*** So, should that therefore be accepted, taken lying down :-)?
On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >> What I object to is claiming to be secular on the one hand, while > practising religious hegemony, on the sly or overtly. > > C'da, > > While this sounds nice, it is really Utopian. I don't believe there is a > single country where religious hegemony does not exist in some for or the > other (of course, I am talking about democracies). > > And in democracies, it's not just the problems of religious hegemony, don't > forget to add language, state, race, caste & color into the mix. > > ---Ram > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *** I think so too. They have a long and enviable history and civilization. >> >> *** I have no problem with a homogeneous society willing to remain bound >> by religious rule--its their choice. What I object to is claiming to be >> secular on the one hand, while >> practising religious hegemony, on the sly or overtly. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >> >>> Hehe! >>> >>> Now, we will have to see if that bit of 'secularism' you were just >> talking >>> about will be palatable :-) >>> >>> But, I think, the Egyptians will just fine. From all indications, it >> looks >>> like the army will facilitate the transition, and Egypt will have a >>> government chosen by it's people. >>> >>> ---Ram >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Now comes the hard part :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/11/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> assam mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
