tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post3757723203601600882..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: Appreciative of each personDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-88002231900880858142007-04-27T07:45:00.000+05:302007-04-27T07:45:00.000+05:301. Thanks for the response. I have scaled back a b...1. Thanks for the response. I have scaled back a bit myself from the reservation chat, partly because I found some of that abuse and stereotyping difficult to take.<BR/><BR/>2. Re the lack of response, it could be option 'b'. People think it is unlikely to make a difference and hence dont even try.<BR/><BR/>3. I have to risk what may be a fragile peace and say I kind of liked the multiple choice you had here in the response. <BR/><BR/>IMHO a certain kind of readership is attracted to writing where the writer has thought through and provided 'real' options in a multiple choice. The possible real options I saw were 'b' and 'd'.<BR/><BR/>This would be the kind of readership I would like to have if I were to actively blog. Just my unsolicited 2-center.<BR/><BR/>regards,<BR/>JaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-71531600887623690252007-04-13T11:58:00.000+05:302007-04-13T11:58:00.000+05:30Jai, I don't believe such a dialogue can happen on...Jai, I don't believe such a dialogue can happen on a blog. It must happen face-to-face where people can work out a consensus on contentious issues.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that I have anything more to contribute to the reservation issue, besides hoping that time will lower the levels of abusive and supercilious rhetoric that flies about.<BR/><BR/>On another note, I wonder what the lack of response to this post indicates:<BR/><BR/>* that nobody reads this space<BR/>* that of those who read it, nobody thinks this is a worthwhile pursuit<BR/>* that too few people really want dialogue; too many are content with acrimony and insults<BR/>* that nobody trusts me enough to take this forward with some chosen issue<BR/>* something else.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-21362586183061784802007-04-10T10:06:00.000+05:302007-04-10T10:06:00.000+05:30I realize your post is about meetings IRL, but wit...I realize your post is about meetings IRL, but with _______ = reservations, I have been trying to do something like this at the blogs of realitycheck and shivamvij. <BR/><BR/>I dont know enough facts to really participate at the level most people do on those blogs though. I bring an open (and not too far from empty :-( ) mind to the topic.<BR/><BR/>Its been a long time since you blogged on the reservation tangle. If you dont want to participate in discussion at those places, maybe you could start one here.<BR/><BR/>Here are the links to DDS previous posts on reservation.<BR/><BR/>http://dcubed.blogspot.com/2006/04/case-for.html<BR/><BR/>http://dcubed.blogspot.com/2006/04/case-for-contd.html<BR/><BR/>There is some good discussion on the comment threads with some fairly well known bloggers ( I recognized falstaff, confused, realitycheck).<BR/><BR/>regards,<BR/>JaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com