Fw: Silence Sometimes Speak Louder Than Words

["S. L . Lee" <sllee@asiawind.com>]

Dear Friends of Hakka Forum,

The following is my reply to Charles Louie. I would ask everybody to
consider carefully any post here may be construed to represent Hakka's
unified view, which is untrue.  I also received posted messages against
Hakka from non-Hakkas. If their message is rational and free of derogatory
remarks, I would leave them on the post too. Unfortunately, I have to remove
them due to violation of the policy. For the poster "fact store", I would
invite him to write in his/her name and present his/her argument against
Hakka but leave out the fiery language. I am sure there are some useful
points buried in the hostility. And I would humbly accept any criticism from
non-Hakkas.

I wish to have different voices in this forum. as I mentioned to Charles
Louie in the following letter, I established this forum not just to promote
Hakka but to promote Chinese culture through Hakka's strong heritage. I
speak more mandarin than Hakka in daily life. My grandma is Toisan. My
mother was born n Shanghai. My wife is 1/4 Manchurian. I would like to see
different ethnic groups coexist to build a colorful Chinese culture. If this
webpage and forum have misled the audience, I would rather close it and
re-establish a China culture forum.  The only reason is Professor Ming Pei
already has an excellent one (http://www.chinapage.org), which I am on the
advisory board.

The experience in the past month has demonstrated what I fear most when I
first set up this webpage, that such webpage might result in further
prejudice. This would not be productive or beneficial. I sincerely hope that
this webpage and forum can conduct what they meant for.

Different opinions are not only accepted but welcome in this forum if the
policy is observed. To avoid any misunderstanding of censorship, I am
posting my unedited reply to Charles Louie. I hope I have clarified
sufficiently.

SL Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "S. L . Lee" <sllee@asiawind.com>
To: <qingjing@juno.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: Silence Sometimes Speak Louder Than Words


> Charles,
>
> If you read Kelvin and Henrietta's posts carefully, they have been
promoting
> diversity and they do not support the idea of Jiaying province either.
> Neither do I. I actually oppose to such idea. I have not posted too often
> because as webmaster, I don't want to be blamed to dominate and bias the
> forum. I would leave the discussion to all the participants. Messages with
> acute criticism is alright on ideas if based on facts and rationality. But
> we cannot allow any personal attacks. That sets the limit. There have been
> quite a few posts lately. If Kelvin's post did involve personal attack, I
> would remove it too.
>
> My reason for establishing the Hakka forum is not to promote Hakka only
but
> to promote Chinese culture using Hakka heritage as a model.  My grandma is
> from Toisan. My mother was born in Shanghai. I love all the places and
their
> culture and I have mentioned it in the forum. I am not a Buddhist, but I
do
> agree with many of the teachings. You can see the collaborative work I do
> with Ms. Fu YiYao (Caigentan,
> http://www.asiawind.com/art/caigentan/index.htm ).
> Please do stay with us and offer your valuable thoughts. Your inputs have
> been most refreshing and enlightening.
>
> S. L. Lee, PhD
> InTechTra, Inc.
> sllee@asiawind.com
> http://www.asiawind.com
>
>