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On
censoring my article by a "high standard" (Uttorshuri) moderator
By
Jahed Ahmed
Dear Moderator of Uttorshuri:
I don't recall having heard of such a crude joke for long
time. You claim to have found several reasons not to post our
article published in Bangladesh Observer. I wonder-
why not let the readers judge it for
themselves? Since when a moderator has attained superiority in
judging the aesthetic quality of an article over his/her readers? I
am afraid to say- it's neither the so called "poor" quality of the
article, nor the "grammatical errors" (why not point out some?); but
your mediocre and pro-Islamic (in disguise of
modernity) perspectives that refrained you from understanding the
article. As for references, do you think, Observer published it without list of pertinent references?
Here is link to original article along with references:
https://gold.mukto-mona.com/Articles/bush_war.htm
FYI, both Avijit and I are against Bush's immoral War in Iraq and we
have written profoundly upholding our stance. However, I know
when reason of censorship is due to parochial personal level grudge,
nothing helps.
You have also
complained in your forum that Mukto-Mona is siphoning off
Uttorshuri members while sadly forgetting -
1. Mukto Mona is much older
as a forum than Uttorshuri
2. Uttorshuri was
formed using Mukto Mona's member database (we have
proof too).
3. Uttorshuri's moderator
was once a member of Mukto Mona although the
pro-Islamic predilection made her vulnerable to ideals we
believe in i.e. critical thinking, secularism and rationalism.
4. We have been publishing posts
from Dristipat, an affiliated forum of Uttorshuri.
5. Readers are not any one's private
property. They are entitled to read/view whatever they like. If
they decide not to, they can always unsubscribe.
I realize by now- why you didn't want to "overwhelm" your readers
with our article. And It's not that we thought of your forum as any
romantic poetry club. When it so happens that readers are familiar
with Emerson but the moderator's criteria of judging good versus
bad are deeply rooted in poor and archaic learning backgrounds,
then one doesn't feel enraged but simply pity the nerd.
Moderator
Mukto Mona
&
South Asian Humanists' Monthly Discussion Group
Center for Inquiry
Metro NY
CC sent to Mukto Mona
PS: I'm sure, you're honest enough
to post this message for your readers. And feel free to
unsubscribe me, if you want to.
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Rejection letter from the 'High standard' moderator:
uttorshuri1 <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Member,
I regret to tell you that this article contains nothing new; it doesn't provide references for the facts cited, and is full of
grammatical errors. In general, it refers to some widely known
problems of Bangladesh's political scene, but you have provided
neither an in-depth analysis nor any clear solution to those
problems. I'm surprised that the Observer published an article of
such poor quality without even any editing.
More importantly, why does it matter what president Bush calls
Bangladesh, especially after what he has done in Iraq? Or do you
want Bangladesh to be another Iraq? Do you have a Chalabi or an
Alawi in mind as well?
We see no value in posting this in Uttorshuri. Please try to
understand that we receive numerous such postings everyday and we do
not want to overwhelm our readers with all of them.
Thank you for your participation in Uttorshuri.
Sincerely,
Moderator
My original message that
I sent to Uttorshuri:
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> Following is the link to article of www.mukto-mona.com which was published in daily Bangladesh
Observer
> on last 1st November 2004.
>
http://www.bangladeshobserveronline.com/new/2004/11/01/editorial.htm
>
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