[Reader-list] Proposal for a reader-list protocol

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

One who dares to teach shall never cease to learn.
Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: we wi <dhatr1i at yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008 1:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Proposal for a reader-list protocol
To: prem.cnt at gmail.com, reader-list at sarai.net

> wow! That sounds a good teacher teaches basics to the students.
>   
>  I think u mean usage of parlimentary language.
> 
> Prem Chandavarkar <prem.cnt at gmail.com> wrote:
>  1. If you see a post with which you disagree, your disagreement 
> should be
> phrased so as to also imply an acknowledgement of the person's 
> right to
> speak.
> 
> 2. If you see a post whose language or attitude you find offensive or
> unpalatable, just ignore it. Over a period of time, that will be 
> the best
> filter to sort who is likely to speak constructively on this list.
> 
> 3. The reader-list is a space for an exchange of ideas. Therefore, 
> speak in
> order to learn, not in order to convince.
> 
> 4. If your desire is to convince, then please think about whether a
> discussion forum is a place you should intrude upon.
> 
> 5. Attack issues, do not attack people.
> 
> 6. When you respond to a post, do not just negate it, but engage 
> with it and
> build on it in order to throw up a new idea into the public 
> commons that is
> the reader-list.
> 
> 7. When you post a new message on a fresh subject, do so only if 
> you feel
> that critique or dissent will be helpful to you.
> 
> 8. And finally, remember that we interact on this list through 
> language; and
> language always has two dimensions - speaking and listening. 
> Participationin this list requires a commitment to both dimensions.
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