On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 21:34 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Holland considers saree ban/response to Vidyadha
> Indeed, I am possibly not amiss in saying this > anti-Muslim sentiment is rising in Europe, in a way > that it is not in America. And I am possibly not amiss in saying that this anti-West (which term is sometimes conflated with Christian) feeling is on the rise across the Third World. You have given some reasons (like terrorist attacks) why people in Europe and the US fear and mistrust Muslims. Well, there are even more valid reasons for the mirror-image of this -- is it to be wondered at that third-world countries (particularly Islamic ones) fear the US and Europe when their countries are being invaded, as in the case of Iraq. > Perhaps America is too > large a country to simmer such targeted hatred, > perhaps in an ironic way America is more tolerant a > country despite its shambles of a foreign policy in > the Middle East. Anyway, I digress. Maybe you are right in terms of individuals but in terms of state foreign policy, the US makes Europe appear like a bunch of pacifist angels. > > The sort of > pluralistic society that coexists (albeit tenuously) > in India or in Asian cultures is simply not encouraged > in the West. I just love this point. Usually tolerance, liberalism, progressivism, etc. are associated in people's minds with Europe and the US, and you have (accurately, I think) reversed that view, saying that India and Asia are more so. That gives us some cheer, I think, in these hate-ridden times, when every group has plenty of justifications to hate every other group ... -- Question everything -- Karl Marx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006 For more details visit http://www.bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
