> > > > It's all right to 'engage on issues from ones own point of perspectives' as > long as it is circumscribed by the dictum that 'you are entitled to your > opinions, *but not facts'*. Look at how such engagements are done here: > when I mentioned *relevant data* (on poverty reduction) compiled by expert > agencies entrusted with the task, the advice was 'forget all that, listen to > Sainath'. When attention was drawn to the fact that the Central government > at best has sketchy ideas about who the OBCs are or what their percentage in > the population is or that reservations are sold as a panacea or used as a > mask to cover failure of governance, the response was 'bummer, you don't > know what caste hegemony is'. Hardly meaningful, but quite imaginative.
Even as I've reservations about "factoid" kind of journalism, I think I need to consider your concern at face value. The web dictionary defines FACT as: *Definitions of fact* http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=fact 1. [n] - an event<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=event> known <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=known> to have<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=have>happened or something <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=something> known <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=known> to have<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=have>existed 2. [n] - a <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=a> statement<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=statement>or assertion <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=assertion> of verified <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=verified> information<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=information> about <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=about> something<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=something>that is the case <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=case> or has happened 3. [n] - a <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=a> concept<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=concept>whose truth <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=truth> can<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=can> be <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=be> proved<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=proved> 4. [n] - a <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=a> piece<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=piece>of information<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=information> about <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=about> circumstances<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=circumstances>that exist <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=exist> or events that have <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=have>occurred * Defintion of Data * http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Data [n] - a <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=a> collection<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=collection>of facts from which conclusions may <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=may> be<http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=be> drawn <http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=drawn> Data and Facts are inter-connected. Now, Pls. underline which you consider as fact and data in the two of your recent postings from the blogs ( acorn and retribution {wow!! what an inspiring name!!} ) on Jaipur blast & Gujjar reservation issue regards, damodar > Best regards, > Murali > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
