[governance] A false consensus is broken

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

It entirely depends. There are of course suppressio veri, suggestio falsi to bear in mind here

Strategic misstatements are a rather distasteful but extremely powerful propaganda tool when addressing yourself to a larger, comparatively uninformed population 

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

Past articles have included this gem by a past but still larger than life editor, several of whose protégés are still at the paper 

http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2007/07/06/mr-ram-does-a-hatchet-job-on-the-dalai-lama/

--srs (iPad)

On 21-Dec-2012, at 22:57, Paul Lehto <lehto.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:13 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Anyway, why this pre-occupation with one perhaps infelicitous turn of 
>> > (journalistic/diplomatic?) phrase ...
>> 
>> 
>> Because it's not true, and anyone who has been on this list and/or
>> read one or two news articles would know it's not true. Or, someone
>> could go to the transcripts of the meeting and it would be perfectly
>> clear.   Parminder makes the claim throughout the article, so hardly
>> an accident.  As we know from his usual bile against anything
>> "northern", it looks pretty deliberate.
>> 
>> This is an OpEd in a major newspaper.  The Indian government said they
>> will hold a public consultation about the outcome of WICT and whether
>> the country should sign etc.  Clearly it's in this context Parminder's
>> writing.  
> 
> 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:  
> 
> On one hand, in a "zeal" to attack things "northern", Parminder may have made a factually incorrect assertion, if he is the author. 
> 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...)
> 
> 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.
> 
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