Re: Italian LUG turns Pakistani school into a educational model
Posted by: Marco
on September 25, 2008 10:04 PM
I emphasize the "In Pakistan" part of this statement as the offending comment, which you yourself admit to adding to the one made by Padre Amato.
I have already explained that I added those two words not out of my imagination, but extrapolating from the whole context of my whole conversation with Padre Amato, quite longer than it shows in the article. While it may still be an excessive generalization, this is what happened. This said:
You contend the point that people in the UK might be offended by a reference to their role in the Indian subcontinent, but how do you think the Pakistanis feel about it? Do all victims hold their prior aggressors in high regard and esteem? No, and to imply that is offensive.
you are saying that a sentence like "this is something so good that only the elites can afford it" is equivalent to, or automatically implies, "holding the elite which can afford that something in high regard and esteem". Such an equivalence, just like the "condescension" from which we started, only exist in your mind. Please don't be surprised if I'll simply ignore your comments on this issue from now on.
Marco F.
[Modified by: Marco on September 25, 2008 10:06 PM]
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Re: Italian LUG turns Pakistani school into a educational model
Posted by: Marco on September 25, 2008 10:04 PMI have already explained that I added those two words not out of my imagination, but extrapolating from the whole context of my whole conversation with Padre Amato, quite longer than it shows in the article. While it may still be an excessive generalization, this is what happened. This said:
You contend the point that people in the UK might be offended by a reference to their role in the Indian subcontinent, but how do you think the Pakistanis feel about it? Do all victims hold their prior aggressors in high regard and esteem? No, and to imply that is offensive.
you are saying that a sentence like "this is something so good that only the elites can afford it" is equivalent to, or automatically implies, "holding the elite which can afford that something in high regard and esteem". Such an equivalence, just like the "condescension" from which we started, only exist in your mind. Please don't be surprised if I'll simply ignore your comments on this issue from now on.
Marco F.
[Modified by: Marco on September 25, 2008 10:06 PM]
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