[PEN-L:1819] Re: SHOCKING NEWS: INDIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED MASS MURDER

[Jim Jaszewski <jjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Pauline Chakravartty wrote:

> Gandhi. The bourgeois bastards who rule Calcutta are Marxists. Calcutta is
> in West Bengal, which has been ruled by the CPI(M), a Marxist-Leninist
> party which has been in power for over 20 years. Calcutta is not
> necessarily an easy place to live in, in Western standards, but it is a
> very political city, with freedom of the press, particularly on the left,
> with wider parameters than in this country, so I somehow doubt that this
> story didn't make it to the Indian presses.

	I'm sure glad I added a disclaimer!

	Isn't it still possible that this might've been kept from the
state government by the military (unlikely for sure)?


> I don't know if John Waterman is the best source for news in this context.

	The report is supposedly in Time Magazine -- not the best source
for the Truth, that's for sure!  Since you've never heard of this, I'll
have to check back with the original programmer and see that he
double-checks HIS source...


> >From the black hole of Madison, WI.

	Gee, and I always thought Madison was such a _nice_ place!  :>

	Thanx for giving me the benefit of your experience.



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