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India is planning to amend laws. A Standing Committee on Home Affairs has invited suggestion onthe Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill,2012. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill,2012 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha ,and pending therein. It has been referred to Department-related Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Home Affairs,for examination and report. The Bill seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code,1860,the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973,and the Indian Evidence Act,1872. The Bill provides for: - (1) making the offence of sexual assault gender neutral and also widening the scope of the offence of sexual assault;
(ii) making acid attack a specific offence;
(iii) making the punishment for offence more stringent;
(iv)providing women and male person under the age of eighteen years or above the age of sixy-five years more protections; and
(v) providing that the evidence of the character of the victim or of his or her previous sexual experience shall not be relevant or questioned.
If the victim is dead,and the parents or the family have no objection to making the name public,the name of the victim can be made public,and the trial can be made public. This is the amendment needed in the existing laws.
Another one of these bus rapes occurred today. I am starting to think the solution is to issue a concealed carry permit to every woman in Northern India. Also firearms training.
India is ripe for revolution. No amount of tweaking here and there on a systemically bad social & economic structure will do anymore. India has to gut some of their wicked social institutions, and empower most of their disenfranchised (3/4 of the population), genuinely making them the master of India's destiny. Old hierarchies have to come down to give way to the new rulemaking elite. Pervert religious practices should be banned. In fact, some religions should be contained if it does not espouse universal upliftment.
Otherwise, what we've been witnessing the last 65 years under India's nominal democratic independence will remain a cruel hoax for the majority of India's lower classes. What was needed was something to really shake things up and shock everybody. Well, we've got it.
When votes get monetized, right under the watchful eyes of Election Commission (yes, the going rate is 2,500 for parliament elections, and ~500 for state assembly AFAIK) then a much bigger shock, or extremely concerted efforts will push us over.
To your point about tweaks, I agree women's groups are shooting themselves in the foot by demanding death penalty without fundamental changes - all that will happen is after raping, women will be killed, if the justice system (police and courts) continue to be as slow-acting and partisan as they are today.
Already victims were killed after being raped in 2 incidents in Noida and UP since the demand.
India is ripe for revolution. No amount of tweaking here and there on a systemically bad social & economic structure will do anymore. India has to gut some of their wicked social institutions and empower most of their disenfranchised (3/4 of the population), genuinely making them the master of India's destiny. Old hierarchies have to come down to give way to the new rulemaking elite. Pervert religious practices should be banned. In fact, some religions should be contained if it does not espouse universal upliftment.
Otherwise, what we've been witnessing the last 65 years under India's nominal democratic independence will remain a cruel hoax for the majority of India's lower classes. What was needed was something to really shake things up and shock everybody. Well, we've got it.
Rapes are regular occurrences in rural India. Oftentimes it's inflicted by the upper castes on the disenfranchised Dalits, or the lower castes. We hardly ever hear about such crimes in the Western press for some inexcusable reason. This time, it's the bad boys from poor families, exacting revenge on the upper classes, and all of a sudden it's headline news here. (Altho I must admit TE has been soooo slow in reporting this event. Maybe they're protecting some people. Bloomberg radio was on top of this news since Dec 15, repeating the message 3, or 4 times an hour.)
Remember "Bandit Queen", a 1994 film based on the tragic-filled life of Phoolan Devi, an under age bride from lower caste who rebelled against her abusive marriage and generally miserable status in life.
For her rebelliousness, she was 'taught' a lesson by the upper caste ruling elite class in the village, who ganged rape her in front of others. When she couldn't get justice for these heinous acts against her, she turned to crime herself and became a bandit leader. In end, she exacted revenge on her tormentors, and their entire clan.
Despite flick like this and endless reams of news accts to raise awareness of the ills of rape and child brides, this social scourge still persists. It's still widespread, torturing millions of Indian girls, whose only crime is being born poor and Indian.
How come? The RSS leader told Rape happens in India, which the developed parts of India not in Bharat, the rural India. Is he misinformed?
True, this subcontinent has serious legacy issues. Also true that had the rape happened in a SUV, not a bus by 6 'white tigers', we may never have come to know of all the details. After all, the cold-blooded murder of Jessica Lall, Naina, Geethika by the criminal-politicians have just not been punished years later, as have DUI death cases by Nanda and Khan.
So much so for equality under law. That's why I say India is soon going to be a 'failed state' if it continues being run by incompetent and criminals politicians who lie and cheat their own people and country. What can you expect from such a leadership? It needs to be changed before any good can even be contemplated.
As time goes by, some of the sceptical remarks are proving true - the government has allowed 2 to turn witnesses, and take lighter punishments in return, another is treated as 'juvenile' as he is 4 months away from magic age of 18 years.
Moral of the story? Pinning hopes on plodders who can only follow dusty rulebooks their erstwhile Masters wrote 100 years ago is misplaced. Common sense, initiative, integrity and passion for delivering justice are as missing from Indian Police as Judiciary - most simply push paperwork mindlessly to get their paychecks, and lie in wait for the occasional unsuspecting victim to make a 'kill', so what if it is blood money.
Indians, educated or not, behave little better than animals at the best of times, and worse sometimes. An example, I was travelling by train in India a few years ago which met with an accident. Around a 100 passengers died, ~300 were injured. Just after the crash, I saw hordes of villagers coming near. While a few did try to help, many were robbing the dead and the dying, and most were just gaping. This continued for ~3 hours till the government personnel arrived. Mercifully, they started rescuing people, but did'nt stop the looting. Also some important-looking people didn't even look at the victims, just started moving the broken train parts lying all over. I came to know later this is done routinely to pin the cause on terrorists, nature etc.
Do you see parallels with the incidents that were reported in the weeks following? Rape and murder of another employee at NOIDA, Delhi, mutilation of 2 soldiers patrolling the border by Pakistanis.
This is no exception - this is normal India. No human values in people as also the Government. Rather than responding to others' in dire need, we want to benefit from their helplessness, and the so-called socialist government shrugs off it's responsibility, raising empty rhetoric or offering lame excuses.
I shudder to think what our future generations will be like, being brought up on such foundations.
Many Thanks. I share your fears regarding future generations.
But many times, looking at poor and down trodden all around us and looking at abject poverty which infests every part of this country; I hear a voice in my head saying whether these people really had a chance at life.
I don't recall where I read it, it was a story about why; in Africa; efforts to engage locals for elephant conservation (from poachers for their tusk) have fallen flat. It concluded that you simply can't convince a farmer not to accept USD 5 for assisting in poacher for killing the mammals while his own son dies of hunger. When time comes to make a choice between saving elephant for future generations and next meal for his family. Humans, invariably tend to choose latter.
