On Sunday 15 Jul 2007 4:15 pm, Gautam John wrote: > > Thapar is a blithering idiot. Please don't inflict her upon us. > > Why pray? Much criticism has come her way for opposing the communal > revisions of Indian history but I've never heard of her described as a > 'blithering idiot'.
You might have seen my reply to Udhay by now. Since you have been a decent person who does not post like a troll I will try and give you a decent reply. I think I have exchanged views thousands of times with hundreds of people about contentious issues. Obviously there can never always be a meeting of minds. but the most decent people who use this form of communication (and I can name several dozen, many on this list) tend not to post opinions in an impolite manner that that could be insulting or hurtful. I think the describing by abhijit-menon sen of a man called Kalyanraman as an idiot falls precisely in the category of an opinion expressed as a comment designed to be impolite. A statement to say that he disagress would have been sufficient. And decent. I have reasons to disagree with Thapar, but let me deliberately be a troll and do what it was perfectly OK for AMS to do and call her a blithering idiot. I am merely displaying my own ability to act like an asshole. I dislike doing this but not making such posts is a rule that everyone must follow. As always I state what I feel. shiv
