(ami nijeo valo janina:tai simulation!!)
dhora jak, 100 jon kaj kore.
prothom alo potrika ta bondho hole, shamoyikvabe,
100 ti family biporjosto hobe, ar ekjon potrika shompadok hishebe,
ei 100 ti poribarer ovibabok kintu ei mr. Moti.
apnar moto abegi principle niye e-mail e mota mota kotha lrkha jay,
manusher orthonoitik vagger unnoyon gjotbena.
ami to mone korsi, mr. Moti shantir upor nobel na peleo,
ontoto shei morjada tar prappouy.
aje baje comment kore jongon ke bivranto korbenna.
dhonnobad,
Aadam Muntasir
--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com , "Syed Aslam" <Syed.Aslam3@...>
wrote:
>
> *The 'Prothom Alo' editor's action is indefensible - Dr Jaffor
Ullah*
>
>
> The '*Prothom Alo*' editor's action is indefensible, Mr. Rahman.
His
> reputation is like proverbial Humpty Dumpty of Lewis Carroll's
character in
> his famous book "Through the Looking Glass." Once his reputation
is
> finished for selling his soul to the government and Ulemahs, then
no one
> could repair the damage. *An honorable man hardly compromises
with his
> principled stance.* Matiur Rahman of Prothom Alo has proved
already that he
> has no principle. I was shell-shocked hearing the arrest of Mr.
Arif, a
> budding twenty-year old cartoonist from Bangladesh . The
government caved
> in to the threats of Islamists. Even the western-educated
advisor, Mainul,
> garbed himself in an Islamic dress (Sherwani-clad) to appease the
> Ulemahs! What
> a shame.
>
>
>
> I will respond to Mr. M. Rahman's inanities through which he
backed the
> beleaguered editor's insane pleas to Islamists in Dhaka .
>
>
>
> Mr. Rahman's remarks will be kept intact to reflect his pro-
government and
> pro-editor viewpoint.
>
>
>
> Mr. M. Rahman (MR) wrote:
>
>
>
> <<Matiur Rahman, the editor of the Prothom Alo, has come under
heavy
> criticism from the liberal quarters for sitting with the Ulamahs,
leaders of
> the Islamic community, seeking truce. Alternatively he could
protest the
> agitation caused by the cartoon, take an unswerving stance and risk
> vandalization of the Prothom Alo office and life of the working
journalists.
> On Saturday, we saw on TV how a section of labourers threw the
entire
> Tejgaon industrial area into deadly panic through violence,
vandalism and
> rampage. The owners of the factories helplessly watched their
valuable
> property being target of vicious attack for reasons notknown to
anyone.
> Matiur Rahman pre-empted such a rowdy encounter. Matiur Rahman
did not bow
> down to religion, he neutralized the power of the people, although
in this
> case religious people. What could the government do? Could
government really
> protect the Prothom Alo and its journalists from the wrath of
Islamic people
> if they went berserk and do whatever they could do ? History says,
> `NO'. Before
> the military could be installed and the fire brigade could reach,
the
> casualty would have been easily wrought. For the first time,
government went
> beyond its normal line of re-action and mediated in order to avoid
a
> destructive situation. Till date, the attempt seems to have been
successful.
> Prevention is better than cure.>>
>
>
>
> Jaffor Ullah (JU) replies as follows:
>
>
>
> What is more important in life Mr. Rahman? A principled stance or
selling
> one's soul to critics to preserve material things? If most human
beings
> start to compromise their ideological stance to eke out material
gains
> (money, tangible things, etc.), then human progress will cease E
not a good
> prospect for humanity. You took the stance of the government when
you
> describe the protest strike by the readymade garments workers in
Tejgaon. The
> poor and toiled workers have legitimate demands but you wiped
their demands
> in one sentence. Go figure out what is their demands rather than
parroting
> the government's line. In your eyes the editor did not bow down
to the
> demands of Islamists. What an erudite opinion of yours! Do you
think that
> all these folks who are rebuking the editor for his reprehensible
act to sit
> in a *"Towba" session with the Islamists are all wrong?
The "Towba" session
> is the end of the intellectual life of Matiur Rahman. Lest you've
> forgotten, the "Towba" session is performed as the last act when a
person is
> about to die. While the editor, Matiur Rahman, may physically
exist in **
> Dhaka** but his intellectual life is all finished. The head
Maulana of **
> Bangladesh** had already performed the last "Towba" rite for the
> intellectual rite of the editor, which was printed in all leading
newspapers
> in **Bangladesh** .* Mr. M. Rahman talks about prevention
of "Mal" Egoods,
> material things. How about the prevention of the loss of
intellectualism? The
> editor has simply sold his soul to devil in a Faustian way!
>
>
>
> MR wrote:
>
> <<Yes, evidently, the present administration as well as the
Prothom Alo
> management were scared to death that anything could happen in this
country.
> What are we? We lynch people, gouge out eyes, beat people to
> death right on the street. We, not the police, nor the military.
