code of conduct - Page 7

Manasi I know what mening this word carries in west lekin mein to western nahi hoon na. Muzhe kya matlab?

manismat nobody was saying hitler and mistress are comparable at all. I have clarified that in all my earlier posts

Besides ,where dictionary meaning is concerned - because they say 'usually a married man' , then it might not always be used to apply to married man either . But here it was clearly used to apply to an extramarital relation in a derogatory way..

as for historically contexts being important in our reception of any word- ofcourse they are important - because whether we find a word originally meant to just describe something neutrally as offensive depends on how its historically employed. For instance before hitler , the term hitler held no derogatory meaning at all - it was simply a proper name ! we consider it extremely derogatory now because of the way a historical character given that name commited one of the worst crimes in humanity and hence anyone labelled hitler now would find it deeply offensive.

its not the etymological or dictionary meaning, but its historical use over a period of time which carries a negative content when used to apply in other contexts - because its historical use has vested it with a negative connotation with potentially abusive implications...

so rohini's comment on feeling hurt at the use of this term comes from the way its been used in the past against other women...

@anjana, [/QUOTE

Rohini...you are treading on thin ice now😆 Politics can be an explosive issue..too much so...to be discussed in a fictional forum! I wouldn't advice it😆

@Anjana...even i had epic fights with mods through pms ...har baat pay critcizim ..can't even name a couple no abusive word but was only using another name which fan group didnt use and mod was no way only one name at a time hadh hay...i left the forum in the end along with serial bhaad mein jao😆

Robin - sadly there is a rise in xenophia many parts of the world...even parts of Europe again. Even in the U.S. a few weeks ago a white supremacist massacred people at a Sikh Temple on a Sunday thinking they were muslim .

manasi_16 ...i can see u would make a wonderful dev team person and moderator 😊...such calm wisdom and practical advice😊

@anjana ...ofcourse u should have written it - it was so wonderfully executed and you had excellent readers like us who all just loved it 😊

@rohini ...agree on all counts with you comments about use of term etc...also rising xenophobia...have lots more to say on that topic but the combination of manasi's warning and sleep calling have dissuaded me at the moment 😊

wonder if u guys heard of somebody recently opened a swanky clothing store calld hitler somewhere in india - when faced with criticism they first defended saying they had no idea about the negative connotations , their grandfather was called hitler etc...( ela they used very similar excuses !!) and then demanded compensation for removing the board for expenses incurred. Here is the story
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/in-india-businesses-named-after-hitler-defend-their-decision/...

koi mujhe bachao in AnSh or JaAn polls sai .😵..someone put IF COC on them ..still people are living in doubts cvs are so clear in their serial that AnSh marriage will happen 100 percent and Jagaya is coming back to his family ..in his imagination , people coming to his rescue in real his family members no Anandi while cvs are busy in showing either Anandi going away from him or him from her ..still...this has crossed all limits