--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" > <babajii_99@> wrote: > > > > "Well, it's all about pride and arrogance, in these cases... > > Having just traveled through the 'Badlands' of North Dakota; > > Just reminds me of another place and time: > > Custer's Last Stand... > > Those Euro's considered themselves quite superior to the savages, > > those tree hugging natives... > > Same attitude, I guess- > > Primarily British- "A bloody shame", really, and truely. > > R.G.>>> > > WTF !? > ...and Napolean (the Frenchman) didn't think he was superior? > Get an education pal! > What about Franco, Hitler, ? > > What about the Bushco ? > > OffWorld
Sure thang! I agree with you OffWorld: your a preachin' to the choir here... Every culture I guess feels it's superiority from time to time; Perhaps the internet will help to level the playing field; So, we all can learn to: in the words of Rodney King... 'Can't we all just get along? R.G. > > > > > .....(snippy > In case you hadn't noticed, the man > believes > > that the British > > > > > deliberately rewrote parts of the > > > > > > vedic literature over a 150 year period in order to > destroy > > > > > Hinduism...>>> > > > > > > > > > > He may actually be right about that. There was one Victorian > > > British > > > > > officer in India that deliberately mistranslated some vedic > > > > > literature for the purpose of specifically advancing the > > > christian > > > > > superiority complex over the hindu, and attempting to > > > deliberately > > > > > denegrate hinduism. This officer (I forgot his name) is > recorded > > > in > > > > > letters and official documents that that was his specific > aim > > > and he > > > > > was proud of his actions, and no-one questioned his actions > at > > > the > > > > > time.. > > > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > His tenure lasted 150 years?>> > > > > > > No, but the influence of this and other European arrogancies did. > > > > > > Not long after the time of the British governer's (whatever > title > > > given) attempt to re-write some vedic writings to deliberately, > > > systematically, and proudly, subordinate it to > christianity....Max > > > Muller, the hugely German scholar, for decades largely demened > and > > > incorrectly downgraded the Vedic culture's presence and stature > in > > > the region. So much so that to this day there is still an old > school > > > of respected scholars who still believe that the vast epics of > the > > > Vedas and Vedic tradition were largely the campfire stories of > some > > > wandering Afghan peasant sheepherders and their marauding heirs. > > > However, the MAJORITY of modern scholarly thought is now > realising > > > that the Vedas were in India long before any Afghan migration. > But > > > Max Muller (along with other British repressions and other > European > > > short-sightedness) was a HUGE figure in Vedic scholarly field > (even > > > among westernised Indian scholars) and only very recently is > being > > > toppled from his god-like status towards a less pompous and > humbled > > > view of the vedic culture on the part of western scholars. > > > (I really wanted to study this whole thing as a PHD, and travel > to > > > India to delve deeper into it, and write a book, but I don't > suppose > > > I ever will now) > > > QUOTE: > > > ""Max Muller represented the bes, and at times the worst, of > > > nineteenth-century intellectual life. His work in the origins > and > > > growth of language, mythology, and religion, typified Victorian > > > armchair scholarship: bold, adventurous, pioneering, sometimes > > > triumphalistic, but always convinced of its social and cultural > > > superiority. To be sure, there is much to admire, much to > despise, > > > and much to be embarrassed by, in the antiquated scholarship of > the > > > Victorian era as a whole. But as a pivotal period in the history > of > > > human ideas, the historical and intellectual import of its > scholarly > > > literature should not be ignored by historians or summarily > > > dismissed by present-day researchers as utterly worthless. > Rather, > > > it should be read and understood within its own social and > cultural > > > context. In the case of the voluminous and, at the time, > influential > > > writings of Friedrich Max Muller, this observation proves no > less > > > true. "" > > > http://www.wordtrade.com/society/mullermax.htm > > > > > > (If you have a one-liner, poorly thought out answer for your > > > response sparaig, you will be called "spare egghead" for 3 days > by > > > me) > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
