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Dear progessor Ajoy Roy:
Thanks a lot for your concern about the way this debate on liberal
Democratic Party's nominee versus conservative Republican Party's
presumptive nominee in Mukto-mona.
You may recall that in 2004 U.S. presidential election many of us at
Mukto-mona had supported the candidacy of Senator John Kerry. Scores
of posts were made supporting the liberal candidate, John Kerry.
Some of our members who abhor Islamic countries had opined that
George W. Bush will teach the Muslim nations lessons of a life time.
Thus, they supported Mr. Bush.
In February 2008 a few of us wrote supporting the candidacy of
Senator Barack Obama over Senator Clinton who is liked by many
Bangladeshi Americans. When the debate over Obama versus Clinton was
at infancy, Mr. Sitangshu Guha entered the debate but his ad hominem
("appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or
reason" - American heritage Dictionary) write-up really derailed the
debate. Before one could count three, the debate became "liberal
versus conservative" presidential candidates - who will be better for
America? To add fuel to the fire, one Dr. Jiten Roy from New York
City joined the debate as a surrogate for Mr. Guha. Dr. Roy posed 4-
5 criteria (he called them "questions") for Mukto-monas. Those were
his litmus tests for liberals or conservatives. Dr. Roy's ad hominem
write-up also brought a deluge of condemnation from quite a few
liberals.
Sometimes things get out of hand, no doubt. I hope the participants
would bring objectivity to this debate. The moderators have a role
to play but I hardly think that anyone has grossly misbehaved. Under
these circumstances would it be wise to call the debate off?
We are all grownups here in Mukto-mona. As long as we maintain
decorum and savoir fare, this debate between liberals and
conservatives should continue.
Sincerely,
A.H. Jaffor Ullah
New Orleans, USA
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/university_teachers_arrest.htm
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Daily Star publishes an interview with Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/news/daily_star/daily_star_MM.pdf
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MM site is blocked in Islamic countries such as UAE. Members of those theocratic states, kindly use any proxy (such as http://proxy.org/) to access mukto-mona.
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/5_yrs_anniv/index.htm
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates Earth Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Earth_day2006/index.htm
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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/kansat2006/members/
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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
http://www.mukto-mona.com/project/Roumari/freedom_fighters_union300306.htm
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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/german_radio/
Mukto-Mona Celebrates Darwin Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/index.htm
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Some FAQ's about Mukto-Mona:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/new_site/mukto-mona/faq_mm.htm
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