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Re: Important Editorial Note: Please Read
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Subject: Re: Important Editorial Note: Please Read
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From: manish@cadence.com (Manish Tandon)
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 16:14:05 GMT
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Apparently-To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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Sender: news@cadence.com
editor.csm.uc.edu (digest editor) writes:
|> Dear Friends,
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|> Saprem Namaskar!
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|> We want to maintain alt.hindu as a vibrant and lively forum for intellectual
|> debates and information exchange. May I request all the participants to
|> keep out the words like Rascal, idiot, moran etc. out of a debate which
|> seeks to elevate our level of thinking?
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|> thank you very much,
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|> ajay shah
vidya@cco.caltech.edu (Vidyasankar Sundaresan) wrote:
>>How blind can one get? Mr. Know it all
>>Your pride really carries you away.
>>without quoting the Padmapurana or some such other lame work
>>It is surprising how people can still be like ostriches
In response, I wrote:
>>For others except this -MORON- Vidyasankar Sundaresan
and
>>If one RASCAL rejects one of the writings of Veda Vyasa as lame
Agreed the use of words like rascal and moron do not contribute to a
healthy discussion, but does calling someone "Blind" or "ostrich" or
"arrogant" does??
I request the editor and others to see both sides of the coin before
making any judgement or suggestion.
However, I'll refrain from such language in future anyways.
Manish Tandon
