AATHREYA - - Musings

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AATHREYA - Dr.BalaKrishna Murthy Ramaraju

 

( RBK Murthy )

 

27 Mackay Dr.

 

Marlborough , MA 01752 - 1935

 

Cell : 508 - 265 - 1124

 

AATHREYA - - MUSINGS

 

It is nice to belong to as I could come

 

across friendly well informed people across the globe.

 

I became acquainted with very nice people from India

 

to Italy , US to UK , Fizi to France , from Mauritius to

 

Malaysia , Singapore to Sri Lanka and from Africa to

 

Australia , which otherwise I could not have ever done.

 

My experience differed from one Y group to another.

 

Some groups are entirely Owner - Oriented and I can

 

only read what owner wants me to read , I have no say

 

and I could not post any message ; I have nothing to

 

do with them and I promptly quit them.

 

Second type of groups are heavily censored and take

 

such a long time to approve my non controversial posts

 

and by the time they appear in flesh and blood, I forgot

 

that I ever posted those messages and I saw no merit

 

in continuing in these .

 

Third type of groups rely solely on whims and fancies of

 

owners with sometimes approval coming promptly and

 

at other times I was never informed about approval or

 

no approval even though the natureof my posts is same

 

in nature as always it was before. I failed to understand

 

the logic of it and I felt sorry to leave them.

 

All the above three groups are good groups and I am

 

awarethat they have every right to do what they do but I

 

have my own right to not to be a part of them . I quit with

 

out any rancour and any remorse on either side.

 

Fourth type of groups require approval which is promptly

 

given and I am happy to be associated with them even

 

though sometimes I had some difficult moments. I am

 

reminded of a bitter quarrel between two French

 

philosophers when they both told each other " I do not

 

agree with what you say but I defend your right to say it. "

 

Fifth type of groups are the most liberal and my posts are

 

accepted on the spot , pronto.

 

Over the period I received very friendly constructive

 

suggestions, ideas,encomiums , criticisms , approvals

 

and good wishes such as : -

 

Use captions.

 

Motivate.

 

Refrain.

 

Do not use upper case capital letters.etc etc

 

I close with remarks that one should have an open mind,

 

encourage freedom of expression as long as it does not

 

hurt others , understanding , humility , clear thinking and

 

readiness to say " You may be right, Thank you , Sorry ,

 

I am wrong " . Be prepared to forgive though you may not

 

forget. To err is human , but to repeat the same mistake

 

is inappropriate. Thanks for understanding.

 

aathreya - r b krishna murthy