<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>It entirely depends. There are of course suppressio veri, suggestio falsi to bear in mind here</div><div><br></div><div>Strategic misstatements are a rather distasteful but extremely powerful propaganda tool when addressing yourself to a larger, comparatively uninformed population </div><div><br></div><div>The Hindu is a major paper, yes, but it also has a strong leftist tilt that sometimes makes it occassionally a bit too eager to swallow articles hook, line and sinker of they appear to be pro south and/or against an American hegemony</div><div><br></div><div>Past articles have included this gem by a past but still larger than life editor, several of whose protégés are still at the paper </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2007/07/06/mr-ram-does-a-hatchet-job-on-the-dalai-lama/">http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2007/07/06/mr-ram-does-a-hatchet-job-on-the-dalai-lama/</a><br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 21-Dec-2012, at 22:57, Paul Lehto <<a href="mailto:lehto.paul@gmail.com">lehto.paul@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Adam Peake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp" target="_blank">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:13 AM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Anyway, why this pre-occupation with one perhaps infelicitous turn of <br></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">> (journalistic/diplomatic?) phrase ...<br>
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</div>Because it's not true, and anyone who has been on this list and/or<br>
read one or two news articles would know it's not true. Or, someone<br>
could go to the transcripts of the meeting and it would be perfectly<br>
clear. Parminder makes the claim throughout the article, so hardly<br>
an accident. As we know from his usual bile against anything<br>
"northern", it looks pretty deliberate.<br>
<br>
This is an OpEd in a major newspaper. The Indian government said they<br>
will hold a public consultation about the outcome of WICT and whether<br>
the country should sign etc. Clearly it's in this context Parminder's<br>
writing. <br></blockquote></div><br>Even if the above strings of inferences regarding Parminder's authorship are assumed correct, those attacking Parminder engage in a form of the same thing Parminder stands accused of: <br>
<br>On one hand, in a "zeal" to attack things "northern", Parminder may have made a factually incorrect assertion, if he is the author. <br clear="all">On the other hand, in a zeal to make a sustained attack the southern Parminder, others strain civility past the breaking point. (I'll not repeat the names used here...)<br>
<br>Of the two, it is easier to correct and repair a factual misstatement than it is to correct and repair civility. Such factual repairs need not consist of hauling someone before a worldwide listserv repeatedly, until some demanded admission of correct fact is publicly made.<br>
<br>-- <br>Paul R Lehto, J.D.<br>P.O. Box 1 <br>Ishpeming, MI 49849 <br><a href="mailto:lehto.paul@gmail.com" target="_blank">lehto.paul@gmail.com</a><br>906-204-4965 (cell)<br><br><br><br><br><br>
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