Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!shelby!singh@sierra.Stanford.EDU From: singh@sierra.Stanford.EDU (Harinder J. Singh) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.politics.south-asia Message-ID: <527@sierra.stanford.edu> Date: 24 Feb 90 02:27:07 GMT References: <5231@brazos.Rice.edu> Sender: singh@sierra.Stanford.EDU (Harinder J. Singh) Reply-To: singh@sierra.UUCP (Harinder J. Singh) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 38 In article <5231@brazos.Rice.edu> dorai@titan.rice.edu (Dorai Sitaram) writes: > >3. I find it hard to believe that postings by non-Indians "have been >suppressed in s.c.i." S.c.i. is an unmoderated group. The presence >of acrimony doesn't imply suppression of views, rather the opposite. > Picking on the term `suppression', above, is mere semantics. The key point is that non-Indians have been variously told that their concerns/responses do not belong in s.c.i. Does Dorai wish to suggest that there has been no unfairness and unwarranted abuse towards non-Indians on s.c.i. in recent days? Come on, Dorai, just the facts, remember? >4. The almost ritual song of deprecation by Indians about other >Indians in order to prevent s.c.i.-splintering seems out of place. > I, for one, greatly support the free expression of distaste by some Indians on s.c.i. towards other Indians who've been going un-challenged in spewing their venomous invective. Censure of this sort has a number of sound reasons to validate it - prevention of a splintering of s.c.i. is only one of them and may well have been a moot point by the time the opposing viewpoints were posted. Dorai, you will surely agree that those who dish it out so freely should be able to take a little bit coming back! Si?? Why then these squawks about ``[blah blah blah] by Indians about other Indians...seems out of place??'' If you're so thin-skinned even about other people's [mildly stated] opinions against something you (or someone else) has said, why, that oughta give you pause to ponder before you sling it next time :-) Cheers, Inder