Re: just to start a discussion!
Rao Veluri (rveluri@smtpgate.anl.gov)
Thu, 13 Mar 97 13:42:08 CST
Sitaramayya Ari on 3/13/97 12:21 PM questions:
"--- I can hear the thunderous silence here!
So, I thought of inviting you to a small non-controversial
(hopefully) discussion. Just to keep the heat down, let's leave the
names of authors out of this.
Here it goes: When we like a certain author, is it because his/her
writings taught us something new, revealed something we were unaware
of, forced us to change our thinking on an important social issue
etc? or
is it because he/she articulated very well what we already believed in,
reinforced the validity of our previously held social judgements etc?
Or all of the above?---"
-----
Obviously, all of the above + he/she has shattered to smithereens,
some of the ancient social prejudices, assidiously held and guarded
for ages!
Of course, there is an obvious problem with the addition I proposed!
It might be a strong but a totally baseless and unreasonable reason
for some of us to hate the author too!
Regards.
V R Veluri