08-29-2011, 01:19 AM
[quote name='Capt Manoj Singh' date='29 August 2011 - 02:56 AM' timestamp='1314566297' post='112635']
I believe clippings from someone's personal blog that is solely directed to smear a good cause is to be treated with caution. One interesting point does however emerge. Are the NGO's obliged to declare their sources of funds to everyone? I should imagine they would be required to declare their funds to the tax man but not necessarily make an universal declaration. Any comments Guys/Gals?
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Dear Capt Manoj Singhji,
First of all re: my posting that referred to Janamejayan's weblog. Sir, I find that this weblog posted both sides in many of its postings. This blog has been in the forefront in posting all the corruptions indulged by Sonia and her Congress for the last few years and therefore I thought it has the worthy credential. Also I myself have shared your glee in congratulating Anna, not as his fan but giving my reasons.
Secondly when you have written under the thread 'corruption watch': "How can one be assured of the legitimacy of the information?", to which I replied "Legitimacy of the info? Ask Ford Foundation to deny it!" Clearly you did not want to ask Ford Foundation or verify in any other way because, in the earlier posting under this thread you wanted to maintain: "We as observers do not know the authenticity of the information nor the intentions of the funding company so why speculate or give in to smearing campaign." So I posted the fact that someone has obtained the information under the RTI and obtained the fact that it had received funding from various sources, including the controversial Michigan (United States)-based Ford Foundation.
Sir, did it occur to you to question as to why would Ford Foundation finance someone in India and what is its motive and benefit in such funding? You clearly did not. So was the reason for my posting that referred to Sandhya Jain's article: "Lokpal: A neo-con leech". I was hoping it would enlighten you on what you missed. Now you are advising the readers that it is a smear campaign and they should treat this with caution. This is quite unfortunate. However, you indeed have the right to caution others standing by your point of view however faulty it is. So much so I too would like to inform people to NOT get carried away by appearance but know the actors and their motives. So here is another article that I would like people including you to read:
[url="http://janamejayan.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/anna-hazare%e2%80%99s-jan-lokpal-a-puppet-on-a-string/"][size="5"]Anna Hazareââ¬â¢s Jan LokPal: A Puppet on a string?[/size][/url]
I believe clippings from someone's personal blog that is solely directed to smear a good cause is to be treated with caution. One interesting point does however emerge. Are the NGO's obliged to declare their sources of funds to everyone? I should imagine they would be required to declare their funds to the tax man but not necessarily make an universal declaration. Any comments Guys/Gals?
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Dear Capt Manoj Singhji,
First of all re: my posting that referred to Janamejayan's weblog. Sir, I find that this weblog posted both sides in many of its postings. This blog has been in the forefront in posting all the corruptions indulged by Sonia and her Congress for the last few years and therefore I thought it has the worthy credential. Also I myself have shared your glee in congratulating Anna, not as his fan but giving my reasons.
Secondly when you have written under the thread 'corruption watch': "How can one be assured of the legitimacy of the information?", to which I replied "Legitimacy of the info? Ask Ford Foundation to deny it!" Clearly you did not want to ask Ford Foundation or verify in any other way because, in the earlier posting under this thread you wanted to maintain: "We as observers do not know the authenticity of the information nor the intentions of the funding company so why speculate or give in to smearing campaign." So I posted the fact that someone has obtained the information under the RTI and obtained the fact that it had received funding from various sources, including the controversial Michigan (United States)-based Ford Foundation.
Sir, did it occur to you to question as to why would Ford Foundation finance someone in India and what is its motive and benefit in such funding? You clearly did not. So was the reason for my posting that referred to Sandhya Jain's article: "Lokpal: A neo-con leech". I was hoping it would enlighten you on what you missed. Now you are advising the readers that it is a smear campaign and they should treat this with caution. This is quite unfortunate. However, you indeed have the right to caution others standing by your point of view however faulty it is. So much so I too would like to inform people to NOT get carried away by appearance but know the actors and their motives. So here is another article that I would like people including you to read:
[url="http://janamejayan.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/anna-hazare%e2%80%99s-jan-lokpal-a-puppet-on-a-string/"][size="5"]Anna Hazareââ¬â¢s Jan LokPal: A Puppet on a string?[/size][/url]