On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > However, when there is a peer-group-- a community of equals-- then it is > > important to respect it-- and not behave like a schoolmaster with a bunch > of > > obedient villagers-- > > thanks for your comments. Kindly note that I have NEVER tried to TEACH > anything to anybody. I have always been REQUESTING using the word > 'kindly' for a certain unified view of things, which probably is out > of focus for certain people who love to see things separated as X and > Y without respecting the relationship between two things. I too dont > want to respond to such mindsets but i still respect their freedom. > > > When even Mahatma Gandhi's rivals-- agree about Gandhi's influence and > > greatness-- you are nobody to say "dont compare Stallman with Gandhi as > > Gandhi is controversial". > > here also i asked - kindly dont compare Stallman with Gandhi, as > Gandhi is controversial character for many people. > > > Mahatma Gandhi is father of our nation-- > > that is what 'state' of india says. Kindly help me know if indian > citizenship means saluting gandhi always. In that case, i'll not call > him controversial publicly anymore. > > >who got us freedom through non > > violence and truth inspite of his human limitations-- and created a > nation > > that is secular and campaigned against untouchability-- otherwise India > > would have been a religious state filled with sectarian and religious > hate > > and violence. > > I fully respect your sentiments for him and I fully disagree with you > on this. I consider myself as Hindustani first and then Indian - In my > opinion - India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are part of one Nation - > Hindustan - which no politics can ever divide and which will be alive > forever sans all boundaries. JAI HIND. > <Disclaimer: this is surely highly off-topic and killing time for all > of us. I am not going to respond on such mails now onwards. Full > respect to all of you. Lets close this and move ahead.> > > Mohit, Thanks for taking to reply-- and beyond this particular mail-- I will not pursue this topic further. When you say "kindly dont..."--->> many students etc who respect you would see that as a norm-defining directive from their guru-- rather than a personal political opinion. There are also others (like me perhaps)-- who would see the "kindly dont..." statement as a set of views being preached. While you are free to put accross your points of view and agree/disagree with me-- I request you to package the thoughts as "I (Mohit) believe/feel..." (declaration of personal beliefs) rather than as "kindly XXX" or "X is Y" (normative statements which define boundaries of the allowed discourse in this particular list/context for everyone who respects Mohit). Maybe I am digging too deep into semantics-- but this is just a perspective I am humbly sharing-- for we are all indeed computer scientists-- atleast at some level. Best Regards, Nalin -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
