12-15-2006, 12:35 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-kartiksri+Dec 14 2006, 08:54 PM-->QUOTE(kartiksri @ Dec 14 2006, 08:54 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Myth 1: You got to know martial arts to be courageous <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rephrase it. If you know martial arts, you won't be a coward because you know that you can take care of yourself. If you are not a coward, people won't dare to attack you. Simple.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Myth 2: Brahmins, specifically Tam Brams dont know martial arts, therefore they are chicken hearted. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Second part is true to a very large extend. Otherwise, others would not have kicked them out from their home state of TN. Recent incidents show that even today they will be attacked at the places where they were majority that also when people were present there for a puja. What did brahmin do after that? Nothing! They showed they will do nothing to stop it from occuring again. What are their brave counterparts in army and police doing for it? As usual, Nothing!
If the brahmin crowd had few trained young guys who could immediately counter the attack and capture couple of those attackers, the situation would have been totally different. The DK would think twice before attacking brahmins again. What you saw here was that they running like chicken for cover. And there isn't anybody to protect them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Myth 3: One of my cousin's husband was an Army officer who was kidnapped by terrorists in J&K in lieu of getting some other terrorists in Indian prisons freed. The govt of course didnt relent and the terrorists killed him in captivity. And just if you want to imagine that my cousin's husband was from some martial race, you can imagine whatever to your liking but no sir he was one of your ridiculed Tam Bram. My grandfather ran away from home when he was not even eighteen to join the defence. Since he was not a major and <b>his father wont allow him to go (why?)</b>, he got guardian's signature from one of his school teachers. He joined the lowest ranks and retired after full service as a Squadron leader. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The rigourous physical training that army and police imparts on its recruites is just another form of martial arts training. Why aren't these brave people coming out to defend when their community was attacked, just because they belonged to that community? Did they get de-brahminized? or do they care only about themselves? Why are those type of brave people not getting attacked by DK goondas?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I dont care if Brahmins are martial or not, learn self defence or not, they just got to be courageous and stand up for their principles. And that applies not just to Brahmins but to all communities. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How do you make them courageous? Training in martial arts is one way to do it. A person capable of defending himself becomes more self confident. Nobody said martial arts is the <b>only</b> way(that was your creatiion as in myth 1 & 2), it is one of the steps handle the problem.
Now please tell us other practical methods to achieve this, if there are any.
Rephrase it. If you know martial arts, you won't be a coward because you know that you can take care of yourself. If you are not a coward, people won't dare to attack you. Simple.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Myth 2: Brahmins, specifically Tam Brams dont know martial arts, therefore they are chicken hearted. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Second part is true to a very large extend. Otherwise, others would not have kicked them out from their home state of TN. Recent incidents show that even today they will be attacked at the places where they were majority that also when people were present there for a puja. What did brahmin do after that? Nothing! They showed they will do nothing to stop it from occuring again. What are their brave counterparts in army and police doing for it? As usual, Nothing!
If the brahmin crowd had few trained young guys who could immediately counter the attack and capture couple of those attackers, the situation would have been totally different. The DK would think twice before attacking brahmins again. What you saw here was that they running like chicken for cover. And there isn't anybody to protect them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Myth 3: One of my cousin's husband was an Army officer who was kidnapped by terrorists in J&K in lieu of getting some other terrorists in Indian prisons freed. The govt of course didnt relent and the terrorists killed him in captivity. And just if you want to imagine that my cousin's husband was from some martial race, you can imagine whatever to your liking but no sir he was one of your ridiculed Tam Bram. My grandfather ran away from home when he was not even eighteen to join the defence. Since he was not a major and <b>his father wont allow him to go (why?)</b>, he got guardian's signature from one of his school teachers. He joined the lowest ranks and retired after full service as a Squadron leader. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The rigourous physical training that army and police imparts on its recruites is just another form of martial arts training. Why aren't these brave people coming out to defend when their community was attacked, just because they belonged to that community? Did they get de-brahminized? or do they care only about themselves? Why are those type of brave people not getting attacked by DK goondas?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I dont care if Brahmins are martial or not, learn self defence or not, they just got to be courageous and stand up for their principles. And that applies not just to Brahmins but to all communities. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How do you make them courageous? Training in martial arts is one way to do it. A person capable of defending himself becomes more self confident. Nobody said martial arts is the <b>only</b> way(that was your creatiion as in myth 1 & 2), it is one of the steps handle the problem.
Now please tell us other practical methods to achieve this, if there are any.