[Reader-list] Can't we shut Reader-List temporarily until polls are over

[Yousuf]

Its interesting to see that in the cacophony of the election when somebody jokes about closing SRL temporarily, that's also taken seriously. But some of the inane discussions between left and right are getting too much to bear. We know we can't convince anyone on the list to vote for a certain candidate or party. Nor is any single Sarai reader going to go get his/her family and friends to vote for a party because Sarai says its good.
And if the "firangis" find these "ferocious" discussions as the reflection of real democracy in India, they haven't seen nothin. Maybe the Indian TV channels could give you a better picture from those remote corners.


--- On Sun, 4/19/09, Patrice Riemens <patrice at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> From: Patrice Riemens <patrice at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Can't we shut Reader-List temporarily until polls are over
> To: "francesca recchia" <kiccovich at yahoo.com>
> Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 3:06 PM
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:35:22PM -0700, francesca recchia
> wrote:
> > Dear all
> > 
> > As a non-Indian who tries to follow and contribute to
> the reading list, the idea of suspending it during the
> election time sounds quite unfortunate. 
> > I guess this can be a challenge to the general sense
> of responsibility and respect towards the others in how we
> write what we write.
> > 
> > This is definitely not the site for campaigning but
> should be the place for challenging and exchanging each
> other's ideas.
> > 
> > There is a quotation from Julio Cortazar that I love
> and might be inspiring in this debate:
> > I write by default and dislocation, and since I write
> out of an
> > interstice I always invite others to discover one of
> their own and to
> > see for themselves the garden where the trees bear
> fruits that turn out
> > to be precious stones. The monster remains the same.
> > 
> > Hugs
> > francesca
> > 
> > francesca recchia
> > kiccovich at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> Though I do not and by far read all the SRL postings, I
> tend to agree with 
> Francesca, was it only because we, the firangis, are
> somewhat in awe to 
> see how elections and the democratic process are taken so
> seriously and 
> are so fiercely (or ferociously) discussed in india
> compared to the 
> lethargy and desilusionments prevailing in our parts
> ("que se vayan 
> todos!")
> 
> Chewers from just back in EU, patrizio and Diiiinooos!
> 
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