Anti Brahminism

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<!--QuoteBegin-Pritam+Jun 26 2006, 04:38 AM-->QUOTE(Pritam @ Jun 26 2006, 04:38 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->My pet peeve is that Tambrams have played their politics badly. I hope that is evident in between my lines.
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No, you did not think Tambrams played their politics badly. You think they were a fundamentally bad people, who basically deserved what they got.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Taking the brahmins out of the equations might mean opening up of more opportunities for the majority of Tamils. Because of this, we need to find a way to cope with the situation and get on with life. 
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How? you need a better argument. Or, better still, empirical evidence. You don't have anything right now.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tamil Nadu will flourish, and deep in our hearts, we would llike to be part of it. Inspite of such an animosity at my community, I cannot but have a pang of pride at the current trend where for the first time in 40 years, Chennai is on the forefront of Indian progress.
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Why? The Tamil Nadu government or state apparatus would like to see you and your traditions destroyed. The politicans have practically removed your access to government employment, to even the traditional role of the priesthood and would like to see you eradicated as a community in Tamil Nadu. In this, they have been pretty succeeful. Now, why do you care about them?

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But I repeat, the high profile brahmins, have not served their community to its benefit. Commenting on current events, I can only give an example of the recent editorials of Tughlak & Kalki. In the light of the Sri Lankan army's atrocities committed on Tamils, we get a pious lecture on the behaviour of the Tamil Tigers. That won't wash with the Tamil community.

It betrays such an insensitivity to the Tamils. It is on such occassions, if Kalki/Tughlak cannot feel the pang of kinship, they better shut up. To do so otherwise, is a betrayal  to your brethren (brahmins and others) who are already disadvantaged, and to whom you are bringing on more misery from your ivory towers.

Blood is thicker than water. Let us show that we are good Tamils too, and keep in sync with majority of the Tamil pulse. Is it so difficult to understand this?
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I suspect, this is your pet peeve. But, you should take it into another thread.