Ernie : Get everyone to become more objective seems to be the # 1 priority, otherwise there can't be a viable consensus --so I think. OK, I'm all for that. But as true and good as this is, we're talking about pulling a truck down the road by our teeth, you know. Billy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- In a message dated 12/15/2009 10:58:37 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:51 AM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Ernie : An "aha moment" of my own. As they say in politics, it depends on whose ox is being gored. For me the threat is Islam, with Hindus as allies against a common foe. That is quite different than being persecuted for my beliefs BY Hindus. For you, at least given your experiences and presumably those of your family, the primary threat has been FROM Hindus. For someone else the problem might be Communism. In parts of Africa or Melanesia the problem might be regional tribal majorities. Not sure what we can do with this "insight," but there it is. Actually, this is central to my vision of Radical Centrism. From our individual (and communal) perspectives, we see things a certain way. Radical Centrism is an attempt to form a larger community where we do the hard work necessary to integrate all those perspectives into a larger "consensus reality" that incorporates the various insights, and places them in the proper context. -- Ernie P. Billy ------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 12/15/2009 10:42:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: Yeah. :-( While I agree that from a global perspective Islam is worse, personally I have more at risk from Hindu religious violence. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:02, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: > the recent wave of attacks against religious minorities, > particularly Christians in Orissa and Muslims in Gujarat. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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