[Admin] Re: neo-Orientalism (ii)

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Dear NC,

In your posting below you accuse your interlocutors of pettiness, you
imply childishness, and an ignorance of humanities scholarship.  You
accuse them of shrillness, insecurity, and you impugne their professional
standing.

It is ironic that your accusations and insults are part of your request
that your interlocutors should not behave in the manner in which you
yourself are behaving.

Your posting brings up no new or interesting information about classical
India and is therefore quite beyond the scope of this list, quite apart
from being a serious breach of common netiquette.

This is the second time I have had to write to you today.  I shall now
cancel your subscription.


On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, nanda chandran wrote:

[...]
> What can I say? And this kind of pettiness from a "scholar"! The
kid next
> door has more integrity and courtesy. And somebody was talking about
> humanities being so integral a part of Western education ...
>
> And dear Dr.Vassilkov and Selvakumar, the same applies to you too. If you
> can, please counter my arguments. What's the need for these personal
> attacks? Attack views, not people. Your shrillness only seems to strengthen
> the validity of my suspicions. You are, I suppose, professors in
> Universities and it will quite befit your position to keep in mind Aristotle
> : "the mark of an educated mind is to entertain a thought without accepting
> it". No need to be so insecure and freak out when your assumptions are
> questioned.
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Dominik Wujastyk
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