[Reader-list] American Imperialism, Hindu Brahmanism, Islamic Terrorism

[hasina hasan]

with no offense to myself, and trying to not be offensive here..as one can hardly keep from taking things personally what with being a person to begin with,
i had to say.

i have a mixed lineage of muslims, buddhists, tibetans, chinese and indians to name a few.  what/who do i hate and who and what do i stand up for today? for i dont fall into any of the below mentioned sets generally. and then again perhaps i'm all of them altogether. hard to fill in the blank,

it's hard to point within.

what are your own views? what set of person are you? that would have been an interesting though not mandatory appendage to your thoughts aloud.

or maybe just maybe, like me, you are too: an Über person.




--- On Thu, 24/7/08, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] American Imperialism, Hindu Brahmanism, Islamic Terrorism
To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Thursday, 24 July, 2008, 6:34 AM

Just thinking aloud.
 
One often comes across people (on SARAI and elsewhere) that can see:
 
- Imperialism as the defining aspect of the Americans/USA (usually to the
exclusion of all else)
 
- Brahmanism as the defining aspect of Hindus/Hinduism (usually to the
exclusion of all else)
 
- Terrorism as the defining aspect of Muslims/Islam (usually to the exclusion
of all else)
 
These are just 3 examples.
 
In a
 curious sort of way such sets of people (whichever their favourite
'hate' might be) are alike in the manner in which they view things.
Their 'obsessiveness' clouds their intellect and ability to look at
things in context. 
 
Just a thought.
 
Kshmendra


      
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