Re: RSS and its antics

[Padmanabha Rao <kvprao@igidr.ac.in>]

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On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Krishna C Tripathi wrote:
 There are gullible people among us who can be led by continous
 propaganda. ...in long run we become minority and have less option to
 excercise, which certainly none of us want.

"Gullible", yes. RELATIVELY. From 45 degrees I am gullible, from 225
degrees you are gullible. Your case then becomes a matter of violent
doing
or undoing. Not agreeable to the "gullible", so they will retaliate,
which
the "non-gullible" don't like, so well let's all kill each other then,
ala
Rwanda. And then the "long run" is phantom, to both. Even if we don't
kill
each other, the talking itself is enough to waste our lives. Dialogue
towards Understanding is better instead. Not rhetoric. Best of course is

silence and ignoring, if we can't or don't like to understand. But
proactively talking is self-defeating.

 Not listening is not enough, we have to counter it.

and earlier you wrote:

 >  Freedom of speech does not mean Freedom to make
 > others listen.

So, you will counter by speaking yourself AND you will do so expecting
to
make others listen ?? But you are against that you say. Of course, you
can
speak and not expect to make anyone listen, in which case you should be
open to the suggestion of not speaking at all. Maybe, the problem is in
using the word 'make'. Persuasion is an answer. Another is silence.
Meanwhile, I am trying to persuade you.

Thanks.

Padmanabha Rao



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