On 3/2/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 02-Mar-06, at 1:40 PM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:
>
> > but she is definitely one of the "chattering class". that can't
> > possibly be an insult on _silk_!
>
> Perhaps, but how many of us have fanboys always hovering around [1],
> devouring every word? Shouldn't one be prudent with the chattering
> when one is influential? Would Calvin have attempted to speculate on
> the holocaust [2] if he had followers tracking the list taking his
> every word as gospel truth? Chattering is a privilege to be limited
> to select audiences. Silk is one. Ms Roy's fans are not.
>
> [1] http://community.livejournal.com/jacemobile/194401.html
> [2] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/14956
The audience is NOT select if read access to the list is
available to the entire planet, which this list is. I wouldn't
blame any public figure or noteworthy person for withholding
controversial opinions or speculations in this case.
Anne Marie
--
Nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata.
("We strive after the forbidden thing and always
lust after those things which are denied us").
--Ovid, Amores, III, 4, 7.
