.... some of us are pretty determined in cutting out "those ones" from here. We need Bharat back - and we do Not want to gift wrap this country to the Europeans who destroyed us for those 300 years ! or to follow their culture less arrogance as "pet dogs".
niyengar, Your call to have Bharat back seems similar to the so called "Tea-party" wanting to take "their" country back, USA. I have a decent idea about what the U.S. teabaggers mean when they chant this phrase, I would like to know what you mean when you say, "We need Bharat back". Would you care to elaborate?
Also, I think there are ample laws in the books against corruption. Yet, on the ground level corruption has been on the rise and each new corruption scandal at the top level is always more spectacular than the previous one. So, why do Hazare and his followers are confident that their proposed law will turn the country around?
To peaceably assemble and petition the government is certainly among the basic rights of the citizenry in a liberal democracy. Democracy is not confined to voting alone. Many laws considered sacred cows now were unthinkable in the past. They became law not by simply electing representatives and trusting them to do the right thing, but through marching in the streets, protesting, and making them do what they promised.
In this respect I support Anna Hazare and his supporters going to the streets to protest peacefully for better government. So, the question is, to me at least, would we get better government with this Lokpal legislation? What would this Lokpal do to end corruption that the existing laws can't?
Cheers!