tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post357199702529467824..comments2023-11-05T13:40:57.114+06:00Comments on Dhakaশহর: Ummm.... Ok.Nogor Banglahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106625210794208892noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-32173895072496796232007-09-10T00:12:00.000+06:002007-09-10T00:12:00.000+06:00I think that that's a fair experiment. However, th...I think that that's a fair experiment. However, the AL is, I think, a lot of things to a lot of people, and given how it usually has tried to bear down the more centrist path after 1998 under leaders like Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Kazi Zafrullah, the late SAMS Kibria, Salman F rahman, Obaidul Quader, and so on, you may actually see the blogosphere shifting more left-of-centre, as the more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-66736869254036443952007-09-09T14:03:00.000+06:002007-09-09T14:03:00.000+06:00Good point tacit, but aren't we overestimating the...Good point tacit, but aren't we overestimating the importance of bloggers though? No one lobbies the government through blogs even in the US (probably the most advanced political blogging community). But leaving aside lobbying and thinking of it in terms of "venting", then yes, blogs make a great way to vent out your frustrations with a government, especially if you can't do so in real life. <BR/ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961427337920095510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-26418620928676007502007-09-09T10:10:00.000+06:002007-09-09T10:10:00.000+06:00I could advance another theory for the dearth of B...I could advance another theory for the dearth of BNP bloggers online. Blogging really took off about when? 2001-2002? Same time BNP came to power. And why blog when your party's in power? So much easier to call someone up and get it done. <BR/><BR/>I know, that sounds horribly shallow, God knows there were enough things that BNP messed up during their five years. But that's my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-28060808925026428462007-09-06T17:16:00.000+06:002007-09-06T17:16:00.000+06:00Good old, fugstar complaining about people having ...Good old, fugstar complaining about people having too much time and blogging?!! This has got to be the height of hypocrisy. The local IKEA store in enfield is giving away mirrors for 3 quids. I suggest you go there right now and help yourself with one. At least the liberal bloggers write stuffs that are comprehensible rather than endless pompous holier-than-thou monologues and useless Asifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592979514215035605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-58853731471944145612007-09-06T14:57:00.000+06:002007-09-06T14:57:00.000+06:00I'll add some more to that list of sins: incompreh...I'll add some more to that list of sins: incomprehensibility. Don't mind me getting too personal, but it's a trait I notice in British Muslims in particular: a sort of parochialness re-inforced by their religion and nationality/habitat that stops them from communicating with the rest of the world. Deadly combo if you ask me.<BR/><BR/>Intolerance and lack of sympathy for the downtrodden are vices ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961427337920095510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-29223630934574306742007-09-06T14:30:00.000+06:002007-09-06T14:30:00.000+06:00:-)Theres no need to take observation as direct cr...:-)<BR/>Theres no need to take observation as direct criticism and not everything in the blog universe is centred on bangladesh. <BR/><BR/>When i talk about status quo mdear is not about bd recent history and national birthing, it is about secularism, desacredisation and the propagation of liberal values in conservative societies.<BR/><BR/>Some deshis and civilisational fiddler wannabes cooperateFuad Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133243896105422696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-57837418290352199452007-09-06T08:25:00.000+06:002007-09-06T08:25:00.000+06:00What Asif said :)What Asif said :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-29555309085935594652007-09-06T08:09:00.000+06:002007-09-06T08:09:00.000+06:00The thing I enjoyed about your perfectly useless c...The thing I enjoyed about your perfectly useless contribution to the discussion here is your complete lack of evidence and that hint of paranoia lurking behind statements like "internet thought police" and "Bangladeshi bloggers are generally quite a RANDy bunch i find". Yes, Bangladeshi bloggers and RAND types really get along I hear. RAND people love the third world, and Bangladeshi bloggers areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961427337920095510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-57410625900024894322007-09-06T05:37:00.000+06:002007-09-06T05:37:00.000+06:00Awami league leaning young liberals are more likel...Awami league leaning young liberals are more likely to have an ethical outlook that permits them to disclose their thoughts onto the blogosphere without drawing the attention of the internet thought police. With a worldview aggreeable to the status quo they are more likely to find like minded support on the web, amongst eachother especially through the university networks. Bangladeshi bloggers Fugstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082475255083812008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-89815810868735018972007-09-05T07:11:00.000+06:002007-09-05T07:11:00.000+06:00BNP definitely has a strong conservative base in t...BNP definitely has a strong conservative base in the originial, English Tory meaning of the word: social stability, law and order, private enterprise, national pride etc. But I'm not sure our cities are more liberal and pro-AL the way American cities are liberal and pro-Dem. <BR/><BR/>The stylised fact of the 1990s electoral politics was that BNP was lot stronger in more urbanised areas than ALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-72896005061345718652007-09-05T00:41:00.000+06:002007-09-05T00:41:00.000+06:00Hahah... No, it's hard not to know about those peo...Hahah... No, it's hard not to know about those people if you watch Western media outlets. <BR/><BR/>But first things first, good to have you commenting on this blog again Jyoti bhai. Been a long time!<BR/><BR/>I confess, I was speaking more about BNP people than about conservatives in general. I also confess that my reasoning was probably fatally flawed as you have shown.<BR/><BR/>BNP people vs. ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961427337920095510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-49939286654318060002007-09-04T16:56:00.000+06:002007-09-04T16:56:00.000+06:00Conservative bent of mind that is allergic to new ...Conservative bent of mind that is allergic to new technology??!? <BR/>Obviously you are quite unaware of the netijihadis international. Which is probably a good thing considering one is more likely to be picked up by the intelligence agencies of liberal west than our friends from uttarpara for blogging. <BR/><BR/>I don't think it's the conservative bent of mind of BNP supporters. Rather, it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-71502209393162026002007-09-04T06:46:00.000+06:002007-09-04T06:46:00.000+06:00Hahah... no I don't think you were, though I do se...Hahah... no I don't think you were, though I do see a relative dearth of BNP supporters in the blogosphere. I put it down to the conservative bent of mind of most BNP supporters that makes them allergic to new technology. I emphasize, "most" ...:)<BR/><BR/>Well, neutrality might be for babies and madmen, but the fact is that the lack of political neutrality of most of our institutions has meant ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961427337920095510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28470104.post-39427733971127338302007-09-04T05:25:00.000+06:002007-09-04T05:25:00.000+06:00None that matter. And that's a good thing. We need...None that matter. And that's a good thing. We need institutions and people who'll do their duty when called on, neutrality is for babies and mad men (am I the first person to ever quote Begum Zia in a blogspot website?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com