04-21-2007, 06:03 AM
A thought occurred to me . . don't know how relevant it is - but it may be of some value.
The words "private" and "public" each have two different meanings.
Microsoft is a private company
Sex is a private act
HAL is a public sector company
Cubbon park is a public park
The secular definition of religion made religion "private" in the manner of "sex is a private affair". Not in the manner of "Microsoft is a private company"
Microsoft, despite being a private company is very very public. It is advertised all over the place, it has products that affect people's lives, it employs thousands of people and is hardly restricted to Bill and Melinda Gates (unlike sex)
So when you say that religion is a private affair, "I can do what I want" - religion is similarly being referred to like sex where you may want 69 or something more kinky-"I can do what I want". But religion is NOT private any more than Microsoft is private and in that sense religion impinges on public life. Mass conversions are public acts that are done with the excuse that it is OK - religion being a private affair.
I suspect that there may be some legal implications of these semantics.
The reason I dwell on semantics and definitions of sedition etc - are to examine possible legal routes by which evanjihadism in India can be challenged.
The words "private" and "public" each have two different meanings.
Microsoft is a private company
Sex is a private act
HAL is a public sector company
Cubbon park is a public park
The secular definition of religion made religion "private" in the manner of "sex is a private affair". Not in the manner of "Microsoft is a private company"
Microsoft, despite being a private company is very very public. It is advertised all over the place, it has products that affect people's lives, it employs thousands of people and is hardly restricted to Bill and Melinda Gates (unlike sex)
So when you say that religion is a private affair, "I can do what I want" - religion is similarly being referred to like sex where you may want 69 or something more kinky-"I can do what I want". But religion is NOT private any more than Microsoft is private and in that sense religion impinges on public life. Mass conversions are public acts that are done with the excuse that it is OK - religion being a private affair.
I suspect that there may be some legal implications of these semantics.
The reason I dwell on semantics and definitions of sedition etc - are to examine possible legal routes by which evanjihadism in India can be challenged.