On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 10:53 +0530, ashik salahudeen wrote: > Sasikumar sir is a respected person in the community. If you haven't > met him please do so. Respecting elders is something ingrained in our > culture.
Thank you, Ashik. But I won't say that I should be respected simply because I happened to be born earlier. I think every human being should be respected as an individual. I think that should be the "default". A person may do or say things that makes people lose respect for her/him. So long as that does not happen, the person deserves respect, even if (s)he is a child. But I agree that respect for the elders is ingrained in our culture, and it makes many of us address elderly men "sir" even when he does not want us to. A person I know who teaches at IISc was telling me about his experience. He was telling his students not to address him "sir". The reply was, "Yes, sir." Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