It's my personal feel that this desperation of survival is what drove those village people to search for valuable amongst dead rather than helping those who were still alive.
Do we have a way out? Can this country be saved?
All dependens on your point of view... One other point of view: Poor Indian villagers has been exploited for millenia... LIVING people they are! They, in your accident case, are making robbery to DEAD people. They do not have the "education" and "laws" to exploit others. They only can robber the dead. What is the difference? Robbery happens in all societies, no exception... The only difference is that in some cases, many, the robbery is under the law limits, while the other is out of the law. But robbery is robbery elsewhere, in any case...
Where hope dies, people perish. But the rising pessimism and scepticism, within a decade of 'India Shining' shows the trends are negative, and not changed easily. Has it been done? Yes, at 2 states - Modi's Gujarat and Nitish's Bihar, although they took different paths. I personally feel Modi's path is faster and more sustainable in the long term.
The root cause is :
(a) Societies values change through social/religious institutions, justice delivery can only support this change, not make it happen. In India, after Vivekanand and Gandhi, no great minds came into social/religious space, only questionable 'babas'. Why? Government controls and impoverishes Hindu religious centres (see this http://satyameva-jayate.org/2013/01/07/secular-loot-temple-govt-control/) turning away independent thinkers.
(b)Criminalization of politics made the situation worse, bringing crime into mainstream public value system, and made the government defunct. Economic reforms only made this aspect worse, as stakes for the unholy alliance went up.
For both, the first family is squarely to blame (Nehru (17 yrs as PM), Indira (11), Rajiv(4), Sonia(8)) who 'ruled' for 40 of the 65 years, with disastrous internal and external policies. They craved 'power' yet never took accountability for massive failures internally (poverty, corruption) as well as externally (3 major wars, a friendless India because of NAM)
So, I believe a surgery is needed to remove the cancer, and then progressive Hindus/Muslims/Sikhs/Christians can start working, without being derailed/drafted by criminal-politicians.
Many honest people, kept out today because votes are bought, like Modi, Nitish, Anna, Singh and Kejriwal who are for transparency and decentralization should be brought in to work together to breaking this nexus through legislative and administrative changes to return India to the right track. It will take resolve and hard work, but the direction can change within 2-3 years.
The reduced government corruption will replace the scepticism in people, and force government agencies to function properly not as hit-and-run agencies, and the communities can start resolving age-old issues, and improving well-being of their people.
India can only do this by collaborating massively -NGO's, people, as the rot is deep and a recovery difficult. It will get less likely with time. It's a tough do, in a country where millions of voters have no access to info, except vested interests, about how their votes are being traded, and what consequences arise from it. I have volunteered in 2 elections, and was shocked at how people are herded into voting for dominant candidates. Makes a change difficult. What do you think?
No, the assumption is incorrect. I thought I would spare the gore - maybe 20 men wielding knives cut fingers and ears for gold, tugged off necklaces, and they were shouting out their scores to each other. The apathy if the group to inhuman behaviour was extremely disturbing. This wasn't money on offer to help kill an animal.
Sir, I clarified as I avoided the gory details in my 1st post. Still think it was merry robbers?. You think such people wont rape if they get a chance? The problem is we have a strong fiefdom approach and brutalize the bottom of the food chain in our society (children, women, infirm) - cant expect a civil society in this power-play.
so okay !!!
There are a lot of people who hate what has happened.
Are we going to keep this message loud and clear in the minds of people ???? for at least 2 years ??
IT TAKES 18 months to 2 years FOR PEOPLE TO CHANGE HABITS.!!!!!
So let us find every incidence to keep the message uppermost in people's minds
Even if it means, for us forigners, to go to your local Indian High Commission/ Counsellar General/ embassy and demonstrating when every one else starts to forget.
Even though we live overseas - we can have an effect as long as we continue acting on it.
** I have pasted the letter below because I have found why India has a problem such as this.
guest-ljoaaaoin reply to Bharat ppJan 10th, 13:35
I am an Indian man I don't accept any of your so-called blame. Speak for yourself.
I have lived an honorable life. I have never abused any women or leered at her or taken anyone for granted. My mother and father brought me up well and my culture taught me to respect all humankind.
What this man is saying to me is that I am NOT going to stand up and be counted !!!
He is saying :: I am a good BUT SILENT PERSON!!
He is saying that in Delhi I would stay silent - because I am bought up well by my parents.
So you think I have not been brought up well by my parents???
At least they made me think - I know that these type of problems arise because some "well Brought up" people stay silent and look away.
I thought the Police also did that !!! They stayed silent and looked away !!!
FROM DAWN NEWS this morning ::
QUETTA: Four bomb explosions took place in the provincial capital on late Thurday, leaving at least 70 people dead and 120 others injured, DawnNews reported.
It seems that those SUNNIS over there really hate The Shias.
Any chance to kill them off !!!!!
NAMO should exploit this hatred !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is what happens when 'GOOD' People stay silent !!!
Bharat pp,
I agree and second what you posted. Thanks for posting letter from "guest-ljoaaaoin". Incidentally, I had a long drawn interaction with this member a couple of days back till that time he was posting as "guest-ljoaaao".
Despite all my efforts to remain civilised and strike a meaningful conversation this apparently well raised gentleman kept abusing me, calling me names, moron, low IQ, Dog etc.
Finally, I realised he was a basket case and then I reported his comments to moderator. Result? All his comments were deleted and after that he was really furious. You can still find some on page 6-7 of this forum though.
Apparently, you have highlighted exact problem these "decent well brought up" Indian Men suffer from. They will not speak for vulnerable and weak of society. Their parents taught them to make a good life for themselves, get a degree ( preferably an engineering), marry an equitable female arranged by their parents, have kids , build a nest egg and look away while a majority of population keeps suffering.
You are wasting your time in talking to them. They are not the beacon of change. Typical middle class of India that they are, subject of countless Bollywood films, utterly selfish, pretending all is well all the while living in fool's paradise.
My friend, I have seen them on my way to work; way too often – they are "bay area techie", pride of their folks back home, so much for the "well raised honourable Indian Men'.
Thanks for your post.
No, I am not being silent. I am being as vocal as anyone else. Only difference is I am not taking any blame for this as you are. I objected to you taking the blame on the behalf of all Indian men. If you had said 'I' take the blame I would not have corrected you. Because you said 'we' and included all of us Indian men, I said I am not sharing any of the blame for it.
