You demolish my debating expertise, self-described or deka-devised, with these immense challenges, Deka. You sure know how to make a guy feel little.
>observe that you have recently demonstrated some of your skills bringing >>personal communiqu� to assam-net for your purpose, as opposed to your own >>trumpeted theorem what aught not to post in assam-net ... *** Hmm. I think I can sense what is bugging you. It is about the comment on slow learners of Assam net, isn't it? Well, what do you think? Do we have some or not? I mean those who make a life out of getting personal in Assam Net and have not learnt otherwise? Anyway, if you are wondering WHO assigned *me* the responsibility of pointing out unaceptable behavior, you would be pleased to know that it is a SELF-IMPOSED one. I point that out again, because a few slow learners don't seem to have figured that out yet. You can imagine, I have no qualms about fessing up to the fact. As a long-time member of the list, I have a vested interest in keeping the tenor of our discussions at a level becoming of its membership's general level of education, exposure and expertises. People do look up to us. If we are not self-policing, it would spiral downwards, as it appeared it was going to, several times in recent years. As you can appreciate we can't depend either on Assam Govt., or Indian Govt., or ISO or even Ashcroft to act as our policemen. Therefore each one of us has a responsibility to protect and preserve the quality of our discussions and debates. That is where comments like those of BB's or Faridur Rahman Choudhury's fit in. Oh I realise, how not everyone wants to stick his/her neck out to point it out. Precisely for the fear of being labeled a self-styled net-police. And there have been instances of unwarranted net-policing as well. So it requires exercising judgement when to intervene by speaking out, when to bring a point to the attention of the unwary and when to hit someone hard on the head. As you can imagine the very last one is reserved only for the truly incorrigible. Now exercising judgement is not always easy. Even the best of them and us too could slip on it. Personally I don't see that as a problem, because I don't think of myself as one who cannot, or must not, slip or be ignorant of something. I don't owe it to anyone to be right about everything or be without fault or not to make mistakes. I learn from others. One important reason why I participate in this net. That is why we should not give up without trying. You might consider trying that too. Oh, sometimes *I* and some other netters DO refer people to professionals like Tilok Daktor. I do that only for those who seem to be suffering from a temporary loss of grip, and who seem treatable. Again, occasionally, I might refer someone to Tilok Daktor without good cause. That is another proof of my own fallibilities. If you like, you can submit examples from your archives as additional evidence. But it would be somewhat redundant, like preaching to the choir. Also, on occasions Tilok gets in on the action all by himself. Must be his own sense of service to his fellow men, and animals. But Tilok Daktor may have a different opinion. Tilok, any comment here? >do you also remember why you c! orrected typos for other(s) in assam-net? *** First, are you asking WHY or did you really mean WHEN? No I don't remember doing that. Would you like to refresh my memory? Anything from the kamrupi-archives as evidence? >look forward to seeing more practical impacts of your skills set! *** Once again, what does the above mean? At the risk of sounding like a braggart, I have to tell you that I possess many different skills. Really. Some are very useful and practical for me. And some might be useful and practical for others too. But you need to be specific about practical examples of WHICH skill-set you want to see. I will consider that. However, remember, it ain't necessarily ging to be free. There might be a price to pay for it. Definitely with best wishes and from a whole bunch of us too, mahanta At 10:24 PM -0700 6/17/03, Rabin Deka wrote: >mf bYas; mf es bYas; neh mf es bYas >kamrupi khanda-baakya - implies >i am the EXPART; >me that EXPART (not you); >no i am that EXPART (none of you) > >recall Mahanta, you are a self declared debating expert in assam-net; show >us some good practical impacts of your expertise. we have less than two >months to go for coming independence day, floods again too. > >observe that you have recently demonstrated some of your skills bringing >personal communiqu� to assam-net for your purpose, as opposed to your own >trumpeted theorem what aught not to post in assam-net ... > >what a tactful art! great! > >do you also remember why you c! orrected typos for other(s) in assam-net? >perhaps another quality of your debating skills right! -- scroll down read >red-highlighted, feel your debating art. > >look forward to seeing more practical impacts of your skills set! >kind regards, >rabin >From: Chan Mahanta >Date: Mon Aug 12, 2002 7:34 pm >Subject: Re: ON THIS COMMING INDEPENDENCE DAY > >Perhaps, Assam is the only state to have a full fledged ministry for flood >control, ironically deemed to be a prize posting for any minister! Would >it not be better to write to the concerned ministry first, to let us know >what stands as the hindrance in solving this perennial problem? > >*** I agree wholeheartedly Kamal. This idea about appealing to the center >is a flawed proposition for the following reasons: > >1: It assumes the Center has the ability to resolve Assam flood problems, >by its demonstrated competence as evidenced by similar successful >undertakings elsewhere in the country. A very naive assumption at best. > >2: It also assumes that the funds the center had given to Assam in the >past along with the technical assistance had comtributed SOMETH! ING >measurable towards mitigating Assam's flood problems. Another deeply >flawed assumption. Actually it is hardly an assumption. It seems more like >a diguised attempt to get MORE unaccountable monies that could be >misappropriated, like decades in the past. > >*** The bottom line is that the approach to Assam's flood problem pursued >foor decades, WITH Central govt. funds and FLAWED engineering, without >transperency and without accountability, has ONLY worsened Assam's >flooding problems. > >It is TIME for Assam to take matters in its OWN hands, and get at >mitigating its perennial problem, with SOUND technical approaches and >modern engineering methods. And if Central policies get in the way, scream >bloody murder or shove it aside. > ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alnane/message/2069>cm > > Do you Yahoo!? > ><http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/> >SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
