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Re: Tale and the SRH-reorg (Was: Re: Charter changes?)
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To: ghen@netcom.com
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Subject: Re: Tale and the SRH-reorg (Was: Re: Charter changes?)
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From: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu>
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 13:00:06 -0500
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Vivek Sadananda Pai wrote:
> What the "appeals committee" doesn't address at all is the issue
> of what posts _should_ be relevant to SRH. I don't want to see more
> of the "hate the Pakis because they hate Hindus" posts, and the
> appeals committee does nothing to address this issue.
Well, don't read the posts then. If you use netscape it's particularly easy to
ignore these threads. Personally, I don't like seeing (as many others) threads
attacking Vivekananda either. So the simple solution I adopted was to kill
those threads. Just remember, hatred in the name of vaishnavism does not
justify hatred in any sense.
Note: I am not accusing all vaishnavas of such behavior. In fact it's only a
select few who behave this way.
I would like to quote the srv-faq (ironically) here:
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Your participation will be welcome, and as the general standard of
learning among Vaishnavas on the UseNet is not high, there is no cause for
you to feel uncomfortable if you think you are unfamiliar with Vaishnava
doctrine. It is not necessary that you be already known to others, but it
would help somewhat if you were to read the newsgroup for a few days at
least, in order to familiarize yourself with its ambience. While there are
no hard-and-fast rules for acceptable format or structure (except those
required by the moderator bot), it would be as well to keep postings
to-the-point, and to refrain from ad hominem attacks on other individuals,
or their sampradaayas or gurus. In fact, any kind of personal remark about
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individuals who may be considered great, accomplished, or sincere, by
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others, is likely to keep one from making friends, and a Vaishnava
newsgroup is no exception. Debates and disagreements are welcome, and need
not be constrained by a need to maintain an artificially high level of
politeness, but insults as such are not appreciated by most.
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And I may add that such behavior will induce others to retaliate with similar
behavior. After all, ever one is not Jesus.
Ramakrishnan.
--
Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said, "The flag is moving." The other
said, "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He
told them, "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving." - The Gateless Gate
