Originally posted by Pakka Desi:
I guess, I was not wrong after all, Pranav![]()
Originally posted by Pakka Desi:
US an Pak can never work as cohesively as US and India can. Somehow this is lost on the policy makers of the US.
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
China's leaders are criminals. They have violated the UN charter and if they weren't leaders of such a powerful country they would be arrested for the murders they committed in Tiananmen Square.
China does treat their citizens like slaves denying Catholics, for example, the right to practice their religion. They did use political prisoners as slaves in their factories and only stopped when the US threatened to stop accepting imports.
Originally posted by Abadula Joshi:
Indian government did a good job in negotiating with airplane hijackers
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
I just fail to see any significance to the fact.
Originally posted by Pranav Jaidka
Would that not mean that the Indian democracy works better than the US democracy ??
Originally posted by Jason Menard
You are correct, that would not mean that.
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Get back to me when airplanes start dropping on your major cities. Get back to me when the Christians there express their desire to wipe out every Hindu in the country and show that they are willing to carry it through and posess the resources to start making good on those threats. Get back to me when Christians start killing Hindus all over the world in the name of Christianity.
People can view absolutely anything they'd like as a threat. There is however a difference between a credible threat and a less than credible threat.
At least now you admit you view conversion as a threat to your culture and identity, and no longer profess to be looking after the best interests of the disenfranchised.
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
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Although personally I think it is high time that Muslim scholars take an introspective look and see what if anything there is in Islam that allows it to be twisted and used to fuel hate on such an widespread level.
It may be fast approaching the time when non-Muslims on a large scale may begin to draw the conclusion that Islam itself is somehow a threat to peace, and such a widespread conclusion would only cause more problems
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Since you have all made it clear that you don't want Thomas there (you're afraid he might hurt your feelings), and if I can draw an analogy with something I believe P. Dessi said earlier, if Thomas does decide to travel there, it's at his own risk and he pretty much deserves anything that may happen to him, since he knows he is not wanted there?
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I don't see any point to this discussion anymore. We are going over the same ground.
I have learned one good thing from this. I will never go to India. Who wants to visit a country where people think its OK to attack someone for insulting them?![]()
[ October 26, 2002: Message edited by: Thomas Paul ]
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Your ability to interpret seems challenged. Again, let me help you out. I first claimed that my knowledge of India was very finite. I then went on to say the issues we are talking about have little to do with India and in fact transcend national boundaries. Try to comprehend this because it seems a difficult concept for you: these are moral issues that are universal regardless of location. We are debating moral absolutes and you are trying to say they don't apply to you. Nobody is buying that.