Mr.Joseph Kurumkulathil. If we can bargain for the imprisonment of Anand Jon or Vikram Buddhi with the conviction of the two Italians then we gain something out of this pursuing of the case. I don't agree with the concept that someone else is doing something wrong and so we too should do like that. Incidentally I am for releasing Kasab if we can get Sarbajit released. We save the life of Sarbajit and by killing Kasab we don't gain anything other than the macabre satisfaction that justice has been done. The shooting of the fishermen was done by mistake. I agree they should have been more careful when shooting someone. But just by convicting them do we get anything other than mental satisfaction while we loose relation with another country. And whatever is said and done the families were well compensated with what the fishermen could have hoped to give them. I am not pricing the life lost. Only from the practical point of view. If Italy had not given that money how much do you expect the poor families to get? They got five lakhs from the government of Kerala and nothing much they can expect. I may look callous when I put a price on life. I am telling a fact. If the fishermen had died in a boat mishap in mid sea what they would have got? In some ways the concept of sharia to pay blood money is more apt than punishing on the principle of 'an eye for an eye'. And what compensation the poor get when police fire at crowds for one reason or other. Has not many fishermen died due to police firing. Has any policemen punished for those acts? Did the government pay any compensation to the victims? What has happened to the Adivasis of Muthanga? Here it happened to be two whites and the whole Kerala are up in arms. It is nothing but hypocrisy.
Forget killing, Anand Jon is in a US jail based on a questionable conviction and we cannot even consider our PM bringing this up in any mutual dialogue. Another Indian, Vikram Buddhi, is in jail for allegedly sending hate mails and he was released and jailed with impunity for not having a visa which was confiscated by the same authorities that jailed him for not having it. The Italian Marines will soon be released. Our sympathies should be with the families of the Indian citizens they killed. They would pardon them now that amounts they could only dream of have been exchanged. But that amount should be as pardon from the death penalty and not as pardon to be released. An Indian committing a similar offence in the western world would have a lifetime of jail ahead of him. Or maybe only 59 years like Anand Jon. The Guptan Vemboor's of this world need to get an analysis of their conscience.
Mr.Soman. I am not telling that there should not be a proper trial. There should be. But need not make this much hype on this case. This is not the first time so many innocents have died. There is nothing special. Why bail could not be given on some silly reasons? Not only in this case. Our jails are full of undertrials whose crime in many cases is so petty that they spent more time in jail as undertrials than they would have been convicted for the crime they are accused with. It is very cruel thing. In this case let them be released on bail if Italian Government takes responsibility. And before proceeding with the case first let the case of jurisdiction be settled. Which country is suppose to take action. Just telling it is we who should try the offenders is not enough. Let a court conclusively pronounce it. I know I am not talking like the ones who have been commenting. And I have told whatever is right to my conscience. Just because I am an Indian I will not side with whatever India do if it is against my conscience.
Dear Mr. Guptan, This is seriously not a common shooting case, here two poor fishermen have died for no reason. It is very disheartning to know that ppl like you claim to be Indians and not care about your fellow country men. They should be tried in a fair way based on international laws. Thats true do we have single neighbour who is riendly with us??...that is what we all care about,,,others,,,not us!!!!!!!
This is not just a common shooting case where some rowdies have shot and killed two persons. Here nationals of two countries are involved. At least now for the sake of not spoiling relation between India and Italy it will be better the two Marines are released on bail on guarantee by the Italian Government that they will be produced for trial. When a government of a country take responsibility to produce the accused for trial, not to release them on bail on some silly reasons is ridiculous. Mean while the dispute which country should try the marines should be settled. India and the public in Kerala are behaving like a braggart. Indian psyche itself is that of a braggart. Do we have a single neighbour who is friendly with us?
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