[Reader-list] vedavati thought you would like "wrap the body of muslim terrorist with pig skin"

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear All,

Let me clarify at the very beginning that I find the contents of the 
exchange between Vedavati and Abhit (which we have all been subjected to 
because of Vedavati's forward, with comment, of Abhik's off list email 
to her) sad and deplorable. While Abhik's language betrays an 
unfortunate misogyny, Vedavati's postings and responses are not exactly 
exemplars of liberality and tolerance.

This is not the first time that Vedavati Jogi has posted material on 
this list that many on this list will find objectionable, just as there 
are many others on this list who post material that Vedavati, and 
perhaps some others on this list might have found objectionable. We have 
had other instances such as this in the past with others as well. The 
history of a list such as this grows to accommodate all manner of 
eccentricities, and that is a sign of the health and robustness of a 
free and open electronic space. It is in the nature of an unmoderated 
(that is uncensored) list such as this, that some people will use the 
platform to post material that many of us will consider reprehensible. 
However, I would suggest that one way to respond to such provocation is 
also to not necessarily dignify every such provocation with a response.

Abhik Samanta has written in his private capacity to Vedavati, and not 
on the list. So his post (no matter how objectionable and misogynist its 
content may be, which I think it is, even though I can understand his 
outrage at Vedavati's clear act of hate speech) is not technically a 
breach of list etiquette.

Vedavati's reply to Abhik which is addressed both to Abhik and to the 
list is however a clear case of someone dragging what is essentially a 
private exchange between two people on to the public space of the list. 
Doing so,without asking for the permission of the concerned persons (and 
there is no indication that she has asked Abhik) is a clear breach of 
list eitquette.

As a list member, I would advise all other list members (including 
Vedavati, and Abhik) to try and refrain from blowing this issue out of 
proportion. I personally find the sentiments that Vedavati is asking us 
to consider (in the blog whose url she has forwarded) pathetic.

I personally think that the real power of Hindutva-vadis lies in their 
ability to hog public attention. Just ignore what is said by 
Hindutva-vaids , be amused, at best by the sad level of the arguments 
and the rhetoric that they put forward, and see how powerful your 
unwillingness to pay attention to their agenda can be.

I hope this puts an end to what might become an otherwise unpleasant 
distraction on this busy list.

regards,

Shuddha



Vedavati Jogi wrote:
> this shows your level mr. abhik!
> 
> when you people curse hindutv forces especially rss & family, we should not 
> react
> but when we talk about muslim terrorism you can't tolerate moreover you use 
> such a dirty language ...is it democracy? is it secularism?is it liberalism?
> 
> vedavati
> 
> 
>>From: "Abhik Samanta" <abhikauliya at googlemail.com>
>>To: vedavati <vrjogi at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] vedavati thought you would like "wrap the body 
>>of muslim terrorist with pig skin"
>>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:01:43 +0530
>>
>>depraved and poor deprived girl   wats the use of wasting time thinkin shit
>>dont u have anyone to fuck
>>
>>On 2/25/07, vedavati <vrjogi at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>vedavati wants you to check out "wrap the body of muslim terrorist with
>>>pig skin", the latest post from "Scientific Analysis".
>>>
>>>Scientific Analysis - Post:
>>>http://chritianitybreedspoverty.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=132180&hbx_camp=5
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