Well, C'da I don't think they should be taken lying down. People do protest. And sometimes those protests work. But, how on earth are you going to change belief systems & prejudices that are ages old.
And unfortunately, you don't have go all the way to India to find examples. You can pretty much find some great examples in this country - the bastion of secular/democratic principles. --Ram On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> wrote: > *** 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 > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
