12-15-2006, 09:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2006, 09:29 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
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The Brahmins we are talking about the one's classified as Brahmin on their certificates and the one's who are targeted because they are preceived to be Brahmins, we are talking about a socially identifiable group which is not confined to the scriptural defintion for our purposes.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So what is the gist of the discussions so far? Is there a strategy forming here or is it just individual opinions that will fade away into cyber-oblivion as time passes? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The gist of the discussion seems to be about people standing up for themselves and what they believe in, when dharma is under attack even a Brahmin may have to fight because one has to defend dharma even if it means fighting physically, Parashurama is a good example.
The Brahmins we are talking about the one's classified as Brahmin on their certificates and the one's who are targeted because they are preceived to be Brahmins, we are talking about a socially identifiable group which is not confined to the scriptural defintion for our purposes.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So what is the gist of the discussions so far? Is there a strategy forming here or is it just individual opinions that will fade away into cyber-oblivion as time passes? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The gist of the discussion seems to be about people standing up for themselves and what they believe in, when dharma is under attack even a Brahmin may have to fight because one has to defend dharma even if it means fighting physically, Parashurama is a good example.