KARL JASPERS FORUM

Short Note 52 (in response to N51 by vd Meijden)
by V V Raman
28 January 2003, posted 4 February 2003

Professor Adrian van der Meijden:

"ON RAMAN'S DEFENSE by Adrian van der Meijden.

1. I am sorry but I totally DISAPPROVE of such social engineering or mind bending of the NAIVE kind as you suggest."

I am not in need of your approval, even if I am not as sophisticated as you are.

2. "One cannot come to terms with oneself, one's feelings, angers, sense of "getting even" with the bastard, revenge, ETCCC., and otherwise unless, until and only IFFFFFF one gets to the juncture of admitting it's all in one's own fantasies."

I don't know what your problems are, but I don't have to get to terms with myself.

3. "It reeks of the kind of Mullah superiority I despise."

Too bad.

"IT ends up with the kind of bureaucratic self defense and keeping "state secrets" all which boils down to a fear of being"

4. I suggest you cool it a little in your outpouring against what I said. I am not offering any DEFENSE as you suggest. I don't need to defend myself against anything or anybody. I was explaining, giving a reason for my use of an etymology: one which I did not invent, one which is widely accepted by many followers of the faith (Islam).

5. BTW, it is this type of posting from you that keeps me away from posting anything in this group.

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V.V. Raman

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[ Concerning the last point mentioned by Prof. Raman, please refer to the policy of non-censorship of the KJ Forum, as stated in the "Editorial Policy" section of the web site, and its discussion in N31. So far I have received no further suggestions on that matter, but I am interested to discuss other possibilities. - HFJM ]