On Wednesday 25 Nov 2009 2:49:14 pm ss wrote: > On Wednesday 25 Nov 2009 10:25:33 am Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Integral to the idea of > > fractal recursivity is that > > the same oppositions that distinguish given groups from one another on > > larger scales can > > also be found within those groups. > > In simpler terms the linguistic difference that kept the Brit master on a > higher level than the brown sahib was the same diference that kept the > brown sahib high in comparison to his English challenged compatriot. > > For Ram that means sauce for the goose, sauce for the gaandmaster. > > shiv
Deepa - I came across a classic description of fractal recursivity on another forum (bharat-rakshak). I had been cursing an article in the Hindu for sounding so idiotic when a forum member posted the following reply about some Indian journalists. I quote > I have observed that the MSM English media in India always writes as if it > is some kind of a third party - but more specifically as if the journo ... > is a citizen of America/England or both. He/she writes from a western > viewpoint as if India is some third world country that he/she has been, What this man has described is classic linguistic fractal recursivity in its exact sense. The colonised takes on the language and attitudes of the colonizer and uses that on his own compatriots. This has to be the acme of Macaulayism. shiv
