[Reader-list] Condemning one person's act; praising the same act by another. Munaafaqat?

[Syed Yunus]

Im not interested in ' how should one consider this person Inder salim'  but
im concern about how should one person consider people, who say, write, &
lobby to malign somebody.

On 10/12/08, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> What should one call it when a person condemns an act by someone and
> praises an identical act by someone else?
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> ACT A ------
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> On Oct 6, '08 - Pawan Durrani posts "J&K Militants are terrorists :
> Pakistan President". He reproduces the news item and gives the weblink.
>
> He introduces it with the comment "An interesting and important statement
> from Pakistan President .........".
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> (Not so humbly put) Reaction from Inder Salim to Pawan Durrani ---------
> "  WE ALL READ DAILY NEWSPAPERS . WE KNOW IT. WHAT IS POINT TO FORWARD IT?
> UNLESS  THERE IS SOMETHING TO ADD .
> HUMBLY
> IS
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> ACT B -------
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> One day later, on Oct 7, '08 - In an identical act, Naeem Mohaimen
> posts  "FINANCE: Karthik Rajaram Kills Family, Himself". He too reproduces
> the news item and gives the weblink.
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> Naeem makes no comment as an introduction to the news item.
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> Response from Inder Salim to Naeem Mohaimen --------- "thanks for
> forwarding the news item which appeared in all the daily news papers all
> over the world."
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> How should one consider this person Inder Salim?
>
> This comes in quick succession after the List Administrator similarly
> displayed hypocritical attitudes by de-listing one person for abusive
> language and not having taken similar action against another person who also
> had used abusive language ( equally abusive and crude)
>
> Kshmendra
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