Here is the final post of our friend Saban to the article “Mr. Minister, my name is Sunanda Deshapriya. I am not a terrorist.”

http://groundviews.org/2012/02/05/mr-minister-my-name-is-sunanda-deshapriya-i-am-not-a-terrorist/#comment-41616

Dear Dr.Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri;

Your silence, creates………

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We are anxiously awaiting Dr.Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri’s answers to Off the Cuff’s questions.

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Keybyes! must be referring to Gamarala,in mentioning spoon, I think the arrow has accidentally found its target, Gamarala is so excited about it.

You mean to shoot at the rabbit, dear Gamarala?, arrow found the bush.

Ha! Ha!!

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Wijayapala : Prof Jeganathan provided a far more educated and useful perspective on Sri Lankan history than Dr Dewasiri’s.

Gamarala’s reply : Frankly, as Dr. Dewasiri has mentioned, I too cannot see an incompatibility between Dr. Jeganathan’s views and his own

Language barrier seems to run deeper than the purported Rabbit hole ha ha haa.

The Soup is putrid but yet some like it.
To flies, that smell is heavenly.

Dear Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

It is strange to see Authors, writing articles to Websites, questioning the use of pseudonyms.
I write using the pseudonym Off the Cuff.
It tells the reader that the writer is using a pseudonym.
That is the ethical reason for choosing such a name, instead of an accepted name.

If I were to use a popular and accepted name how would you be certain that it is also not a pseudonym? Would you be asking for my residential address or some other personal information in order to be certain?

On the web, only a very few have the ability to prove their identity beyond doubt, all others are anonymous, even those with an accepted name.

How would you know that M.N.I.N. Perera is not a pseudonym?
No one can find that out.
Only the author would know for certain.

You would know whether M.N.I.N. Perera is a pseudonym only if I chose to declare it.

You have asked, like many others have asked before you (some who are doctors of medicine and some with PhD’s and some without any educational credentials attached to their names), about the ethics of using a pseudonym.

“But when one opt to hide ones identity in this kind of serious engagement it raises serious ethical question”

Those ethical questions are imaginary and only serves to save face.

If I used M.N.I.N. Perera you would not have raised this question.
If I used Dr. M.N.I.N. Perera you would still be in the dark about my educational background.

What is important is the subject matter, not the purported identity of the writer.

Hopefully, you would have realised that an accepted name hides one’s identity more effectively than a Pseudonym. The web and even GV is full of such names.

Hence it is Futile and exhibits a weakness of the Authors who questions the pseudonyms instead of addressing the questions asked. Many are guilty of that mistake.

I have no intention of ridiculing you, about questioning my identity.
I just want to drive home a point.

Here is my full name.

My Name Is Not Perera

Thank you

M.N.I.N. Perera.

My apologies for failing to define a term before using it.
A “spoon that tastes no soup” refers to Keynes’ enlightening treatment on the matter.

Enlightening to some, but not to the spoon of course.

Sorry, I was really referring to the article by Dr. Pradeep Jeganathan.

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Frankly, as Dr. Dewasiri has mentioned, I too cannot see an incompatibility between Dr. Jeganathan’s views and his own. What Dewasiri has described is the mindset as it exists and the sources from which it draws its inspiration. That the mindset itself exists is gloriously exemplified by the bevy of voluble “spoons that taste no soup” in this very forum. What Jeganathan has argued for is that this mindset is a recent construct, which I do not see Dewasiri necessarily disagreeing with. Therefore, what is the nature of the disagreement, if any?

The one thing I would like Dr. Dewasiri to elaborate upon, is how prevalent he considers this mindset to be. In my own experience, I have encountered this mindset within various levels of social strata, in varying intensities, but have been unable to ascertain the extent of its grip on social consciousness. How deep does the rabbit hole go?

An excellent impartial enlightening essay by Dr.Rajasingham Narendran.

Thanks, Sir!

Dear off the cuff,
Thank for your reply. I am addressing most of the issues that you have raised in an essay that I am writing. When you expect a responsible behaviour from your intelocutor, you have to ask yourself whether your are behaving responsibly. Why are you hiding your identity? Now you may ask me to answer the questions and not to bother about your identity. Yes I will cenrtainly do that. But when one opt to hide ones identity in this kind of serious engagement it raises serious ethical question.