* * * Here there are two opposite elements to it. * One is hurting Hindu sentiments which is cow slaughter.
as I understand Hinduism is a loose word for different religion and culture existed in India, often they fought against each other ideologically as well as physically, it had thousands of gods with varying significance alone with the changed time period, history of budhism itself was a struggle against Hindu brahminikkal supremacy *and cast system, so is many other *nastika ideologys like carvakas,aajivika, lokayata etc, so cow slaughter doesn't necessary hurt many of them, even Hindus slaughtered cows.
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India is historically Hindu and no matter what secularists call it, it will always be majority that way.
I am as proud as you are about Indias Hindu tradition and ever ever evolving culture of India,and I have no problem with India being a majority Hindu population country, but people of India today are of various religions today so secularism is best for it. So once again do you agree that majority religious politics is as bad as minority religious politics ??
Whether you hate the Hindus or not it doesn't matter.
I don't hate Hinduism, even if I hate Hindus, my hate and your love towards Hinduism has more or less same significance.
I am fully ready to accept a ban on cow slaughter if it hurts the sensitivities of my fellow countrymen who have protected my culture for centuries.
You have all the right to decide you yourself, but don't insist others should also do the same, allow everybody the freedom of choice. I oppose cow slaughter as much I oppose reservations for minorities.religious sentiments is very subjective, for Muslims it could be a cartoon of prophet muhmad, Christians it could be *da vinci code, or a book about inter cast marriage in schools(a incident in my state ), everybody claim to be hurt by all these, should we then ban all this ? all *these sentiments are *triggered by lack of tolerance or wrong understanding of one's own traditions. Even Brahmins ate cow meat, then there were various nastikas who didn't believe in holy cow concept. further more India today is a *secular country, people of India converted to different belief systems, and they have as much right as a Hindu majority have, nobody is forcing Hindus to eat cow meat, what I or others eat is should not be a concern of others, at best only possible regulation which is sensible is *to ban serving of cow meat in hotels in front of temples.
Babri Masjid is wrong. I agree.
that much is good, finally we could agree on something.
Now do you have the courage to say that Muslim behaviour in India as a whole community against the Hindus and now us, is wrong?
I agree, Muslims attitude is wrong towards many more things,but I don't think you would say that attitude of VHP,RSS, shiv sena,etc is wrong. *
Do you have the courage to say that what happened in Kashmir was wrong?
Are you kidding *me ?
Do you have the courage to say that what happened in Assam was wrong by Muslims?
not sure if they were local Muslims or Bangladeshis, any way yes.
Do you have the genuine neutrality to say that Muslims targeting Northeasterners and later Buddhsts is wrong? * Do you?
I guess I have already said, once again yes.
* Are Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs treated even ONCE has first class citizens in Muslim countries?!
*There are numerous secular countries with Muslims and Christians as majority population, I am not sure how many of those are populated with Hindus, sikhs, and budhists,but any way it's apples and oranges,talk about India and Indians.
We were exterminated from Afghanistan, Hindus and Sikhs have already spread out in the world in Panic. * Pakistan has no more Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs are on the brink. * Bangladesh had a flourishing Buddhist minority in CHT region. Today they are no more and Hindus are being lynched in the name of Islam. * What do you say?
YOU Unknowingly disclosed your though process,
you considers Hindus and budhists in other countries as people who belongs to you and considers Christians and Muslims in India as foreigners..very good then, when a Pakistani Hindu gets killed in Pakistan you should kill a Indian Muslim, In fact that's what Muslim militants all around the world has been doing, including the latest blast in the Buddhist temple.
* Do you have any courage to defend us or the hindus or Sikhs?
I always stood by what I think is right, if you mean to say a physical fight I am not the man.
* Or are you only secular for Muslims and Missionaries? * Because if it is the latter, you are just like the rest; a typical secular bigot who lacks an honourable stand *
what's your pick ?
RSS is proud of India's Hindu origins and traits of culture which is not at all wrong.
yes they can be proud as much as they want, my only opposition is when they *drag it into politics and govt, religion is personal and should be kept personal.
