I approved the below post, as a coda to this thread. I remain unconvinced about the protestations of innocence, but do not want to get into a line-by-line dissection of your response. Suffice it to say that I hope trolling as well as content-free posts reduce (and yes, this message doesn't apply to Anand alone).
Udhay On 06-Aug-11 5:49 PM, Anand Manikutty wrote: > I heartily concur about the need for goodwill. > > I *would* like to post my response to silklist. My responses to the > Admin comments are below. I have posted them to my own List in case this > gets moderated out. Basically, I have not posted anything here for the > last week. I have barely been posting anything here for the last 2 > weeks. /I do not know what needs explanation./ > > I sent the two emails below to Suresh and Udhay. > > Anand > > Linkback > :+: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/564 > > == > Dear moderators: > > I have nothing really to say about these emails for which I was not > responsible. If there are any questions, they should be directed to the > person who sent them. > > Anand > > == > > Hi Suresh, my friend, if I may, > > Good evening. I have not posted anything here for the last week. Even > over the last 2 weeks, I have barely posted anything here. There were a > couple of questions by Nikhil Mehra and Shiv on the reasons for my > posts. These came many hours after I made the post. Well before this > email, I had already posted an explanation on my List about my previous > posts. This was *before* there was any question of trolling. I don't > want to post anything on silklist in any case. I believe in > transparency, and thanks to this List, you can see exactly how all the > discussions over the last 2 or 3 months have gone. > > If you could let me know what needs explanation exactly, that would be > appreciated. I have been pretty patient with all the comments here. I > have received zero comments on trolling and would appreciate an > explanation. I have posted for the past 12-18 months or so at Crooked > Timnber, which is one of the most influential blogs in the world. The > discussion there is quite classy and if there were any question at all > of me being improper in terms of Internet etiquette, I would have been > banned a long time ago. I think I do know about proper Internet etiquette. > > I was intending to talk about the industrial organization model of above > average returns and cricket, and make one or two points about the > Subramanian Swamy article as well. I am not planning to talk about any > of that just because things are getting strange. You can read my List if > you like, but even otherwise, there is no lack of transparency on my part. > > Best, > Anand > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Bonobashi <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 6, 2011 12:30 AM > *Subject:* Re: [silk] Assuming goodwill > > Couldn't agree more vehemently. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 6, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> In other words, screw the right wing trolling, the pseud-intellectual >> trolling etc etc etc? >> >> Fully agree. >> >> Shiv, Anand, if you guys have any sort of remotely useful point to make >> in periodically winding people up with chaddiwala and chomsky arguments >> please do enlighten us. Else, start making the effort to talk about >> some damned thing other than your favorite hobby horses, kthxbai. >> >> On Saturday 06 August 2011 10:21 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: >>> Y'know: >>> >>> After this latest (of a series) episode it's becoming increasingly >>> difficult to assume the goodwill of posters who I don't know for sure >>> are real people. >>> >>> As it is, the tone and level of discourse on silk has changed over the >>> years. A few years ago, it felt like the conversation of people who >>> knew and respected each other, now it often feels like the impersonal, >>> points scoring discussions of dozens of other mailing lists and news >>> groups scattered around the 'net. >>> >>> If this place is also going to become the focus of people's silly >>> intellectual games, I'm afraid I'm not going to work up the enthusiasm >>> to spend my copious free time on it. >>> >>> If we want to continue to have intelligent conversations here it may >>> be time for us add a other rule: "Do unto others as you would have >>> done to you." >>> >>> -- b >>> >> > > > -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
