Naveen,
I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to post your "rant" (your word, not
mine) here.
However, your post confused me. I'm going to comment on only one passage,
not to be dismissive to the rest of the post, but only because it's the
part I believe I can comment on most lucidly.
On 4 July 2016 at 15:15, Naveen Bagalkot <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Consider a white, male, and seemingly senior professor says these words,
> *I assume that the context of the workshop is western democratic countries;
> if so, it is granted (hopefully) that we all (well, maybe not Donald Trump)
> strive for a just society, a laudable principle that in our
> social-democratic states evolved to a political system based on the ideas
> of separation of powers (legislative, executive, and judiciary) upholding
> of individual freedom(s), egalitarianism, and so on.*
> As a brown, Indian, male researcher, this prof is telling me that my
> culture and my country do not strive for a just society, but only the
> western democratic countries do. So, western democratic countries do not
> need social justice, but the so called under-developed countries do. Isn't
> this an imposition of his thoughts on mine? On this email list, is he not
> stating this as a white, male, senior professor of design?
>
You begin by quoting person A, who claims that proposition P is true in
context C.
You then infer that A is claiming that an entirely different proposition P2
is true in a different context C2.
But you provide no argumentation or evidence for your inference.
Therefore your claim (that A claims P2 is true in C2) is unjustified.
Furthermore, A doesn't even really make that claim but rather claims that P
holds under the *assumption* of C. This leaves open the possibility that if
C doesn't hold, P may not hold either. This leaves significant possibility
for meaningful discussion about the details and nuances of what is and is
not being claimed, and what evidence might be available for and against
those claims.
I'm not saying you're incorrect. I'm saying I can't tell, because you
simply haven't made the case.
Finally, let me suggest that dealing in generalities as you did will simply
put the matter over the heads of some (well, me at least). So could you
point to a *specific* case where you claim privilege was shown, and also
explaining how you come to that conclusion?
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*Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.*
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