Only secular apologists who want to show Abrahamic communities as superior have this fear of insecurity.
I don't think any religion is superior or inferior,and i can't speak for others. let people choose what ever they want.
The funny part to your parroting here is that RSS has a Muslim and a Sikh division as well. * Beat that. * * Or are you calling them closet Hindus like our hosts here? * *
popular front does many good social works, does that make them good ? such token *inclusion of a minority *division or persons doesn't make any difference.
* Prove me ONCE when did the rule of law prove RSS or the Sangh as a whole officially orchestrating these attacks?
is it proven that congress party officially *did the killings of Sikhs? I don't think so,any way, I didn't accuse RSS of any attacks, but their politics of Hindu dominance and ideology, similar to many Christian Muslim org in politics.
You have nothing but Burkha Dutt's paid-wailing as a proof to say the same. *
if you avoid such typical slogans which you make at regular intervals, we can concentrate on what we are talking. * *
Don't convince yourself so much of something that is not going to happen.
??? what not happening?
* * Escaping the truth won't undo it.
what truth ? I just said it's part of politics, that's the reality ,like it or not.
* Patting your back doesn't avenge the deaths of those who lost their lives. * It only makes us a loser in front of the whole world.
war is just one tool to gain a victory, so is diplomacy, media, etc *what tool against whom at what time etc is a clever choice assessing our own as well as enemy's strengths and weakness.. **I think we did well by not choosing war this time. you may want to read chanakkya.
You might as well do away with our military if your way could happen.
* I am for strong military, spending up to 3% of our GDP.
Yes I don't believe in secularism.
YES EXACTLY, YOU SAID IT,
Because of you secularists.
No, you just want to project it so, but that is not the truth, truth is you don't believe in secularism regardless of who is doing what.
Because how you wish to look away from atrocities that happen to us, Hindus and Sikhs while you wail and howl about what is happening with radicals in Kashmir, those who rioted and attacked our sacred places and those who have no respect for our culture in OUR OWN LAND.
WHO IS THIS
YOU ? *I am nobody's spokes person.I am talking to as an individual, and I treat you as an individual, and debating about something, it's not a party vs party or my community vs your community debate, so don't use those "YOU" as if I am a representative of x,y,z community.
That's the reason why secularism is the enemy of Indian cultures and by yours and the statements of that guynextdoor2, I can clearly see how you hate us to the core and want to see our culture destroyed.
again typical rants about this " YOU ", I can understand that unless you affiliate *me with some party or religion you can't make excuses of how my("YOU") party or community is doing wrong things.AND ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU THINK CURRENT SECULARISTS ONLY TALK ABOUT MINORITIES THEN WHO IS STOPPING THE YOU AND CURRENT RIGHT WING IDEOLOGIETS FROM BEING SECULAR *BY KEEPING YOUR HINDU IDEOLOGIES AT HOME AND TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES OF HINDUS AND SIKHS LIKE ANY POLITICAL PARTY TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUES OF ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE IN INDIA WITH OUT PATRONIZING THEM.
Right wing politics emerged because of people were fed up minority appeasement.
same can be said about cast politics every body can claim that I am doing "X cast politics " because *others are doing "Y cast " politics I am not asking why right wing politics emerged, I am asking whether it's the right approach or not, even Muslim fundamentalists around the world will claim they are there because of America,Israel, and x,y,z. Question to you is simple, what do you think is right solution for minority politics ? and why ?and why not the other option which you didn't choose. options - 1) true secularism, 2) right wing Hindu politics.
As much as you hate us and the Hindus, we will remain the majority of this country and we will ensure that we are not entering another Mughal era even if we have to take extreme measures for it.
* did I tell you that "I" hate you, budhists, Hindus etc ? Fortunately secular Hindus in India doesn't think that people of other faith hates them,they are aware of the minority politics but they realise that doing just the opposite is not the answer for that, the answer is doing the right thing by upholding the secular nature of our country, that way people from minority as well as majority well feel home, but unfortunately we don't have a truly secular national party, what have is parties for majority and minority.