| ashu |
Posted
on 30-Aug-00 08:58 AM
Biswo-ji wrote, in response to Hari-ji:
>Hariji:
>I don't think we people writing in the
>website running from the server belonging to
>the best school of the world(MIT) needs to
>be afraid of whether we have this minimum
>right or not.
Biswo-ji,
With all due respect, I see no logic in
how merely using a server belonging to one particular school all of a sudden empowers one to exercise more of "freedom of speech".
I mean, if you care about freedom of speech
on this Web site, what difference does it make whether you use MIT ko server or
Quincy College ko server or AOL ko server?
After all, isn't it that it's the VALIDITY of your ideas that should matter, NOT the supposed prestige of the servers carrying those ideas?
On a serious note, though an MIT education/connection may indeed be extremely valuable to those who have it, my argument is that, at the end of the day, in front of one's peers, it's still the validity of ideas and ideas alone that matter.
And, as thoughtful people, let's give, on this Web site, more weight to valid and thought-provoking ideas and thoughts and NOT to the package they come wrapped up in (i.e. email address, servers, university connections, and so on!).
Finally, regarding your characterization of MIT as "the best school of the world":
MIT, or for that matter any other school, may indeed be the best FIT for many students and scholars, while the same school can be a bad match for many other equally smart students and scholars.
"Best school" for any Nepali is that school
where the person can grow -- intellectually, socially and emotionally -- at a pace
that helps that person reach his/her full potential, broadly defined.
Viwed this way, while MIT or Harvard may be "best" for some; small, four-year liberal arts colleges may be "best" for others, while, for some, community colleges may provide the "best" nurturing environment, and so on and on!!
oohi
"not at all impressed ONLY by some Nepali's Harvard or MIT education"
ashu
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 30-Aug-00 12:39 PM
Ashuji:
I was thinking about writing comments about
your culinary article and now it is no longer
available to read.Is there any way to
retrieve it?
As for this comment about the role of king,
your comment served the purpose of parrying
the focal point and nitpicking around whether
MIT or Harvard are best or not.I am
infatuated with the researches done in MIT,
especially in computer science field, and
since Burner Lee(The innovator of WWW) is
director in W3 consortium of MIT, I felt it
pertinent to jut down some words relating
his conviction about free web &freedom in web
to my right of writing what I think about
king Birendra.I may be wrong at saying MIT
the best school in the world, but it is
certainly one of the best schools in the
world.And the connection to this website
was linked from the mit.edu account, and we
have only IP address of this website
available, I took it for granted that this
server belongs to MIT.
Anyway,technical issues aside,since you
guys didn't object to my assertion,I feel it
safe to assume that you are agreeing to
agree with me on the remaining issue which
the actual crux.
Biswo.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 31-Aug-00 07:00 AM
Bishwo-ji,
My piece on Newari food at Dwarika's is
still available here. Please go to the
"kurakani" section (left hand side on this Web page). There, you'll see a list of past postings.
I look forward to reading your comments.
On another note, MIT's Tim Berners Lee's
saying stuff about freedom of speech on the
Net does not mean that MIT alone is on the forefront of freedom of cyber-speech or that
since we may be using MIT's servers, we are somehow more bound to follow the freedom of speech ko spirit.
Freedom of speech is freedom is speech, regardless of what MIT's Tim Berbers Lee says or Harvard's Crimson Red says or Tri Chandra Campus's Kapuri Kant Karki says,
and so on.
I hope my point is clear.
Your admiration for MIT is fine and
good. As someone who has benifitted from
Harvard in more ways than one, my quarrel with you is NOT about what is the best school on the planet (I don't know which is such!), but about what definition of the phrase "best school" is.
I'd rather focus on the individual, and try to see what school, over time, best brings out the best in that person. I'm a little
sceptic about this notion about a "best school" being best for everyone.
I hope my point is clear.
oohi
ashu
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