Now if you want to share the blame for the rape, be an honorable man and hand over yourself to the police and take the punishment you deserve, you rapist! Act honorably instead of sitting here like a coward.
Now is the time to do Mahoorat for India.Consult Jootshis for Name change to Bharat,Maha Bharat or Akhand bharat....well, do it right now before it is too late... as Bombay to Mumbai.It was Bollywood that conquered PakiNation's hearts and minds.Targeting Nuclear Missiles at China and Pakistan is dated game of cold war era,cold storage it to feed the poor and hungery of Hindustan...
I don't think that you are blameless.
In fact you are being ridiculous. Unless you have spoken up and very loudly as well as continuously about this then you are probably our real problem.
And if you have spoken up about it - THEN why have we still got a problem ???
And when you tell us that you are well brought up - THat is incredulously.
Who judges that ???
Who cares???
why would any one care, when all you have done all your life is sit around and boast about how well you have been brought up.
Well my friend, in a good world, a well brought man ( and only if you are well brought up) accepts that the buck stops at him - NOT with someone else.
Then He/She does something about it.
Well brought people do not nee to boast about it. They try and leave a world much better then they found it.
You protestations tell me that, you discard all responsibility from your self, and hence do nothing.
That you are above all this affray.
Incidentally - Why would you think that the rest of us Do not consider ourselves as 'Well Brought Up'???
I judge myself to be "WELL BROUGHT UP' - in fact ridiculously so.
Sorry - but every man is responsible as long as this continues.
Ah Inshai !!
Well I will consider your advice.
What is Mahoorat???
TEll me - What would they do if a woman in Pakistan or Dubai complained about a rape?
actually these days the court system is the Pakistani Taliban. What would those stone age people do this woman???
What would the sharia court require ?
Would you be allowed as a witness?
WOuld you even consider being a witness.
And if they dismiss her accusation because all the witnesses are Hindu ( If there are any left in Pakistan) would they accuse her of infidelity ????
Last question.
what did they do that woman in Iran accused of infidelity???
INSHAI - Only Masochists Pakistanis comment here!!And don't you just feel sorry for yourself? that the women in India are allowed to complain ??????????
Mahoorat... ummm
Mahoorat HMMMM.
Mahoo pissing rat???
Mahoorat... ummm
Mahoorat HMMMM.
Mahoo pissing rat???
Now if you want to share the blame for the rape, be an honorable man and hand over yourself to the police and take the punishment you deserve, you rapist
Features of a 'well bought up man'
Incidentally - I did hand myself over to the police. Those corrupt people actually wanted evidence.
Can you believe it ????
They also said they were 'WELL BROUGHT UP"
@Bharat pp, Is that a good news to share for justification of what has happened in the road of New Delhi?
Bharat pp, a foreigner? I agree with your approach, but remember this and other rapes are only one of the symptoms of the disease must be cured early, or other worse diseases likely.
If our apathy and infighting continues (much to the delight of our 'rulers' party) I think India will have true story movies 500 times more horrifying than 'City of God' and win Oscars for them. If you haven't seen the movie, and are'nt squeamish, get a preview of what lies ahead for us.
Horrible Law Enforcement in India
Two mass movements have taken place in last year: One pertained to transparency to eliminate corruption and another to give security to women. Both are barking up the wrong tree as what they are asking and what the government is offering is absurd new or changes in laws. This is not only carrying the process long enough till the public memory loses its track. Lok pal bill has suffered this indifference for last more than forty years. Our country is fact is over legislated country and there are too many laws and too many violations. Take the example of a driver who is covered by MV Act , shops and establishment act , factory act and so many law civil and criminal. In fact there is a movement in labour laws that there should be simplification and reduction of redundant laws. Till recently we had the law that an employee should be paid in coins. The entire position can be summed up as too many laws and too little enforcement.
The role of the Police during British Raj was to suppress dissent and preserve the Raj which after independence should have changed to protect and implement constitutional laws. But instead of professionally and diligently implementing the law Police has been protecting the establishment and helping political power to sustain their interests. The professionalism in Police has gone down due to their dependence on whimsical political decisions and transfers which need the personnel to pay obeisance to the masters. The independent and professional enforcement of law is the greatest casualty.
There are cases where woman going to police station fo enquire about her husband is raped in the police station itself, or if a woman is refused FIR for rape she commits suicide. Even in Delhi rape case if the police had taken seriously the report of the man who was first mugged by the gang they would have followed up and nabbed the criminals before the crime. It is reported that their gang was operating on regular basis then why they did not notice it?
Police badly needs to change its perception of its role and ensure strict law enforcement rather than securing only some VVIPs and taking citizens lightly. I have argued time and again that the Police should work on securing the city model rather than securing VIPs first and then doing a little bit for others. If cities are secure VIPs are automatically secure. Second major shift in police attitude required is to fix accountability. Crime takes place and no one is accountable for increase of crime or shoddy investigations. Top heads should roll in case of serious cases. I have pleaded for another change – that is to change from present constable centred model to educated officer centred model. We should have more women who specially trained and educated in the force rather than semi literate women contestable. Government will go on making committees and hit the basis of effective governance. Jyoti has lit the candle which is inextinguishable without solid action.
The treatment of women is appalling in India especially because according to Hinduism women are considered to be "mothers" and "devis" (meaning goddesses). However it is tragic to see how reverence for goddesses (depicted as women) in Hinduism is not emulated in society. The Indian government and society needs to take stronger measures against sexual harrassment, rape and equality for women.The ill-treatment of women is not unique to the Indian culture but is a global phenomenon- a global patriarchal culture!
I am an Indian woman in South Africa and violence against women - is prevalent in South Africa too- but I 'd like to believe that women in SA have legal recourse. The system always needs improvement and doesn't have solutions for the Francis Rasuge's, the Anni Dewani's, the Ina Bonnett's and the countless of women are raped and murdered whose stories never make the light of day. Just recently I read about Maria Santos Gorrostieta a Mexican mayor who was murdered and Marita Veron a 23 year old Argentinian women who was kidnapped and forced into the sex slave trade. A global campaign against violence against women must be launched- governments must address issue!
These acts of violence are atrocious and unacceptable and women all over the world need to stand united against such atrocities to beat the drum violently to demonstrate unequivocal objection and abhorrence for this treatment!!!
