01-25-2006, 04:54 PM
some top quality knit-picking done here !!
let me see.
[quote=Sushmita,Jan 25 2006, 04:31 PM]
Ben Ami, I overlooked a few things you said earlier:
[quote]i meant to say that i'd prefer an indepedent india over anything.
freedom of indians>>>>>>>>>> hinduism, anyday.[/quote]Freedom to be ... nobodies? So a Christian India, independent from the British Empire is alright? An independent Islamic India? An independent Marxist India? (<i>What</i> India?)
I'd rather have an India where the Hindus (and Jains and Buddhists) have kept their culture, a country which will break the oppression and gain its independence but retain its Dharma.
i mean sovreinity comes above all.
the moment a hindu exists he is a hindu - our religion is what we are, unlike say with muslims.
retain its dharma is fine, but there's no law that says that the independence need be gained in a dharmic ways against the scoundrels. criminals should be paid back in kind. just get off that utopian/moral high horse and you will see the point. are you the hinduism = love for humanity and ahimsha sort of fantasyser
[quote]arjuna cant be compared to netaji maybe,[/quote]You seem to indicate that your ancestors' religion means nothing to you (<i>Hindu</i> atheism* is alright and part of Indian Dharma), that it's nothing more than a quaint part of historical Indian culture. You're right, though. Arjuna can't be compared to Netaji, or vice versa. The two shouldn't have been written in the same sentence. My mistake.
yes your mistake.
you said that "arjuna cant be compared to netaji" .
so i said maybe he cant - and went on to make my point.
never said that arjuna doesnt compare with netaji.
besides i have a lot more reverence for a real life person and recent hero, than some semi mythological ancient character.
i am not a religious person, just a proud hindu, not a pious hindu.
let me see.
[quote=Sushmita,Jan 25 2006, 04:31 PM]
Ben Ami, I overlooked a few things you said earlier:
[quote]i meant to say that i'd prefer an indepedent india over anything.
freedom of indians>>>>>>>>>> hinduism, anyday.[/quote]Freedom to be ... nobodies? So a Christian India, independent from the British Empire is alright? An independent Islamic India? An independent Marxist India? (<i>What</i> India?)
I'd rather have an India where the Hindus (and Jains and Buddhists) have kept their culture, a country which will break the oppression and gain its independence but retain its Dharma.
i mean sovreinity comes above all.
the moment a hindu exists he is a hindu - our religion is what we are, unlike say with muslims.
retain its dharma is fine, but there's no law that says that the independence need be gained in a dharmic ways against the scoundrels. criminals should be paid back in kind. just get off that utopian/moral high horse and you will see the point. are you the hinduism = love for humanity and ahimsha sort of fantasyser
[quote]arjuna cant be compared to netaji maybe,[/quote]You seem to indicate that your ancestors' religion means nothing to you (<i>Hindu</i> atheism* is alright and part of Indian Dharma), that it's nothing more than a quaint part of historical Indian culture. You're right, though. Arjuna can't be compared to Netaji, or vice versa. The two shouldn't have been written in the same sentence. My mistake.
yes your mistake.
you said that "arjuna cant be compared to netaji" .
so i said maybe he cant - and went on to make my point.
never said that arjuna doesnt compare with netaji.
besides i have a lot more reverence for a real life person and recent hero, than some semi mythological ancient character.
i am not a religious person, just a proud hindu, not a pious hindu.