after i read what the personal email contained, i do understand why the moderator acted. anand
On 6/11/07, sanil v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Oh sanil, please don't imagine others to be so > > naive! > > Sorry. I did not imagine that. Nor do I appreciate the > wrong assumption! I did say that any attempt to launch > a critique of stereotypes based on the assumption that > certain words are linguistically condensed forms of > prejudices/meaning, is wrong. I suspect that the > charge of "stereotypes used to silence others" is > based on such a weak theory. > > My claim was not the trivial one that "not all > binaries are harmful or "critique steroetype is not > enough". It was about the logic that underlies the > very ideas of binaries and sterreotypes. > > > > Was also amused to see that the ways in which > > buddhijeevi men tell 'us' > > (I mean, the 'us' that Arunima was referring to) > > indirectly to shut up. > > Either it is 'lack of humour'/'lack of a sense of > > irony', or it 'lack of > > theoretical sophistication'. Well what is that, > > 'censorship', or > > 'moderation'? > > Here you are echoing Rajeender! Didn't he also tell us > that he did not care a damn about theory? > Some make a charge based on theoretically loaded > concepts like Binary-logic, stereotype and hegemony. > When it is pointed out to them that this theory is > unfounded, they turn around and declare that they do > not care for theorectical sophistication and all that > matter are insights and experience. This too is > amusing. > > Criticising a theoretical position - even if it is > part of the prevailing consensus - does not amount to > asking those who hold it to shut up. I have presented > my position on this group to invite comments and > criticism. I did not seek the support of the moderator > to exclude those who disagree with me. > > I agree with Arunima's observation on the > re-deployment of stereotypes. The counter strategy is > not to interpret but to invent new and creative uses. > Not to remove words from speech but to make them > appear in the most unexpected and dangerous places. > This is what 'theorectically non-naive' feminists > teach us. > > sanil > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for earth-friendly autos? > Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
