On Wednesday 18 Feb 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:39:26 Raj Mathur wrote: > > [Vid] was moderated for failing to voluntarily stop a flamewar. > > there are just flame wars - and inconsequential ones. I personally > feel that *any* moderation is unjustified and against freedom. She > was standing up to what she perceived as sexist bullying - and when > one stands up to bullies one cannot be all that restrained and > polite.
Sexist? The discussion was purely between males until the time Vid stepped in. I challenge anyone not irredeemably insane to make one male flaming another into a sexist issue. The first time sexism and women's rights came into the picture was when Vid /gratuitously/ introduced those topics into the discussion. If she hadn't they still wouldn't be part of the thread. > > Nothing > > to do with women's rights, and no need to bring that particular > > issue into this discussion. > > unfortunately that *is* the issue. I once met a person from Bihar who had been oppressed by his landlord. Not only that, he was also from a Scheduled Tribe. I gave him Rs 100 to help him out. Now by disagreeing with me you are oppressing the downtrodden masses of this country and trying to convert India into an elitist state. See? Now the issue is totally different, let's discuss human rights, forest development and the fate of Indian tribals. And if you don't see things from my narrow point of view, you are capitalist scum who's hollowing the country from within for your purely personal gains. </sarcasm for those terminally humour- and perspective-challenged> Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