We, the
> general people. Those who know the people of Bangladesh dare not
mess with
> people.>>
>
>
>
> JU replies as follows:
>
>
>
> I refuse to believe that the editor was scared stiff and feared
for his
> life. It is the compromise that he made with the bearded and
corpulent
> Mullahs scared us all. These days it is the RAB, military, joint
forces,
> etc., which our folks in Bangladesh are scared of. Mullahs could
fuss and
> fret but their limit is the Mosque, in this case the National
Mosque, *Baitul
> Mukarram*, which has a dirty old secret known only to people who
lived in
> the 1950s in Dhaka . I was a young boy but I saw how that mosque
was built
> with the connivance of a few people in Segun Bagicha. I will
spill the
> beans soon.
>
>
>
> MR wrote:
>
>
>
> <<Reputation. It matters. In order to understand the social
realities of
> Bangladesh , one better start with what `power' means. It is not
only the
> capability to wreck [sic] havoc. Ordinary people are reputed for
wrecking
> [sic] havoc and that has nothing to do with Islam's concepts of
tolerance
> and compassion. It is seriously misleading to forget what people
can do when
> they turn into a mob.>>
>
>
>
> JU replies as follows:
>
>
>
> Mr. M. Rahman, brush up your English before writing anymore of
your comments
> in this forum. The word is "wreak" and not wreck when the context
is
> "havoc." The mob is dangerous but not our ordinary people. You
are a
> confused soul, to say the least. You seem to have problem
differentiating
> between the mob guided by politicians or Mullahs and ordinary
people. But
> at the end you admitted the fact that it is the mob. Who goads
plebian to
> become a mob? If the mob would have torched the *Prothom* *Alo*
building,
> then who would have goaded the mob? Would the police twiddle
their thumbs
> as mob gathered near Kawran Bazaar?
>
>
>
> MR wrote:
>
> <<There are many around us who endure the mob in the name of
democratic
> right. When political programme kills people, burns property and
takes
> breath out our life, they attribute it to `people', and not to
politicians
> who design and launch aggressive political programme, fully
knowing what
> could be entailed thereby.>>
>
>
>
> JU replies:
>
>
>
> You cannot say that there should not be any protest session since
you fear
> that the protesters may become a mob. The root cause of
protestation should
> be known. If one group oppresses the other group only then people
assemble
> to protest. Do not please throw the baby with the bath water.
>
>
>
> MR wrote:
>
> <<It is dualism to call upon Islamic leaders to protest Laden's
activity
> while protesting a peace meeting of Matiur Rahman with `mullahs',
apparently
> peddled by the government that is naturally anxious for maintain
law and
> order. Order first. What is use of trying a killer? Better prevent
a
> murder.>>
>
>
>
> JU replies:
>
>
>
> You've an audacity to label the meeting of the editor of *Prothom
Alo* with
> the Khatib and his gangs of Maulanas Ea Peace Meeting. Did I
hear it
> right? In my eyes it was a Faustian meeting in which like Faust
Mr. Matiur
> Rahman, the editor, sold his very soul to the Ulemas. A person's
lifetime
> belief, stance, etc. are like his or her soul. The editor is a
soulless and
> unprincipled person and please make no mistake about it.
>
>
>
> MR wrote:
>
> <<I am not very sure who is damaging whom. If there is anything
recognized
> as religious sentiment, then that must be respected. If society
counts
> freedom of expression above all, then it is no longer necessary to
call for
> respect for religious sentiment. Bangladesh , after all, is a
society that
> DOES NOT as yet seek unconditional freedom of expression. Prothom
Alo's
> Matiur Rahman and people in today's government both appear to be
well aware
> of the nature of the people in general and took the right steps to
avert any
> untoward incident. They handled the situation pretty well. So far
so good.>>
>
> <<Matiur Rahman>>
>
>
>
> JU replies as follows:
>
>
>
> In the entire world only Muslims have "religious sentiments." How
about
> other religionists, Mr. M. Rahman? When Bollywood movies poke fun
at Hindu
> scriptures or western media make fun out of Christian
fundamentalists by
> quoting the inanities of Bible or Jesus' encounter with Mary
Magdalene (a
> repentant prostitute), then the "religious sentiments" of the
entire
> Christendom is not disturbed. I guess the Muslim folks are a
special kind.
> Bangladesh should be turned into a theocratic regime (if it has
not already
> become so) and only the people could be round up for critiquing
Islamic
> scriptures and the act of the prophet. This nation has already
become a
> parochial nation. The recent example of government's
representative
> visiting the Khatib's office to ask for forgiveness of
a "respected" editor
> is a glaring one. The Islamists of Bangladesh are far more
powerful one in
> Bangladesh than Pakistan . Iran has their "Guardian Council" and
> Bangladeshhas their Khatib and his well-fed and corpulent Mullahs.
> Please view the photograph and you will see that the Ulemas are
well-fed and
> the editor looks like an emaciated goat. Mainul Hosein in an
Islamic garb
> looks more like a Mullah than a western educated person. In my
book the
> government mishandled the entire episode. Not a single Mullah
were arrested
> on Jumma Day when they violated the Emergency Rule by bringing a
procession
> but when the University Students and their sympathizers took to
the streets,
> an inordinate number of people were arrested right away. Talk
about the
> double standard of the military-backed government! This
government is very
> strict with the students and political parties but is in cahoots
with the
> Jamaatis and Mullahs. Again, make no mistake about it
>
>
>
> Source:
>
> *http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/mukto-
mona/message/44016*<http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mukto-
mona/message/44016>
>
> Also read:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/mukto- mona/message/ 44006
>
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