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Chowk Staff Censorship. Masadi's offer of dialogue

Posted: Jul 24, 2008 Thu 10:22 pm     Views: 146    Interacts: 8

Open up a line of communication so I can discuss why you censor all my articles. Instead of operating from the shadows and ignoring all my emails and submission, open up a line of communication.....Manto,(Gill and Sohail) give up your hate of literary work over man worship of the Maj or white man worship variety....Don't think you all can censor me and get away with this nonsense. I will yet get published on Chowk, despite morons like you trying to block me, this site does not belong to you, it does not belong to your funding agencies like the CIA, it belongs to its members.....The last victory in this battle will be for truth and freedom of literary expression......


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Posted by BJ2 on Friday July 25, 2008 02:42 pm
Masadi miaN, I am not commenting on the quality of your pieces (I have not read them closely). However, chowk editors, like any other editors, do have the right to pick and choose what will work best for their site. (It is privately owned.)At least you have the ability to express yourself in other ways than FP.

I agree that "not responding" to enquiries demonstrates a callousness in attitude which may or may not be real.
Posted by majumdar on Friday July 25, 2008 05:13 am
Beej bhaiyya,

There is no question about the fact that Masadi sahib writes on relevant topics, writes well and with passion. His views although often contrary to conventional wisdom often have a ring of truth to it.

Regards
Posted by masadi on Friday July 25, 2008 03:48 am
Majumdar sahib you have a very high view of Manto. I have found him to be a charlatan in our discourse on Chowk. You will claim that MAJ was also a "democrat" when his practice reveals otherwise, you will claim his sound bytes were glorifying "secularism", yet he used religion and its imagery for his political purpose.

BJ- my articles are fit to be published on any site dealing with political affairs. Your insinuation that they might be inferior material is BS. The intellectual grade of most articles published on chowk is significantly lower that what my articles contain...
Posted by tahir on Friday July 25, 2008 01:45 am
#416 Posted by tahir on July 24, 2008 10:50:08 pm

Re: # 411 Non-Starter
"tahir bhai (re #408), you'll go blind if you keep this"

So, now you're able to predict the future like MGAQ?

Remember His Sponsored Accidency's failed attempts at marrying a certain lady whom he was unable to marry (oh mommy!), and who instead married a soldier who fought in WW-I, then returned home in one piece AND out-lived your idol! MGAQ also made many false predictions; the hallmark of a pretender!

If THIS is the blindness you promise me, I'm all eyes for you Asad! Fire your saliva in my direction but watch the wind direction.

The answer is not always blowing in the wind....
Posted by tahir on Friday July 25, 2008 01:44 am
#408 Posted by tahir on July 24, 2008 10:28:01 am

Let it be known to all, that Asad Sattar (alias Sattar-2) has miraculous powers! MGAQ has smile on him directly from the toilet!

1) He is able to remove the red-flags from his own posts!

2) He is able to predict what the ChowQ Stuffed are planning to do with those who challenge their sense of shame.

3) With the use of a wand, he can block an entire discussion and prevent receiving interacts from all or any chosen interacter! (see # 403 and notice the DATE; a most obscene figure!)

4) He can do more but he won't say WHAT right now.
Posted by hurricane on Thursday July 24, 2008 11:16 pm
Masadi,

The editors appear to be busy...but they may be open to dialog...let's see.
Posted by majumdar on Thursday July 24, 2008 10:52 pm
Masadi sahib,

I dont know about Mr. Gill and Mr. Sohail but IMHO Yasser mian has nothing to do with the (condemnable) censorship of your articles. He is a true democrat who will never deny giving dissenters a chance to voice their opinion.

Regards
Posted by BJ2 on Thursday July 24, 2008 10:33 pm
Masadi miaN, if I were you, I would not be so fixated on publishing on FP. Seriously, what is the big deal about chowk FP? There are tonnes of web-based "publications". Also, what's wrong with posting your pieces in i-logs and UP?

You should also try to do an honest appraisal of what you are writing and whether it is the right fit for a web publication like chowk. Just my thoughts, hope you do not mind.

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