05-18-2008, 11:56 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Shambhu+May 17 2008, 02:05 AM-->QUOTE(Shambhu @ May 17 2008, 02:05 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+May 9 2008, 08:02 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ May 9 2008, 08:02 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Commie retard Girish Karnad justifying Goan Inquisiton and forcible conversions of Hindus:
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->âGoa: A Daughterâs Storyâ is open to controversial readings in the polarised climate of today and Couto is anxious that some of her chapters are not misinterpreted. She admits that conversions were violent but argues that violent birth certainly does not preclude 400 years of nurturing. And as for misinterpretation, any grist is suitable for mills that seem to grind against communal harmony and the sustenance of the Indian-ness of pluralism. Her doubts were dispelled by Girish Karnad: âYou should go by what you know or feel in your bones to be right â that even if conversions were forced or violent, the faith that people gained from them could prove to be culturally and spiritually enriching.â
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Reminds me of a young black woman on TV. It was a program about slavery. They interviewed a couple of black people towards the end, And Sister says, "Yeah, slavery was bad, but I would not have been here (in US) without it". <!--emo&:unsure:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Actually, what <i>this</i> reminds me of is the infamous Catholic Dinesh D'souza's verbal diarrhoea not so long ago, suggesting that slavery was a <i>good</i> thing for African Americans, because look how poor most of Africa is today and how much better-off African Americans are compared to their counterparts in Africa. He also suggests that British imperialism was a <i>good</i> thing for Indians, because, hey, without imperialism, would we have all learnt to speak English?
Of course, that good old D'souza's parents also happen to be from the former, brutually-raped Portuguese colony, Goa, is just a 'happy' coincidence.
By the way, for those that are interested in a well-written rejoinder (rebuke) to D'souza's more recent bout of stomach-flu "What's so great about christianity' where he raves about the 'magnificence'' of Christianity and how much it has done for humanity (at least, according to his fantasies), please check out:
http://www.rationalresponders.com/dinesh_d...ropaganda_again
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->âGoa: A Daughterâs Storyâ is open to controversial readings in the polarised climate of today and Couto is anxious that some of her chapters are not misinterpreted. She admits that conversions were violent but argues that violent birth certainly does not preclude 400 years of nurturing. And as for misinterpretation, any grist is suitable for mills that seem to grind against communal harmony and the sustenance of the Indian-ness of pluralism. Her doubts were dispelled by Girish Karnad: âYou should go by what you know or feel in your bones to be right â that even if conversions were forced or violent, the faith that people gained from them could prove to be culturally and spiritually enriching.â
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Reminds me of a young black woman on TV. It was a program about slavery. They interviewed a couple of black people towards the end, And Sister says, "Yeah, slavery was bad, but I would not have been here (in US) without it". <!--emo&:unsure:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Actually, what <i>this</i> reminds me of is the infamous Catholic Dinesh D'souza's verbal diarrhoea not so long ago, suggesting that slavery was a <i>good</i> thing for African Americans, because look how poor most of Africa is today and how much better-off African Americans are compared to their counterparts in Africa. He also suggests that British imperialism was a <i>good</i> thing for Indians, because, hey, without imperialism, would we have all learnt to speak English?
Of course, that good old D'souza's parents also happen to be from the former, brutually-raped Portuguese colony, Goa, is just a 'happy' coincidence.
By the way, for those that are interested in a well-written rejoinder (rebuke) to D'souza's more recent bout of stomach-flu "What's so great about christianity' where he raves about the 'magnificence'' of Christianity and how much it has done for humanity (at least, according to his fantasies), please check out:
http://www.rationalresponders.com/dinesh_d...ropaganda_again