[Reader-list] Whose Plot is this really ?

[Samuel X. Hood]

Hi, Pawan! No one has responded to my request so far. Which either 
means no one is interested, or no one knows. Since you are an IT 
professional, could yu please take a minute to explain? I am very 
curious to know.


-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel X. Hood <samhoodx at aol.com>


Hi. I have nothing to do with IT other than using the internet, so
please forgive my ignorance. I have used a dial-up modem in the past
and know what a browser is - using one right now. But have not heard of
a "dial-up browser". Could Pawan or someone else  please tell me what a
dial-up browser is? Also, what is meant by "text was in DOS mode"?


Sam


-----Original Message-----

From: Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>



Dear Yousuf ,


I do believe that my knowledge about Internet is probably better than
yours.

I am into IT services only and am in www world since I was using a 14.4
kbps

dial up browser and the text was in dos mode.


You may have heard of this , and I am sure never experienced it.


Coming back to accusations , I am as guilty " if it assumed by some" as

someone else is.As i have said , i do not challenge a moderator and
neither

do i like someone challenging me in the group i run. That group is
almost 10

years old.


If someone challenges my cause by overtly or covertly supporting or

sympathising with my tormentors , i wont sit back.


I dont know what CSDS or whatever is ! It doesnt matter to me.


You may continue to have vote for my expulsion, and that makes me
remember

castro , who once said "I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just

because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town
from

the airport there were such enormous potholes."


Best regards


pawan

jai Andhra , Jai Hind




On 11/10/08, Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

> Dear Pawan

> I didn't want to get into this. But here is a small point. Please do
not

> forget that we are on the Internet, where, even though most things
come free

> - but as they say in America: there is no such thing as a free lunch.
So,

> while Sarai list maybe a free space for you to speak out loud,
someone,

> somewhere is paying for the server space and the bandwidth (I don't
mean

> paying in that "getting paid" sense. But if you insist on the
"getting paid"

> angle, then even you are using that "foreign kick-back" by posting
your

> messages on this paid server).

>

> Nothing is free. Even when we sign up on Yahoo, Google or any other
free

> service, they get a contract signed from us (which I'm sure none of
us read

> fully) saying that they have the right to remove you from their free
service

> as and when they feel like. Now, I don't want to compare the
institution of

> Sarai/CSDS with that sort of corporatism, but I am sure every
institution

> has the right to maintain a certain decorum in a public debate. When
you

> subscribed to the reader-list, they must have sent you a message
about what

> this list is all about, and that you need to follow a certain
decorum. By

> accepting their subscription, you have agreed to abide by the
decorum. If

> you don't, then it is their right to remove.

>

> Even if we consider the reader-list as a truly public forum with no

> institutional belonging, then, the opinion of the rest of the
list-members

> should suffice to remove you or anyone who crosses limits of decency.
We can

> have a referendum/poll here, and let the list members vote for or
against

> you.

>

> Yousuf

>

>

> --- On Mon, 11/10/08, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> > From: Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>

> > Subject: [Reader-list] Whose Plot is this really ?

> > To: "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>, "we wi" <dhatr1i at yahoo.com>,

> "rajendra bhat" <raja_starkglass at yahoo.com>

> > Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 5:38 PM

> > Whose plot is to get me , Aditya and rajendra removed from

> > the list ?

> >

> > Is it plot by an extreme leftist ?

> >

> > Is it a plot by those leftists who may not be writers in

> > the forum but pull

> > the strings ?

> >

> > Is it a plot of JKLF , against whom we have continuoulsy

> > fought ?

> >

> > Is it a plot of some section of Indian agency who do not

> > want us to expose

> > yasin malik ?

> >

> > Is it a plot of rightist muslim groups ?

> >

> > Is it a plot of those paid writers , whose cause gets

> > defeated everytime

> > they make a terrorist a hero ?

> >

> > Is it a plot of anti Indian agency ?

> >

> > Is it a plot of a dictatorial member ?

> >

> > is it a plot of anti Kashmiri Hindu lobby ?

> >

> > Is this a plot of pseudo seculars ?

> >

> > I am just wondering whose plot is this !!!!!!!

> >

> > In this whole Mahabharta , i see myslef as a Abhimanyu in a

> > well plotted

> > Chakravyuhu . The Druyodhan is well known , the pandvas are

> > on my side .

> >

> > The only thing to be seen is whether Dhitrashtra of this

> > group is still

> > blind !

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