Frankly, I am not sure much is going to change any time soon. The 'superiority' of the Indian male over the female has deep cultural roots. Even in otherwise heathy husband-wife relationships, a majority of Indian husbands speak to their wives using the local equivalent of the French word 'tu' while the wife uses 'vous' - signifying an acceptance of power and respect to the male. Indian cinema is littered with such power equations. They don't happen in isolation. They happen because there are deep cultural roots. And change isn't going to happen in a generation. It will take a couple of hundred years and many more violent gang-rapes for change to happen.
But thank God none of these gang rapes or ill-treatment of women happen in any other country! Right?!
Now that you have clearly demonstrated that you are no doubt a scholar of Indian culture with your astute observation of how Indian men and women address each other, will you also please tell us how many Indians you know? Oh, never mind, why bother when you can watch the movies and learn! Right?! After all, as we all know, the movies are absolutely the best places to learn about any culture! Look at Hollywood movies for example! Mayberry forever!
Those animals in India, the world is better off if we just nuke the whole 1.3 billion of them! Oh wait, let's nuke only the Hindus because that's the people who represent the real culture of India.
I agree, not much changes in India ever, anyway. Not sure if it's because of 5000 years of greatness, or the 2000 years of colonization that did it (I'd like to believe it's the latter, of course) but I don't know.
Thanks for your reply - I understand the emotions behind.
About how many Indians I know/have ever known…I am of Indian origin - lived and grew up in Bombay, Bangalore, Madras and Delhi over the first 35 years that I lived there. The last 13 years…I have lived and worked in different parts of East Asia – and travelled the world extensively.
I was born a Hindu, my ancestors were priests in the court of the Maharaja of Mysore, I studied the scriptures and have been to temples, churches and gurudwaras. I speak/read/write Hindi, Marathi and Kannada, and some Tamil and Telegu. I have loads of very dear friends in India from different religious backgrounds – who I continue to stay close to. I hope that that background enhances my credibility in your eyes.
Professionally, yes, I study cultures and the deeper sub-conscious and have worked with various cultural anthropologists as a professional. The Indian culture may have a lot of history, but India today still is a largely feudal society. With entrenched feudal beliefs about the power-structure between men and women. An
I still stand by my statement about the male-female structure: look at any Bollywood film. I watched Hum Aapke Hain Kaun twice – and cringed at the relationship between Anupam Kher and Reema Lagoo. If that wasn't feudal, I don't know what was.
I hated the fact that my own father and mother addressed each other that way. They were great parents, but clearly the subtext is the man is superior and the woman serves. This is only one aspect of the man-woman structure in large parts of India.
And btw, in case you're wondering what all this has to do with the gang-rape, I hope you know that rape has very little to do with sex – and a lot more to do with power. Indian males are feeling disempowered, disenfranchised by the women – and feeling subconsciously impotent. They blame it on the women. Note that the gang-rape lawyer has started his argument by saying it was the fault of the woman.
The whole thing is just sickening. I can see a huge cultural vacuum – and I say nothing will change is because the shifts in human subconsciousness that are shaped by culture will not change overnight. They take time.
Every culture is shaped by the events of history. It is sad to see how Indians even today lash out at the Brits, the Moghuls, the Persians and everyone else for their problems. There are elements to be proud of, and there are things to be ashamed of. But both just are. Parts of history that cannot be altered.
Exactly! Those sub-humans, slaves and animals! colonized for 2000 years! Right Wonderer? IF only you were around when the Nazis killed off those sub-human jews, you might have cheered and advised the Nazis to kill off these Indians too right?! Good for you. Say some more of what you truly feel about Indians and let them know who are!
Every human relation in India is grossly imbalanced : men-women,mother-in-law- daughter-in-law (sas-bahu, asometimes lethal relationship), employer-employee, owner-tenant, child-adult, bureaucrat-citizen etc...The whole society is built on unequal terms. Anyone trying to confront this risks serious trouble and even may put his life in jeopardy.Changing this will take several générations provided Indians really want it and find brave leaders.
Listen - it is precisely the attitude that you seem to project that is at the heart of these evils India needs to eradicate if the country is to genuinely progress as a society. The faster people drop the blinkers on their eyes and stop being so damn defensive about the problems facing the country, the earlier there will be change. It is pathetic how quickly so many Indians seem to have big problems with the rest of the world - saying the root to every problem are the Persians, Mughals and the Brits. Get over it!
Every country has had varying levels of foreign influence. A culture becomes stronger when it embraces the influence and strengthens its values. Sadly in India - every time I visit the country and talk to a lot of the people I know, I am struck by how much people have become defensive about the culture. There is a lot to be proud of, but equally there is a lot to be ashamed about. Deal with both - with some maturity.
I really think you need to get your head replaced or better still just removed. You are stark staring mad.
our people especially the male species should change their attitude towards women and give us(the women)respect which we deserve. the narrow-minded thinking that girls should not wear this,should not go out,dnt talk to men,stay at home....etc, etc. has to stop right now, the perspective of our society towards rape and other victims must change. guys need to learn that girls are not meant to fulfill their desires.... a real man always gives respect to women. we women are at par with men so we deserve equal respect and dignity. we should help girls who are assaulted etc.... so change your attitude,ask others also,tell and guide people around you to change their attitude and behaviour towards women for a better and safe INDIA.
Two things to consider:
1. On one hand; and as one more citizen, and lawyer, who has defended the values of upholding of the rule of law and enjoying civil liberties, I used to strongly advocate against capital punishment (aka. death penalty), appealing to matters of human rights and the fact that the State isn't 'legitimised' to act as a public "avenger" in order to alleviate or solve social problems... Unfortunately, and with time, I've realized that, in exceptional cases, death penalty should work only as a "necessary evil", for cases to deal with sociopath criminals (no matter their age or social condition) which are mostly unlikely to be reformed and restored into society: I think this is one of them, and the Indian government shouldn't afford to show itself weak enough to let this atrocity be left unchecked, it will be the opportunity for civil servants to show that the rules will be changing for good;
2. It's useless to have nice laws if they won't be enforced, as well it's useless to have liberal values in society if they won't be effectively upheld in the way of life of citizens... What is needed is to change the ways of thinking and shifting paradigms: in this case, to educate males, from their early infancy, into diversity and tolerance, aiming to solve social resentments and, in forward, teaching that the only way to create a prosper society is by changing jails for hospitals, guns for pencils, and electrical fences for trees...
Time to make a stand, be it in the East or the West: "Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding" - Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi
I agree except its not just males who need to be educated. Women are perpertrators of this cultural mysogyny as well which is why daughters in law are mis-treated. Consistency and respect for human beings is the common denominator here.
