01-18-2006, 05:41 AM
Hauma Hamiddha,<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is not at all clear if Manansala does not have Christian sympathies.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Well, Manansala - unlike many Christians and even non-Christians - admits that Hitler and the Nazis were by and large Christians. American Christians would have you believe all the Nazis were dabbling in the occult (i.e. Eastern religions). The facts are that Hitler and 1/3 of Germany was Catholic, 2/3 of the country was Protestant, with only a very few being atheist or non-Christian. Manansala sets Loganathan's ramblings right here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akandabara...sage/20256 At least that proves that Manansala is not in blind support of Christianity. I'm led to conclude that he isn't really Christian anymore.
I actually don't suspect his motivations: if he wants SE Asia to get due credit (after all, its history has been ignored for so long by the West, whereas it's among the most important places for civilisation and the history of humans), then I am supportive of the same.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->He has a jealous envy for Brahmins and Indians more generally, a pro-Dalitist sympathy<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> He seems to think no more, nor no less of Brahmins than of Indians in general. I say that's a good thing. See Dhu's post #181 of this thread, where he pasted Manansala's statement: "The genetic data itself suggests nothing but that the brahmins are an indigenous caste raised mainly from local R haplotypes".
I've not yet come across his pro-Dalit sympathy in the few posts I've read of his at the akandabaratam link posted by Dhu. But I hope it's in the same vein as my own. I'd like all Indians to have equal rights, not just according to the the law, but also in society. I am certain my opinion on this is shared by all other members on this forum including yourself. So I assume by "pro-Dalitist" sympathy you mean a movement that is anti-Hindu. I haven't seen Manansala trying to denigrate Hindu beliefs, therefore I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt (that his pro-Dalit sympathies agree with my own view on equality).
Hauma, can you refer me to more of Manansala's posts that have led you to have such suspicions about him? I'd like to be more informed and make up my own mind on the matter. Thus far, he seems to be straightforward. I tend to trust SE Asians as much as Indians (excluding the 3Ms).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akandabara...sage/20256 At least that proves that Manansala is not in blind support of Christianity. I'm led to conclude that he isn't really Christian anymore.
I actually don't suspect his motivations: if he wants SE Asia to get due credit (after all, its history has been ignored for so long by the West, whereas it's among the most important places for civilisation and the history of humans), then I am supportive of the same.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->He has a jealous envy for Brahmins and Indians more generally, a pro-Dalitist sympathy<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> He seems to think no more, nor no less of Brahmins than of Indians in general. I say that's a good thing. See Dhu's post #181 of this thread, where he pasted Manansala's statement: "The genetic data itself suggests nothing but that the brahmins are an indigenous caste raised mainly from local R haplotypes".
I've not yet come across his pro-Dalit sympathy in the few posts I've read of his at the akandabaratam link posted by Dhu. But I hope it's in the same vein as my own. I'd like all Indians to have equal rights, not just according to the the law, but also in society. I am certain my opinion on this is shared by all other members on this forum including yourself. So I assume by "pro-Dalitist" sympathy you mean a movement that is anti-Hindu. I haven't seen Manansala trying to denigrate Hindu beliefs, therefore I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt (that his pro-Dalit sympathies agree with my own view on equality).
Hauma, can you refer me to more of Manansala's posts that have led you to have such suspicions about him? I'd like to be more informed and make up my own mind on the matter. Thus far, he seems to be straightforward. I tend to trust SE Asians as much as Indians (excluding the 3Ms).