Jung wrote: "you use your beautiful language, talk sweet and try to convience. but sometimes you cannot mold truth, no matter how strong ur language is, 'truth is truth'. the world is not always gray...there are some blacks and whites too." My answer: Jung-ji. Thank you for your comments. I love beautiful language. I see a language as beautiful when it's simple, clear, direct, honest, informative (or provocative in ways to make you think), and leaves room open for future back-and-forth interactions. True, dooing all that with one's language is NOT always possible. But one tries to do his best. But with those criteria in mind, I try to do my best in all my Sajha postings and in my other writing. This is my way of understanding the 'truth'. If you disagree, that's fine. ********************** You also wrote: "you said, "unless we put our egos aside". don't you think that applies to you too. may be in a subconcious way but ego is written all over ur writings. you try very hard to prove that you are above others." My answer: Everything I say and write always applies to me too. It's as simple as that. If someone DECIDES to dislike me for his or her own subjective reasons, and then sees ALL my postings through the lens of that dislike, well then, obviously, that's that's person's problem -- NOT mine. But the reason I always -- almost defiantly -- use my own name, stand behind all my postings, and take full responsibility is that I want to subject my own tentative or fully formed ideas to public scrutiny. I am among the few Sajha posters who've been saying that everything they post here is ALWAYS open to challenge, disagreements and counter-arguments. Believe me, my personal rule for Sajha -- as in my real life -- is simple: Have a thick skin, a thin ego, and an abundance of self-confidence. Believe me, without a deliberate practice of that, I doubt whether I would have lasted more than a week here. Thank you again for your comments. It's always good to get feedbacks. oohi ashu