2008/10/1 Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Can you just imagine the carnage that would have befallen on the > Christian community all over India? This Hindu mindset scares the shit > out of me.
Gabe, what exactly is "the Hindu mindset"? Isn't this as stereotypical a view as what the Hindu far right has of the "minorities"? Do entire (very disparate) communities think with one mind? I think such comments only push us further towards the vision of a set of fanatics who want to speak out on behalf of entire communities. Does the Ku Klux Klan represent all Christians? Many Catholics might not even agree with all the views of the incumbent Pope, specially on matters social and political. More so in the case of those groups without a single church. I don't think the feelings of hate and suspicion that have sought to be cultivate assiduously (but not very successfully ... even if the manipulation of the bureaucracy, the media and the police has shown some signs of working) can be called the "Hindu mindset". FN
