by Ayesha Parveen 09 Oct 2008Category: Lifestyle.
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Education should enable a person to deal appropriately with the various situations he faces in life. Thus, the primary difference between an educated person and someone who lacks education, is in manners. After reading some of the comments given on some posts, I am in no doubt that some so-called educated people have forgotten the true meaning of education.
Each person has the right to express his views but no one has the ethical right to insult another. If our opinions differ from someone’s, we can criticize his point of view, but should never make a personal attack. However, we have some readers (perhaps some of them are co-writers as well) who have the impertinence to question a writer’s manhood or call him a hypocrite if his views do not conform to what they want to read! By their use of language, by their choice of words, these abusers prove what they are: the scum of literary society. I do not think anyone who claims to be educated will call such deranged people even civilized.
Such abusers, beware! Life has an uncanny rule of paying you back exactly when you least expect retribution.
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2 comments:
MSN Readers' comments:
Prashanth - Bangalore on 10/9/2008 2:20:16 PM
I subscribe to the quote"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" But while forcefully expressing dissent,care must be taken to use civilised language.There is no place for abuse as it would certainly drive writers away from this platform.There should be moderation by the editorial team of the comments.
sharmishtha - kolkata on 10/9/2008 12:35:45 PM
superb thought ayesha, you are a brave lady. when people sling mud on innocents they forget that there is some one who is watching every thing, and sooner or later He will pick up the pen and balance the balancesheet.
M.Lokeswara Rao - Bangalore on 10/9/2008 8:39:03 PM
I fully agree with your statement"Each person has the right to express his views but no one has the ethical right to insult another. If our opinions differ from someone’s, we can criticize his point of view, but should never make a personal attack", I saw many people criticize for the sake of criticising.Good article Ayesha
MSN Readers' comments:
Ramesh Padmanabhan - Chennai on 10/10/2008 10:00:07 AM
Abuse, either physical or verbal will not survive for long. We have to learn a lot from the life of Gandhiji. For all the abuse he had from hindus for trying to bring the waring muslims and hindus together, he did not stop.He conitnuted to go ahead as it was his cherished dream not to divide India and work towards religious harmony. Ultimately he paid the price for this efforts.People who abuse others are a frusturated lot. Regards. RP
Dr.P.V.Vaidyanathan - Mumbai on 10/9/2008 9:50:03 PM
Ayesha, don't be to worried or take abuses personally. To each his own. Abusers are powerless unless we take notice of them and respond. It is our very acknowledging of them that gives them the power that they seek. Gandhiji was right when he invented Satyagraha. People normally know how to react to a reaction, but don't know what to do to a "non-reaction". The entire British Empire could never figure out what satyagraha was, till the end. So, my feeling is that we let the sleeping dogs (in this case, barking dogs) be, and get on with out work. Ignore the abuses, cherish the good feedback and carry on.
ayesha parveen - kolkata on 10/10/2008 6:56:15 AM
Dr. Vaidyanathan, thank you for your comment. How well you have said, "we let the sleeping dogs (in this case, barking dogs) be, and get on with out work. Ignore the abuses, cherish the good feedback and carry on." However, sometimes it does become necessary to protest. Best wishes.
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