10-29-2006, 01:16 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The worst thing we could do is to end all acceptance from our side based on these vocal yet non-representative whiners. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That these people are non-representative whiners must come from sikhs/jains/buddhists. Not from you. As that hasn't materialized, we must accept their silence as acquiescence. Doing otherwise is wishful thinking.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are separatists (Khalistanis), modern 'Buddhist' movements in India, p-secs, communists, and missionary-incited troublemakers who would like nothing better than that Hindus take these few voices of dissent (and yes, the voices are few, though the internet has the power to multiply these baiters to the point where they seem the majority) and assume they speak for all Jains,...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
THese are excuses that hindus normally come up with, whenever confronted by the fact that aside from christomuslims, others such as sikhs/jains too hate them. These hindus are not ignorant. They are in denial. Most hindus here and elsewhere are in denial.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->As Bodhi observed, if we break things off from our end and reciprocate in similar fashion, we will most definitely only be serving the objectives of the separatist forces.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This applies in the case of muslims/christians too. One can reason that there must be hindu-muslim unity, so even if muslims attack and kill hindus, we must not reciprocate in similar fashion, lest we play into the hands of pakistanis who want to divide our country on this basis.
That these people are non-representative whiners must come from sikhs/jains/buddhists. Not from you. As that hasn't materialized, we must accept their silence as acquiescence. Doing otherwise is wishful thinking.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are separatists (Khalistanis), modern 'Buddhist' movements in India, p-secs, communists, and missionary-incited troublemakers who would like nothing better than that Hindus take these few voices of dissent (and yes, the voices are few, though the internet has the power to multiply these baiters to the point where they seem the majority) and assume they speak for all Jains,...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
THese are excuses that hindus normally come up with, whenever confronted by the fact that aside from christomuslims, others such as sikhs/jains too hate them. These hindus are not ignorant. They are in denial. Most hindus here and elsewhere are in denial.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->As Bodhi observed, if we break things off from our end and reciprocate in similar fashion, we will most definitely only be serving the objectives of the separatist forces.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This applies in the case of muslims/christians too. One can reason that there must be hindu-muslim unity, so even if muslims attack and kill hindus, we must not reciprocate in similar fashion, lest we play into the hands of pakistanis who want to divide our country on this basis.