--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sun...@...> wrote: > > Ok, I believe he (Ravi) is of Indian descent. He claims that > although he embraces, or at least is comfortable with "liberal" > western values, that his wife is traditional in her values, > and that she wants her husband to be her guru as well. Maybe > it is all good. But it doesn't sound quite right to me.
Me neither. I mean, if they have some kind of mutual agreement, that's one thing, but it's a private matter. Forcing her to repudiate Amma in public borders on abusive, it seems to me (again, on the basis of what you describe). > My connection between this situation, and off > shore drilling, was that there seemed to be a big pile on, > in the sense that members of the group were echoing one > another that the BP disaster should make it clear that all > off shore drilling should be banned, and then while we're > at it, lets ban any more nuclear plants. > > Now, rightly or wrongly, I figure that people who espouse > those sentiments are also likely to be vocal about women's > rights, and it seemed that no one cared to challenge Ravi > about his decision to ban his wife from participating in > anything to do with Amma, and that going forward he was to > occupy that role. I see the connection you were making. I think people are a lot more reluctant to challenge personal stuff publicly than huge impersonal entities like BP or the nuclear power industry. So that doesn't really surprise me. I hope she has some friends she can go to if he begins to get out of hand. Just sounds potentially ungood.
