In your worldview, I presume that politics and identity do not exist, only money does? When the market has crashed, do you have any clue what they did with the wads of notes? Ask the Swiss bankers. If you think you can discuss reservations on a cost-benefit format without understanding caste hegemonies (which I am doubly sure of now), you are betraying your not just naivete, but arrogant naivete - let me quote Nietzsche *"Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive."* Best
2008/5/28 Murali K Warier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Nonetheless, I do not want to engage in an argument on this since you > have betrayed with this post your absolute lack of awareness (which forms > part of the privileged caste zeitgeist) on caste hegemony and the history of > the same in various parts of India > > The blog's fundamental argument was about the lack of accountability in > reservation as well as the use of reservation as a political tool, as a > cover for the failure of governance. I think these are very valid, one need > not know about the caste hegemony and the history of the same, which you > concluded rather presumptuously that I am unaware of. > > > Yes there are some of us in this group who sincerely gasp and are terror > stricken when we hear of the BJP, but that has more to do with our politics > and our identities. Its the same gasp that escapes me when I see naive > neo-liberal posts like this > > That is precisely my point - politics and identities trump everything > including reality. > > Best regards, > Murali > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Mr. Warrier >> >> > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. > -- Bobby Kunhu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
