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`It will be foolish to accept Veerappan's demands'
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Mon, 07 Aug 2000, 12:05:27EST +0200 I don't understand why anybody should even try to meet Veerappan. If Indians have even a little courage, those who have been abducted and all the others seeking their release should not ask for mercy from a person like Veerappan who is nothing more than a social evil. It is preferable to live like a lion for three days rather than live like rats for 100 days. N Naik
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Mon, 07 Aug 2000, 15:16:56EST +0530 It is foolish to accept the demands. Tomorrow some other militant outfit might kidnap Kamal Hasan and demand to scrap these demands that have been met for Veerappan.. Instead, the Government of India should work out a comprehensive plan to finish this menace of called Veerappan once and for all. We must not allow the situation to drift any more than it already has. S Chandrasekhar
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Mon, 07 Aug 2000, 07:44:27EST +0530 This report makes it clear that the politicians in Tamil Nadu have used Veerappan as the medium for getting their demands. We have to first punish these politicians and not Veerappan. He has not asked for anything for himself. Shivakumar
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Sun, 06 Aug 2000, 18:39:08EST -0700 Your esteemed Web site has made a blunder by giving this report in this fashion. The reporter seems to have lent some legitimacy to Veerappan's demands by saying that a statue of Tiruvalluvar is "a long-standing wish of Tamils in Karnataka" and also seems to support the idea of Tamils getting a second administrative language in Karnataka by saying "there are a substantial number of Tamils in south Karnataka." This is nothing but partisan reporting and calling Veerappan a statesman reflects what the reporter thinks of statesmen or politics. Nagamohan Metta
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Sun, 06 Aug 2000, 11:27:22EST -0700 It is shame that an illegal act of kidnapping is rewarded in such a generous way. This response of the two governments will only encourage kidnapping of other important people in the future. Your news organisation should condemn this fact. Mahesh Upadhyaya
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Sun, 06 Aug 2000, 16:35:31EST -0000 I believe that the government should not give in to Veerappan's demands and that they should bring in the army to bring the situation in Bangalore and Mysore back to normal. It is quite clear that there is a political angle to this entire saga. Raviprasad P Rao
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Sun, 06 Aug 2000, 07:36:32EST -0700 I think some government(s)/politicians are involved in this kidnapping. This was the first thought that came to my mind when I heard about Dr Rajkumar's abduction. And now Veerappan's demands confirm my fears.
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Sun, 06 Aug 2000, 12:00:18EST +0300 For how long will the concerned governments play with the lives of the people? Nobody is going to believe that Gopal has not met Veerappan. These are nothing but the government's political gimmicks. Hundreds of elephants are being mercilessly killed, hundreds of officials and innocent people are ruthlessly killed by this notorious criminal. While the government made no determined effort to nab Veerappan, they are now thinking of holding talks with the brigand just to seek the release of a matinee idol? If the state governments wanted to catch Veerappan, they would have done so long ago. The fact is that they do not want to catch him for fear of exposure of some possible political heavyweights who must have nurtured or fostered or nourished this very Veerappan to his present notoriousness. While this is the story of one matinee idol, Rajakumar, there is yet another nasty story of tax evasion and cheating and fraud by yet another superstar of yesteryears. What did the government do to nab him for cheating or defrauding the government itself? Will he be treated as another hero of the land for cheating the public of its money? It seems our people are cursed with this political anathema that is infinite. One can only pity the tarnished political image of our wonderful land. P G Hariharan
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000, 23:12:45EST -0700 My opinion is that the actor Rajkumar must sacrifice his life for his country. And the two state governments should not budge and give in to Veerappan's demands. If they do, such acts will only be repeated by criminals and terrorists. Surely, the country needs a few sacrifices to stay on course? We know of the thousands of soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for the country don't we? So why can't we, the common men and women, follow their example? Ananth Raghuraman
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Sun, 06 Aug 2000, 10:18:09EST +0530 The demands are outlandish. It is a shame that the government, with the might of army behind it, is unable to grab the brigand. One is quite sure that the politicians and the underworld operate hand-in-hand, which is why such notorious criminals never get caught.
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Sat, 05 Aug 2000, 20:04:54EST -0700 If either of the governments (Karnataka or Tamil Nadu) accept Veerappan's demands, then this would set the worst trend in the country just as the one set by the release of Kashmiri militants in exchange for the release of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter. Let us think this way: Is it only the life of a film star that matters? What about the lives of 100 plus policemen and other officers killed in the effort to nab Veerappan? Won't we be doing them a big disservice if we give in to the demands of this criminal in exchange for one life? The media should highlight all this and avert another bad trend from being set in this country. Shiv Kumar
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Mon, 07 Aug 2000, 07:41:12EST The abducted actor's name is spelt as Rajkumar and not Rajakumar.
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