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Thank you for that Bharani. The LUG constantly surprises me with it's  
depth of informed and intelligent members.

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On 30 Jun 2011, at 02:25, scleroplex wrote:

> greetings!
> it is wrong to always assume good faith intentions behind official  
> policies.
>
> not only has photography by civilians in train stations been  
> prohibited by
> the current government,
> so has photography on any and all beaches in Mumbai.
>
> why?
>
> because having civilians taking photographs may be inconvenient in  
> case an
> official story has to be cooked up.
> it would not do to have photographic evidence by numerous random  
> people
> contradicting the official facts.
>
> the banning of photos along Mumbai's beaches is particularly  
> relevant here
> as numerous people along those very beaches
> identified numerous people in the days leading up to the 2008 attack  
> on
> Mumbai as suspicious and actually had photos of them.
> and reported them to the Coast Guard as well as Mumbai police.
>
> this led to numerous questions as to why the relevant authorities  
> had not
> taken steps to prevent the Mumbai attacks.
>
> there were at least 10 local people in Mumbai who were photographed by
> civilians recce-ing the future landing zones on behalf of the Islamic
> terrorists who eventually invaded those same beaches.
> these people have not been arrested or brought to trial.
> these were identified as henchmen of a notorious Mafia don called  
> Dawood
> Ibrahim who is currently in Karachi.
>
> it will come as no surprise to Luggers therefore that the Minister  
> of Home
> Affairs, responsible for Mumbai's security in 2008,
> is back in that very same post.
> his first response to the attacks of 2008 was "in large cities, such  
> small
> accidents do happen".
>
> this same Minister was later photographed, yes photographed,  
> conferring with
> aides of Dawood Ibrahim,
> one of whom was later arrested for a terrorist attack in a different  
> Indian
> state.
>
> see
> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rr-patils-underworld-connections/131936-37.html?from=tn
>
>
> the next time around, there will be no civilians taking inconvenient
> photos.
>
> when you have a government that clearly does not care about the  
> citizenry,
> such prohibitions are inevitable.
>
> it is important to recognize this obvious lack of care, rather than  
> try
> explaining it away as some bureaucratic snafu or stupid paranoia.
>
> this prohibition is not an accident.
> it is deliberate deliberate policy.
>
> regards,
> bharani
>