I fail to see how is it, as you say, that women are perpetrators of cultural mysogyny as well... As far as I'm concerned, both men and women are (or should be) equal in rights and dignity, at least in theory (as Constitutional right), or am I wrong? But probably I'm missing some part of the big picture, or mostly about how is the matter of (in)equity between sexes, lived in India (and other Asian countries)...
AzTeknocrat, so which came first - the egg or the chicken? This kind of arguments can only make your head spin. The reality is the reality - it has to be carefully assessed by social scientists and then the government has to figure how far they are willing to go to make an impact on the society and then go that far. Once you reach there, you again set a new milestone and work towards that - it is not a one shot fixes all.
Casteration of the rapist and Tattooeing the word RAPIST on the forehead could be much more effective than death sentence. What do you think?
Only in Thugistan such heinous crime can happen on the weak & innocent, which proves the level of pevertness amonsgt the Thugs.
The goons who committed the crime will NOT be hanged, one atleast will walk free soon.
Laws of the land are printed on : KLEEN - X
To some of the other people here.
This is not a case of whom or what to blame. If there is blame- it lies on the doorsteps of us males.
We need to be able to see women dressed, half dressed or undressed - and NOT assault them nor pressurise them.
We need to be able to take them as equal or better then us.
We need to temper our feeling of power.
Blaming each other is NOT going to lead us to any solutions.
The problem is low sex ratio plus a recent glut of vulgar movies. Humans are unique among animals in being stimulated for sex visually, other species its smell. Millions of lone frustrated men plus indecent movies/porn is an explosive mix. Unfortunately things are only going to get worse, not better.
If it is going to get worse - then we need to t ry harder and try different solutions.
Most of all we need to continue this protests.
don't let us sit and take this horror... we need to fight it.
Its very difficult (maybe already too late) to make up such a large sex-ratio deficit, will take decades. They must encourage people to have more girls eg. provide free scholarships, affirmative action, grants etc. Also the movies/porn and other provocative factors must be censored. Enforcing the current laws is enough. More draconian laws simply is not going to work and will make the society even more violent. The Korean government has managed to improve their sex-ratio in the past few years, but its getting worse in China, India and the rest of Asia.
if the low sex ratio is the problem then China should have the worst rapes rather than India, if the vulgar movies are the problem then guess who is making the most vulgar porn videos on earth, it's Japan! lol
the low sex ratio in China is because of the one child policy and the silly old Chinese culture that prefers boys over girls, but this culture has been changed tons, we have impressive working women ratio on earth and things will go better or worst in China, very soon the Chinese men will complain about there's not jobs for them, it's already happening in retail industry and hospitals, there are more women than men in retail and hospitals, I guess then we are going to have a protest for men's right in China, lol
"The Korean government has managed to improve their sex-ratio in the past few years, but its getting worse in China, India and the rest of Asia."
then why we don't see the tons of Korean men sexually harass women in pubic transports, but if the worse low sex ratio in China will make you feel better about India's own problem then whatever you please.
The definition of rape in the West is different (eg. consent can be withdrawn anytime, husbands can rape wives) and as mentioned most rape in Asia is not reported due to stigma, poor police & judicial systems etc. Thats why the rape appears more in the West while the reverse is true actually.
We cant believe any statistics form China, its controlled by the government. If they organize protests & demonstrations the government will machine-gun them & run them over with tanks like Tianamen square. Anyway, there is NO chance China will become developed with such a sex-ratio, it will disintegrate. All ready we are hearing much increase of rapes, women abuse, serial killers, knife and axe rampages by frustrated angry men, though the government is trying to pretend everything is normal.
I am an Indian man I don't accept any of your so-called blame. Speak for yourself.
I have lived an honorable life. I have never abused any women or leered at her or taken anyone for granted. My mother and father brought me up well and my culture taught me to respect all humankind.
Sorry your parents were so bad that you feel you are part of this rape. But please don't speak for all men of India or for Indian culture. Culture, parenting or Indian thinking has nothing to do with sub-human acts perpetrated by animals like these. If you want to share the blame for it go ahead, but leave me out of it.
I am an Indian man I don't accept any of your so-called blame. Speak for yourself.
I have lived an honorable life.
Sorry but I cannot live your type of 'BLAMELESS' life.
In fact you are the very essence of some of these problems.
If you are a male - then you have the capability to act - and it is because those males have NOT acted that YOU are to blame just as much as those criminals.
Your doorstep SIR - is where I put the blame !!!!
I will leave you out of it - as long as you stay out of life and India - FOR INACTION !!!!
people who stay silent are the real ones to blame..!!!!
Guest, you are actually a part of the problem, stalking comments with nothing to contribute except your own sense of superiority. Go home and see a psychiatrist -
Bharat, I like your approach, and feel as strongly about this matter as you do. I have seen sexual discrimination is very high in india whether it is government officers, politicians, industrialists or average people.
This power game is not only about some drunk, half-educated criminals - its about all of us. Can we do something? I don't believe ANY legal remedies in india are for real - it's just smoke and mirrors.
What may work is education, helplines, continued social pressure on wrong doers and those in public positions. What do you think?
Growing evidence suggests that in countries like India and China, where the ratio of men to women is unnaturally high due to the selective abortion of female fetuses and neglect of girl children, the rates of violence towards women increase
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50 million female fetuses have been selectively aborted by Indians and this seems the reason today India is the Rapist Nation.
My humble apologies dear Pakistani friend. We,the rapist Indians are indeed ashamed for failing to live up to the high standards set by your country.
Infact, It was very stupid on our part for having brought the capital city to a standstill on a mere rape of a young student, perhaps creating mayhem and issuing death threats/bounties for a youtube video would have helped women's cause better.
We should also learn from Pakistan the art of balancing gender ratio by exporting the young men out of the country on a global holy war. Covering women from head to toe & Shooting school girls should also be introduced as an effective deterrent to stop them venturing out and thus in effect staying away from the clutches of rapist males.
In the end, we have nothing but mercy to ask from Pakistan.
Satire apart, I think atleast the south Asians will have to now (or sometime in near future) stop taking these tit for tat potshots at each other's shameful events/stats. The last time I checked in the region, only Sri Lankans, Maldivians & Bhutanese seem to be doing reasonably OK. All others regularly end up at the bottom of the pile on all kinds of misery indices. So, let us just stop this sadistic low-blow game and get to the task of putting our own homes in order.
Sorry Navin
That was not satire.
That was out and out sarcasm.
at the same time , only the Pakistanis would pick a moment like this to hit out.
