Dear Fred
I'll tend to just stick with one point that Dilip makes here. that of an
editor - a_nd i'll agree with him!!!!!_
When there is just *one sole* moderator / owner / judge of Saligaonet
who decides what is right and what is wrong,*is that not editorship????*
do keep in ind, that I'm arguing against YOUR arguments and NOT against you.
kind regards
Ashley
On Sunday 02 November 2014 01:50 AM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक
नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا wrote:
Hi Dilip,
In Std XI logic, one is told not to argue against a person, but
against his/her arguments. You're arguing not just against me, but
what you perceive to be my position!
Saligao-Net doesn't have an "editor". All non-defamatory points of
view which are on-topic (Saligao-related) go through. There is no
editing of posts.
Here's something for you to also ponder about in terms of (it's easier
to target those who are less influential, I'd think... Specially since
you talk about "develop minds that question, analyse and formulate
answers"):
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-the-two-faces-of-mr-modi/article6553304.ece#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPIangM_ZlY&width=560&height=315
Btw, do you have a clue about the kind of books the Saligao Institute
had (thanks mainly to donations from Bombay, if not mistaken) in the
1970s and thereabout? Did you borrow from there?
Rgds, FN
Where is the club library which you're talking about? Currently none
exists...
On 1 November 2014 19:23, dilip dacruz <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thanks Editor.
All I ever seem to obtain when I try to stimulate conversation is
an editorial wet blanket.
I take no blame for this sites lapses into suspended animation - I
do my bit, be it Modi or Library books, to generate conversations.
But our boundaries have been set too close and even though many
others have said so, we continue to stifle free expression and
thought.
I know I give the impression of being a sh*t-stirrer, and I must
admit I do enjoy creating ripples of logic that cause the theist
boat occasionally to rock. But there's more to it than that. I
want our youth, wherever they might be, to develop minds that
question, analyse and formulate answers. That's why the thought of
a Club Library only populated with Enid Blyton and Biblical type
books worries me a lot. And that's why I'm throwing in a few books
of Science. I hope others will contribute with books for children
that elucidate Chemistry, Physics and Biology in terms of real
life (not exams).
When they read things on this site like "God created clean air" I
hope they will ask the question: "Was the air really that clean
when Earth first came to be?" They will then go on to discover
that our atmosphere has always and will always be in a state of flux.
They might then go on to ask "If HE did create clean air , surely
he created plastic bags and pollute air too?" Their beautiful
unpolluted minds will then wonder at how we are to allocate only
certain aspects of creation to creation.....
No, Editor, my choice of book is not bait but necessity in the
face of aggressive creationism, as is often seen on this site. The
freeing of a child's mind is indeed a great gift.
And the authors you have chosen will I hope sit proudly next to
mine (you're donating too, aren't you?) but I shan't be reading
one of the authors you mentioned. Not after I read his speech to
the Catholic Society of Exorcists (!!!!) in Rome. I have met these
charlatans before. They need to be put in gaol for exploiting the
weaknesses of mentally ill people and their families on a grand
scale in India, Brazil, and other places. If they tried their
nonsense with schizophrenia etc in the UK or Canada or the US etc
etc, they'd be doing time.
More submissions please? Hope I was polite with that one. Phew!
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