On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 13:16 +0530, jeevachaithanyan sivanandan wrote: > being fanatic is different idea from compromise..
In that case, I don't understand what is meant by fanaticism here. I interpreted it to mean "refusal to compromise". If that is not the case, then I have nothing to say. > And in case gandhiji, > u think he dint take any compromises?? but history taught > me,yes..heard abt Gandhi-Irvin deal?? ok.. i dnt want to turn this > into a political discussion.. but again, being fanatic is not a > fruitful thing.. I am not good at history of any kind, but what I understand about the Gandhi-Irwin pact is that it was a kind of agreement reached as a consequence of peace talks. Both sides agreed to certain things. That is, to me at least, something very different from agreeing to use proprietary software because it is more convenient to the user. In the first case, there were two sides that mutually came to an agreement. Both sides yielded something. Here, it is one side giving up something because it is convenient to some people. This is one-sided. The other side yielded nothing. PS: I have changed the subject line to reflect the current discussion. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar 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
