04-20-2007, 09:39 PM
Another thing:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Knowledge of Christianity and Islam will not help creating awareness of a threat to a person who does not see any threat from any faith. That is what a Hindu is.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> Fascism is also a 'faith' (faith in its ideology). So too communism. I hope at least that the threat they pose is clear.
People can be converted to fascism, communism just like they can to christoislamism. The threat comes from these being utterly destructive ideologies. And yes, you do need to <i>know</i> about the ideologies to know that they are utterly destructive. Knowledge of them will create awareness of the threat they pose.
Dangerous memes pose a great danger (threat) to all of humanity. We are all susceptible. The only things that can make us immune is to know why certain memes are dangerous to thus avoid being 'infected' by those memes.
There is a difference between being (1) fearless because you know what it is you are up against and are still not afraid; and (2) fearless because you are ignorant of what it is you face.
Your definition of "That is what a Hindu is" does seem to fall into (2) rather. No need to be foolhardy, raise our hands to the sky and say 'everything will be alright once we get to Tir Asleen'. It doesn't work that way.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Knowledge of Christianity and Islam will not help creating awareness of a threat to a person who does not see any threat from any faith. That is what a Hindu is.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> Fascism is also a 'faith' (faith in its ideology). So too communism. I hope at least that the threat they pose is clear.
People can be converted to fascism, communism just like they can to christoislamism. The threat comes from these being utterly destructive ideologies. And yes, you do need to <i>know</i> about the ideologies to know that they are utterly destructive. Knowledge of them will create awareness of the threat they pose.
Dangerous memes pose a great danger (threat) to all of humanity. We are all susceptible. The only things that can make us immune is to know why certain memes are dangerous to thus avoid being 'infected' by those memes.
There is a difference between being (1) fearless because you know what it is you are up against and are still not afraid; and (2) fearless because you are ignorant of what it is you face.
Your definition of "That is what a Hindu is" does seem to fall into (2) rather. No need to be foolhardy, raise our hands to the sky and say 'everything will be alright once we get to Tir Asleen'. It doesn't work that way.