On Monday 18 May 2009 11:36:44 am Divya Manian wrote:
> On the other hand, anyone inciting anybody else, or dehumanising some
> people is a threat to secularism and should be stopped.
I do not disagree Divya - but you know I have laid a trap (or I will now
proceed to lay the trap)
Is there any "cut off date" before which inciting and dehumanizing can be
declared valid. After the cut off date people doing that can be declared a
threat to secularism.
The reason why I call this a trap is because "secularism" means no religion.
Religion must be kept out. If you try to make some exceptions for religion
and say it's OK to have a little bit of religion, ("because people respect
religion and all religions are good, sarva dharma sambhava") then it is not
difficult to dig up religious literature that ostensibly dehumanizes and
incites.
shiv
