list etiquette

[Guest guest]

I second Lynken Ghosh's sentiments. There ought to be some self

regulation by members. This should be applied to ALL persons

regardless of degrees and pedigrees.

 

Branding someone Eurocentric, commie, safronite, fundamentalist (of

any side), nationalist (of any nation), etc. is in bad taste when

used to attack personally, and especially when it distracts from the

substance of their position.

 

Even those adjectives that are formally established, such as

Hindutva, should not be forced on a person unless he has made that

choice. In other words, only a person has a right to self identify,

and nobody else should be able to impose a label just because it is a

convenient straw man to hit against.

 

R. Malhotra