I am reproducing one of my old comments on fire of hell published in the Economist.
"I am not sure about hell but living in South Asia differs not from the so called conceptual hell. Rapes, Terrorism, Communal Killings, Religious intolerance, Corruption and Lawlessness all resembles to me like the fire of hell".
So, let us just stop this sadistic low-blow game and get to the task of putting our own homes in order. "Agreed"
only the Pakistanis would pick a moment like this to hit out?
Oh Really!!!
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"...we have nothing but mercy to ask from Pakistan."
This fittingly translates: Bagal Ma Chuhri Moh Ma Ram Ram ! A recent demise of a Pakistan soldier at LOC should also be classed as "mercy"killing.
Yes,you have Hidustani social standards...Saati was an effective method than selective abortions of female fetuses,ensuring redistribution of wealth.
Rich widows who could bribe their way out of being burned alive could have their head shaven regularly by the barbers of loose character....bring back that culture of high standards...
It is very sad to think of the women and young girls who have been raped and murdered in india and we hear nothing of it, but it has taken this recent murder and rape of a middle class girl to bring it to world wide attention. I sincerely hope that this tragic recent case will set a standard for all indian women rich or poor to be shown the respect that they so deeply yearn for. No women anywhere in the world should have to suffer at the hands of men. It has always been a women's movement needed in order to change the way men treat women and once again it has brought the women in India out into the streets in protest at the latest crime. This surely has to be the final straw for these women to be taken seriously and for their governments to sit up and take real notice of womens right's in India. It is long overdue.
Rape is more brutal across West Asia to East Asia because the female sex-ratio is very low. Large scale female infanticide has decimated the population of women. Only Israel & Japan have normal sex-ratios. China has the worst sex ratio. Millions of single, frustrated men causing havoc. Things are only going to get worse, not better, unfortunately.
WOW--- A RACIST comment
So you claim the Jews and Japanese are perfect angels
What a sick joke
Not racism, only facts. No one said the Israelis & Japanese are Angels. Only that they have a normal sex ratio and are the most developed countries in Asia. Its NOT possible for a country to become developed without a normal sex ratio. The rapes, murder & abuse of women is increasing rapidly in China. The government censors & tries to hide the news.
"The rapes, murder & abuse of women is increasing rapidly in China. The government censors & tries to hide the news." are not facts, but facts in India, your distorted words only show how pathetic you and you country and you people are, pathetic creatures living in imagination.
where was going our country its too bad. a woman was rapped in bus on the way ,she was througly to the bus ,in 10 o clock where nobody present ,some vehicles were going on the way ,nobody help them.And the same incident was occured in our home .we have more responsibilities
.after 1 hour 1 vehicle was stopped
Mr. Wudang Wushu and other Chinese on this board should organize protests & demonstrations in Beijing about the tens of millions of girls being killed in China instead of preaching here. Of course the government will machine-gun them & run them over with tanks like in Tianamen square.
Here is your 5 cents for for your anti-China comment
Here is your 5 cents for for your anti-China comment
What a JOKE, you use distorted information to argue with others showing how pathetic you are, just look at your stupid country how many people were killed and murdered by your democratic government, just a few days before, an unpaid meal in your country cause chaotic violence and killed 5 people, interesting.
WUDANG WUSHU reminded me that rape is an international issue.
It is true that this loud protest happened in India, and it certainly makes people like me very happy.
I hope that this will lead to three things happening
(1) Indian Male attitudes will change.
(2) the Supreme court will start to speed up.
There is nothing as inhumane as a slow and costly court process.
(3) It will result in the reining in of Police corruption.
recently 'The Independent' newspaper pointed out, in a comments column, that the UK needs to do some soul searchinh here as well. so why leave Europe, africa, and south and north america out of it?
Some Chinese below, boast that they have no such problems. Does that come out of a bad lack of transparency? and also because of some heavy suppression??
It is hard to beleive that they have no rape problem.
East asia also needs to do some soul searching
Its very sad for the girl and her family,It shouldn't happen to anyone anywhere. Media is covering too much on this matter regardless of considering the victim's family or their privacy.
Western Media and people in western countries covering this news rather than anything else.
The Indian girl murdered in Galway, Ireland (Murder means ,there is no system in place to save human life because of religious reason) was one of the shame incident and it took world attraction. Irish media covering the Indian news rather than anything else.
Few months ago Irish woman raped, murdered and buried in woods in Australia , Nobody even want know details about them, neither the Irish media interested in it
Secondly an Indian nurse suicide in London because of bullying from the supervisors of royal hospital London, she was been crucified by radio jokers from Australia
So western media want cover these two shameful incidents, and they brought Indian girl news made more attractive. I dont think people in west worried about Indian people.
Told what not to do but members of public do the mistakes not only in India, every where
ALL the posters are calling for INDIA to enforce more effectively the anti-rape laws
Nobody is saying that there is no rape in China or Europe or America or Africa
The Commentators are expressing their shock over the savagery of the way the Indian girl victim was being killed
This case is not just a rape--- it is a rape-cum-murder
It is understandable why there are large scale demonstrations in India to pressure the govt to enforce LAW-AND-ORDER in order to protect Indian women
It is not only Chinese bloggers who posted here--- there are bloggers from everywhere
ALL are expressing anger at the extreme savagery of the killing of the girl plus the "couldn"t care less attitude" of the Indian police, who were argueing over which police station should handle the cas--- instead of rushing the girl to the hospital ASAP
It is only human to feel shock and indignation over the extreme cruelty the way the rapists killed the poor girl
This is more than a simple rape case
CNN TV News showed an Indian lawyer who said that the Indian govt should budget more monies to hire more court judges to speed up the back-log of rape cases that are always delayed due --- to a lack of court staff/ judges
Chinese women need you help more Mr.Wushu, over 70 million have been eliminated and more daily. So do something about it fast !
Maybe,you haven't been to India.You are so naive and need an advice:don't waste your time to fool yourself.India is India,it isn't US,Russia,Brazil or China etc.Many Indian aslo know reasons why those horrible crimes will happen and so frequent.
India has already millions of tons of laws to protect anything,anti-rape laws is only another joke,after all,India is an amazing country and beyond your imagination.
The"government" has diffrent definitions between India and China which you totally misunderstand.In China,most people believe the government will do something well for themselves although it is very corrupt,but India just as many other dictatorial or democratic developing countries:corruption except corruption.How can India government enforce LAW-AND-ORDER in order to protect Indian women? more laws? more lawyers? more polices? more prisons?Maybe,every body in India should has a gun which is more practical than any other suggests because somethings bad come from India's culture including their religions and customs which are very difficult and almost impossible to change.Little will change after the gang rape,some time later,everything will restore and continue.
