"Frederick \"FN\" <[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 > 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.
Nasci adds: Education and prosperity alone wothout a sense of 'all men are equal' and 'all have to be respected equally' is not conducive to 'Nationalism' or National Integration. It is only when the people shed their casteism and age old superior/ inferior complexes, that goals will be achieved; but never with classifications as in RKN's part of India! Dear RKN, why do you not start/ lead a movement to abolish and eradicate casteism and like segregation??? Fred your comment is correct and appropriate! Like there is Cornel and others like him who are graduates and yet get confused between 'continental' and Continent'; and then go on to deride others thinking they are superior only to get into shit! Like some graduates say they are professionals! Well, Prostitutes are also professionals, and they need not be graduates; just as graduates are not always the righteous or all knowing! Much depends on the individual accomplishment. Down with this 'superiority complex'. RKN has himself put his 'foot in his mouth' in a few of his writings, inspite of his seemingly proclaiming to be a 'graduate'. With regards to all, Nasci Caldeira. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
