[Assam] Beef eating; Much ado over nothing

[Chan Mahanta]

You did not read what I wrote Rajib.

The 'other' religions do not disavow their tenets, their core beliefs 
or even dogmas. But the Hinduttwallas attempt to peddle theirs, 
packaged as something they are not. When Hindu intellectuals are at a 
loss in defining their faith, their core values ( obviously because 
there are none) they cite Radhakrishnan, proclaiming theirs is NOT a 
'religion', that it is a 'way-of-life'. What in the heck is this way 
of life , that attempts to hide the fact that their ancestors ate 
beef? And erase it from history lessons? Is it not a bunch of 
rituals, dogmas and superstitions with little else? Is it NOT tied to 
the Hinduttwa agenda of attempting to assert that they have for ever 
been natives, that their ancestors did not come to south asia from 
somewhere else, and thus have a right to assert their nativist 
hegemony, over all those whose ancestors did?

Give us a break Rajib.






At 6:55 PM -0700 6/20/06, Rajib Das wrote:
>My point, C-da, was vis-a-vis your statement I have
>cut out for my response. Maybe you were carried away a
>bit by the sound of your own rhetoric :-)
>
>As to your points about Hindus claiming to be dogma
>free etc., I more than concur with you. But to claim
>the others accept their dogmas is being ridiculous.
>
>
>
>
>--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>>  At 2:14 PM -0700 6/20/06, Rajib Das wrote:
>>  >  > disappear. Besides,
>>  >>  the others at least don't try to insult anyone's
>>  >>  intelligence by
>>  >>  claiming they have none.
>>  >>
>>  >
>>  >That is a first!!!!
>>
>>
>>  *** Yes indeed! Because It is the Hinduttwa
>>  promoters, some right
>>  here in Assamnet, who attempt to imply that Hinduism
>>  is FREE of
>>  dogmas, rules, tenets, and the best of all:FAITH!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  >From whatever I have heard and
>>  >read about, their dogmas take the shape of the
>>  >infallible word of God. And they have gone on to
>>  >blind, torture and kill all over the world really
>>  over
>>  >their dogmas.
>>  >
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