Rape is a crime and it happens in all places and countries. The scenerio in India is little different. First most of these incidents are not reported and though some are or got reported are not investigated properly to identify the perpetrators and if some are identified most get acquitted in lengthy legal procedure. As a result it is happening day after day without impunity.
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There have been a series of explosions at the finish line for the Boston Marathon. Though the number of casualties still remains unconfirmed, reports on Twitter suggest that there are 'dozens' of injuries.
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BREAKING: Dozens of people seriously injured after 2 powerful explosions detonated near finish line of Boston Marathon (via @bostonglobe)
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Last week we skipped the Weekly round up, simply because there was so much going on in the world of iPhone's and iPad's and Apple generally. Did you miss it? What is interesting today as I review the last week is that a lot of the headlines are the same, or at least similar. The iPhone has been hacked again. … Read More
Apple iPad Criticism and The Experience
Much of the criticism surrounding the iPad has been focused on the technical characteristics of the device. Its inability to run Flash, its lack of video conferencing capabilities, its non-existent USB ports, its closed system. Its interesting no one is attacking the iPad where it counts; squarely in the usage experience. A lot of tablet manufacturers are about to find … Read More
Cydia App shows up on Apple's iPad
Some pictures are circulating on Twitter of Cydia running on an iPad. These originate from Will Strafach (@cdevwill). This is literally a day or so after pictures and videos surfaced of an iPad being "jailbroken" for the first time. We reported on that here : [touchreviews.net] It seems that the hacker community is working at full bore to free the … Read More
Apple iPad Contenders or Pretenders?
Now that Apple has fully shown its hand and released the iPad to public scrutiny, the litany of contenders and pretenders can begin. The JooJoo was first on the scene, followed by the Enso zenPad. Hot on the heels of the iPad release this weekend, Engadget received a leaked internal HP document showing the details of the forthcoming Slate device; … Read More
Apple iPad Reviews: A Differing Opinion
It's Monday, April 5th. Those of us in North America that braved the lines or used our Saturday waiting for the courier have had our patience rewarded with a day and a half (or more for the devoted and sleep deprived) of playing with our new iPad. Generally speaking, the reviews and views of the iPad have been generally positive. … Read More
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The war is over on the location of Irvine's new High School; it's Site A, the one located near a soon-to-expand jail and a sealed toxic waste dump. The IUSD board voted 4-0 to go along with recommendations from after almost three years of "due diligence" which led to site approval from the California Department of Education…
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Title IX, for anyone with daughters who play sports, is a requirement that athletic programs in high school and college offers girl's or women's althetic programs that are fair or equal with the programs offered to boys or men. And according to this piece in this morning's Los Angeles Times, Irvine's High School Programs at Northwood,…
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Irvine Council member Steven Choi, a struggling Republican candidate for the AD-70 race, is using a letter from Orange Juice publisher Art Pedroza to tout Choi's candidacy. Choi, who's his own best contributor to his own campaign, must be getting stir crazy in that tiny Woodbridge apartment.


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CLERMONT - Don't let the recent fair weather confuse you: It's really time for the Bullitt County Fair.
HILLVIEW - It's been an amazing experience this year for organizers of the Hillview City Fair, set for June 7-9.
Sponsors are coming out of the woodwork to help make the Hillview City Fair a successful, family event.
Harlan Compton, a member of the Zoneton Trowel Club, a part of the Zoneton Masonic Lodge, said that businesses have really gotten on board in its second year of organizing the event.
The American Legion Post 157 in Shepherdsville hosted its annual Memorial Day observance on Monday in the front lawn of the Bullitt County Courthouse.
The morning ceremony was filled with song, prayer and a lot of flags.
See more photos of the event by Alex Wimsatt in the multimedia section of www.pioneernews.net.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - As part of its ongoing campaign to raise awareness and membership, the Bullitt County Arts Council selected Memorial Day weekend to celebrate what it offers to the community.
The BCAC visual arts showcase and concert takes place Saturday, May 26, at Shepherdsville City Park.
HEBRON ESTATES - Every May in Bullitt County people unite for a special evening of recognition.
In its 18th year, the Bullitt County Relay for Life will celebrate local cancer survivors while raising funds for cancer research. The annual event is scheduled for Friday, May 18, 7 p.m., at North Bullitt High School.
Relay chairperson Sherry Lee said an increase in participating teams and members was a sign that one of Bullitt County's biggest events remained as strong as ever.
This accident was no accident at North Bullitt High School.
It was part of the annual staged presentation to seniors to show the dangers of making bad decisions.
The Day of Shattered Dreams included a very moving memorial service for one of the "victims."
See more photos in the multimedia section of www.pioneernews.net.
The National Day of Prayer is held on the first Thursday of each May. In Bullitt County, the Shepherdsville City Park was the site of the annual observance.
The theme this year centered around the youth and guest ministers during the ceremony were youth ministers at area churches.
See more photos from the local celebration in the multimedia section of www.pioneernews.net.
BROOKS - Following the celebration of Earth Day throughout the planet, Brooks Elementary students were left holding the bags.
HILLVIEW - On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the Bullitt County Public Library system passed on tradition while celebrating its future.
