Dear Fred, And I'm sure there's a study somewhere which shows that being a liberal induces one to the take to the streets running naked :))
That is not what RNK is saying at all and stating what he has, does not make him either bigoted or communal. Let us not use terms and labels loosely, because it is not a logical rebuttal. Oppression, poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunity to live to one's full potential, these are the elements that create hydra-headed monsters of fundamentalism and communalism leading to anarchy. This is not to say that educated and prosperous people are immune to intolerance but inevitably prosperity gives one control over one's own life. Freed from this overwhelming dependence on religion to make one's life better, one is not motivated to kill in the name of religion or defend its so-called tenets with one's life. Elisabeth -------------------------------- --- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was a newspaper headline which once said, > "Communalism is for > graduates". The study showed tha the more educated > people are, they > more intolerant they become. I think saying India > has its many > problems because of a lack of formal education and > economic growth is > underrating the abilities of the average folk, > forgetting that bigotry > is worse when it comes from an educated person, and > could at worst be > an alibi for us all not doing something *now*. FN ----------------------------- > > On 20/07/06, Radhakrishnan Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Well, Fred, maybe we can attempt it after we've > attained Europe's > > educational and economic standards. But such an > experiment in today's > > South Asia, where people have to fight for clean > drinking water, is > > doomed to be an unmitigated disaster. In the > present scenario, it will > > benefit none. > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
