hmm .. can't cross oars with you km .. but i do feel that rusell's approach is better .. to get knowledge is more important than to just cross swords .. hope we can get the most good out of this attempt .. and avoid a situation which ultimately would just result in getting nowhere
..pk ----- Original Message ----- From: Kaushik Ghose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ilug calcutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Re: Richard Stallman > Hi, > from this mail you will of course deduce correctly I'm not a diplomatic > person. > > My oar in this issue is : why can't you mention stuff in front of Mr. > Stallman and why shouldn't you argue with him ? > > If you want to avoid conflict, fine, but isn't that part of a > democratic/scientific/progressive setup - everyone encounters opinions and > theories that are counter to their own beliefs, and they sit down with the > other party and try to see the other point of view. > > Its not good if it ends up in a slanging match, but it is very good if it > helps one get a new point of view.... > > -kg > > > On 9 Feb 2003, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > > > On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 10:46, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > > > > > Can anyone with a very diplomatic bent of mind ;-) approach him? > > > (don't look at me - i am too busy nowadays) > > > Also, remember that he will be in India within a few days (he will be at > > > the GNunify at Pune before coming to Kolkata), so if you wanna contact > > > him, please do so *ASAP*. > > > > > > dunno i'll measure up to the degree of diplomacy needed, but okay i'll > > do it. i'm going to send to him tomorrow, asking him for a date with > > ilug-cal during his two-day (three-day?) stay in cal. i'll be as politic > > as possible, and try to step carefully around his idiosyncracies. > > anybody has any bright ideas about what else i should say to him? > > > > - t. > > > > > > -- > > cogito, ergo es. > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
