[sustran] Re: World Bank loan for MUTP

[Alan P Howes]

Thanks Paul, for doing what moderators should do.

I had not been following the Mumbai debate that closely, but we are
quite close here (ethnically if not geographically!), and I had been
scanning the posts. I was both surprised and disappointed at the tone
of the post you quote from below, which I did not feel a worthy
contribution to what is normally an excellent, balanced, list.


On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:03:46 +0800, Paul Barter <geobpa at nus.edu.sg>
wrote to "'sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org'"
<sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>:

>Dear sustran-discussers
>
>I do not want to discourage further forthright exchanges of views in this
>very interesting debate about Mumbai. I am learning a great deal about a
>fascinating city.  
>
>However I would like to strongly discourage any further ad hominem arguments
>such as this one: 
>
>>             Should the  email from Bina be considered as  a 
>> 'Self Advertisement Campaign' or is it realy borne out of a 
>> genuine concern for Mumbai Transport Scenario?....  Or, is it 
>> aimed at providing  publicity to  NeTrA?...
>
>I hope you will take my comment here as a constructive effort to keep the
>discussions civil. Any breaches so far, including the one mentioned above,
>have been minor but as list manager I feel a duty to hop in quickly in such
>cases. 
>
>Please let us all continue to discuss the issues themselves. Whatever any of
>our motivations may be for participating in this forum, our arguments must
>stand or fall on the evidence, regardless of who is making the argument or
>our speculations on why. 
>
>We are fortunate that sustran-discuss has been relatively free of the "flame
>wars" (abusive exchanges) that plague some discussion lists. Let's try to
>keep it that way. 
>
>All the best,
>Paul
>Sustran-discuss list manager

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