FW: Escape perhaps easier than finding out facts

[Srinivas Rao <srao@JFPARTNERS.COM>]

> Sanjeev: I hope some of us remember the great debates which I had with
> Sitaramayya Ari. At the end of those debates one had reasons to
> rejoice when he said that he had understood the kind of work being
> attempted here. One had reasons to rejoice because Sitaramayya was
> expected to furnish to us his hard-hitting views through the structure
> set out in the Rules of Debate.
> 
> I was therefore sorely disappointed when Sitaramayya quit this list
> yesterday. 
> 
> I hope the Professor has only temporarily left us for a sabbatical,
> and will be back to help us hone our views more clearly. I hope he has
> not left because escape from reality is often easier than finding out
> facts. 
> 
> 
> Utkarsh: I am really sad to know that Prof. Ari has left this list. I
> personally feel that he will not be back. The reason I feel so is
> because I thought the debate became personal. I feel that if I were in
> his place I would have quit earlier. I am not sure that we all are
> following the rules of debate. Sometimes seem to me that we have gone
> to the extent of insulting other individuals to prove a point. We also
> seem to say that we know all. If do hope to attract and retain
> individuals of differnt experstise and different thinking we need to
> better listners. And again I think we are here to gain perspectives
> not to change them. Changes should come from result. 
> 
> Finally I would request everyone on the list to keep the tone of the
> discussion civil. If not then ther is no difference between us and the
> number of individuals we plan to replace.
> 
> Thanks for reading.
> 
> 
> Utarsh
> 
Well said, Utkarsh. I think we all come from different backgrounds,
experiences, perceptions of hte problem. It is vital to understand
different points of view. Afterall, there can be no one who will agree
with everything the other says. It is this variety that will make this
debate and more importantly the outcome a more holistic one. This is the
rational way to reduce parochialism in a set of ideas that are meant for
everyone.

I too have noticed that the tone of the debate had gone beyond the
boundaries of intellectual dialogue sometimes. I guess we will all be a
little more careful in the future.  

Srini