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- Posted by long_island_rose Eastern LI z6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 18, 07 at 10:50
Sorry...the link didn't post. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--long-deadman0217feb17,0,5099428,print.story |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 18, 07 at 14:38
I saw this on the TV--what a sad way to end your life and no one cared enough to check on him How are you Wendy??? Florence |
- Posted by michaelalreadytaken No Cal (My Page) on Sun, Feb 18, 07 at 16:35
Yikes! That is sad. MichaelAT |
Well, it sounds sad, but 'TV still on' as in operating? Who was paying the power bill? If this is true, I agree the neighbors should be whipped. Right along with the mail carrier, public utilities who should have noticed the lack of payments etc. Mine must be one nosy neighborhood, anything that appears to be out of ordinary with even a loose schedule is checked on. DH thought an older neighbors house looked too quiet, too dark, too early one night after we hadn't seen her outdoors in ONE day and called....woke Catherine out of a sound sleep at 8 PM, she'd gotten bored with television, turned off the lights and gone to bed :) |
It's sad. But there's another side to it. There wasn't anyone he was checking on...who would have noticed his inaction and would have done something about it. If he had family, they didn't make an effort to know his neighbors...or to give phone numbers to call. It's only a two way street if people want it to be. If one wants privacy, there is a price. |
- Posted by long_island_rose Eastern LI z6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 18, 07 at 21:18
The print edition story gives more details about him and his neighbors. The poor guy was a long-time resident with long-time neighbors: Mail had piled up, but then stopped being delivered. Neighbors said they had tried to keep an eye on Riccardi, who had diabetes and had become blind in his 50s... Next door neighbors said they never noticed the mail piling up. Another neighbor saw the mail pile up and thought he was in the hospital. Riccardi lived in the home for decades. He built the two-story house after he emigrated from Italy and worked in construction. It's not known why power wasn't shut off or mail stopped being delivered. |
- Posted by long_island_rose Eastern LI z6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 18, 07 at 21:23
One of her neighbors found my mom. She had a massive brain anyurism(sp?) while she was apparently taking in her trash barrel and collapsed on the driveway. Since she was so petite no one noticed she was behind the barrel for 2 days. Then one neighbor noticed the newspaper not taken in and the normally closed garage door open a long time and went and checked around and found her. We'd just taken her out for breakfast the day before she passed away. She said she was going to go to the dentist and do some stuff with friends so don't bother calling for a few days, so I didn't go over like I usually did. It was just awful. The police called me. It was a terrible shock. The county coroner had to do an autopsy, which determined an anyurism (sp?) said that she was probably gone within a minute or so...was probably unconsious within seconds... There was messages on the phone from the Dentist and her friends, saying, 'hey, did you forget your schedule?' Several of my Mom's neighbors and my Mom had all lived there 40+ years (my Mom and Dad were "the new people"--only 33 years) and they all sort of watched out for each other. They had all informally agreed to keep an eye out for each other. It is baffling that they did not notice the NY gentleman had gone missing. But what I hope is that he passed away painlessly in his sleep, without suffering. That is really what matters, that he was not there helpless in need of care, and ended up dying before he should have. We are just all in such a hurry these days, tangled in our own little webs. |
Neighbor April Cowden said she would occasionally read Riccardi's mail to him, pay his bills and buy him groceries. When he began to demand more of her time in the summer of 2005, she said, they had a falling out. "I needed to go to work [one day] and he wanted me to stay," said Cowden, 37. About a month later, Cowden said, she saw an ambulance at his house. When she saw the mail pile up, Cowden thought he was in the hospital. Geeze, she must feel bad. |
It would have been a hell of a lot worse if family members lived in the house with him and just got so used to him watching TV all the time... I should be beaten for writing that. |
- Posted by irish_rose_grower z7 LI NY (My Page) on Thu, Feb 22, 07 at 21:03
LIR - very sad that a person can die and no one even knows they are in the house. |
- Posted by rose_nutty z4b (My Page) on Tue, Feb 27, 07 at 10:09
Are we sure this story is really for real? It sounds vaguely familiar to me - like something that has gone around before some years ago. Plus, would anybody's home be dry enough even in the dead of winter to preserve him like a mummy? I know that my in house, even dry as it gets in our COLD winters, meat that I put in my garbage still rots. And even if it did manage to keep him through the winter, what about when summer rolled around - the humidity would kick in. I know truth can be stranger than fiction, but I'm not sure this story really flies with me. |
- Posted by long_island_rose Eastern LI z6 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 07 at 16:18
Yes, I agree, this does sound unbelievable. But I swear it's completely true! (This is a local event here with lots of local news coverage.) Apparently the guy's body mummified *before* the summer humidity set in. Imagine that! LIR |
- Posted by tivoli_rose 7a NY (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 07 at 16:33
definitely real...the news crews, police tape, etc. were all over it just a few weeks back. On the local news. I don't get the mummy part, him having gone through the summer, but I won't go down that road right now.... |
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TUCSON - Nearly 16 years after Biosphere 2 sprang to life, it will be getting its fourth go-round as a research facility.
And University of Arizona officials taking over the research reins as of July 1 hope the third time in an academic setting will be the charm.
The giant glass-and-steel terrarium, with separate environmental enclaves including a rain forest, desert, savannah, marshes and miniature ocean, has been solely a tourist attraction since Columbia University ended its seven-year research association in 2003.
Earlier this month, the facility and the 1,650 acres surrounding it were sold for $50 million to CDO Ranching and Development. But the buyers said the 3.1-acre dome would remain open to researchers and tours.
Lease of the structure and its 34.5-acre campus to the university for $100 a year for three years will be renewable - but "our hope is that it can become part of the University of Arizona," said College of Science Dean Joaquin Ruiz.
A $30 million gift over 10 years from the project's founder, owner and original financier, Texas billionaire and ecologist Ed Bass is intended to cover not only Biosphere 2's $1.3 million annual operating costs but also its research, Ruiz said. - Bass spent $200 million building the facility.
Tourism generates more than $1 million in yearly revenues, and its tours and public education center functions will continue.
The facility will be used for controlled scientific studies and the campus for scientific discussion.
"Biosphere 2 will provide our faculty and students exceptional opportunities to address major environmental challenges facing Arizona and the Southwest such as global climate change, sustainability of water resources and land-use change," said university President Robert Shelton.
Unlike Columbia University's operation, Arizona's students will not attend classes on the Biosphere campus. And the facility will not be sealed from the outside atmosphere.
One major program, B2 Earthscience, will focus on issues of global environmental change. One early experiment will study how plants and water interact, with researchers building three hill slopes to test how water travels down, into and across them.
Sensors will monitor water, temperature, carbon dioxide and other gases. Plants will be added to determine "how having life on a landscape changes the behavior of water, both in the air and in the soil," said program director Travis E. Huxman. "We are interested in how plants modify their environment."
Similar slopes will be built outside for comparison studies.
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The B2 Institute program, directed by Regents' physics and optical sciences professor Pierre Meystre, will bring scientists from many disciplines together to collaborate in workshops and short courses in examining from different perspectives the grand challenges facing science, Ruiz said.
Biosphere 2 originally housed four men and four women for two years - sealed in an experimental self-sustaining world-under-glass touted as a prototype for space habitation.
But controversy and technical problems dogged the project: too little oxygen, too much carbon dioxide, fatigued crew, nearly 14 percent average body weight loss from 1991 to 1993.
In 1994, Bass ousted the project's managers, alleging financial and scientific mismanagement. He brought in a consortium of universities to resume research projects before Columbia took over management in 1996, then withdrew in 2003 as part of a lawsuit settlement with Bass' Decisions Investments.


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