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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4086 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 177 of 197 05 March 2014 at 7:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
Says who????
Stop inserting strife in the Indian community. Talk to Sikhs and Jains, and explain what context you are using in, and see whether they would be offended.
Given that one of the past PRESIDENTS of India has been a Muslim, they would have fared just fine.
Stop spreading propaganda. It is not a common occurrence. How many mosques have been smashed? There is indeed communal violence, but both sides get hit. Its not like there is a genocide going on (the Muslim % of the Indian population has been increasing.
Granted, there are some right wing nutjobs. I never claimed all right wingers were sane. Your logic is similar to "well some men commit crimes, men are thus the problem with the human race; all men are bad".
False. The left wing has banned books. Worse, they have WRITTEN the books deprecating Hindu culture, hiding the true violent history of India, and in general giving an inferiority complex to Hindus.
Increasingly evil treatment? Right, thats why many of the top movie stars, top music composers, sportsmen, the freakin President have been Muslim. I never said no Muslim has been treated unfairly by non-Muslim Hindus. The converse also holds true: Some non-Muslim Hindus has been treated unfairly by Muslims. Go live in the country for a few years before spewing leftwing anti-Hindu propaganda. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ScottScheule Diglot Senior Member United States scheule.blogspot.com Joined 5232 days ago 645 posts - 1176 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Latin, Hungarian, Biblical Hebrew, Old English, Russian, Swedish, German, Italian, French | Message 178 of 197 05 March 2014 at 7:40pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Folks, these are important issues, but perhaps we can agree this isn't the place to debate them.
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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4086 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 179 of 197 05 March 2014 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
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^^ I agree, but I'm not the one who started with the accusations.... Edited by Gemuse on 05 March 2014 at 7:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6065 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 180 of 197 06 March 2014 at 2:56am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
I'd normally agree with you, but it seems that in this case the debate is answering the original question, strange as it may seem. Sometimes the tone of the accusations has gone a bit overboard, but this only happens because there's a discussion between a native and a non-native. As a rule, I think non-natives should be especially tactful when addressing these issues, no matter the level of formal knowledge they may have. That having been said, it's also good to have an external opinion. Outsiders tend to have a less biased take on things. Edited by Luso on 06 March 2014 at 3:08am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5020 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 181 of 197 06 March 2014 at 5:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
This is not always true. I throw at you Edward Said's book Orientalism which shows how the biases of Outsiders influence their "take on things". :-) LOL Peace! Edited by napoleon on 06 March 2014 at 5:57am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lugubert Heptaglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6871 days ago 186 posts - 235 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Danish, Norwegian, EnglishC2, German, Dutch, French Studies: Mandarin, Hindi | Message 182 of 197 06 March 2014 at 8:03am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
Also, communal violence isn't everywhere. It's hard for a foreigner to judge if violence or peace is more common, but as an anecdote: I studied Hindi for a month in Mussoorie. When I walked from the school to the town centre, I passed two Christian churches (of different denominations), one mosque, one Tibetan meeting place, one gurdwara, one Hindu temple, and what might be a Jain shrine. Always calm and friendly atmosphere everywhere; no sign of adversity. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4913 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 183 of 197 06 March 2014 at 8:10am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
Landour Language School? Very nice! But you obviously weren't there in 1985. Even the most peaceful of places have been touched by communalism. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lugubert Heptaglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6871 days ago 186 posts - 235 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Danish, Norwegian, EnglishC2, German, Dutch, French Studies: Mandarin, Hindi | Message 184 of 197 06 March 2014 at 8:30am | IP Logged | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yes, Landour, April 2003. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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