Are We The Most Racist Of Them All?

re:#73 by kaalchakra
I also do hope Bollywood has grown out of stereotypes but such stereotypes (getting fun by mocking at other`s appearance or way of speech) are common in India. I do find Bollywood slowly growing out of this tiresome habit!
Sridhar

re:#90 by hasanmahmood
I used to respect Islam but after this cartoon controversy, i need to revise that opinion. Hindus may smell of spice but they do not go around killing people and rioting just because somebody portrayed caricature of hinduism (which, btw, is rampant).
You guys are just pathetic. There is no other word.
For people like u, the following letter should be an eyeopener. The letter is written by a Paki woman now living in USA.
(Pakistani viewpoint
Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I was saddened to read the letter of Javed Altaf in the Milpitas Post dated Feb 2, ``Text clashes extremist, moderate Hindus.`` As a woman from Pakistan who immigrated to the United States, I would like to tell everyone that there are people in Pakistan who do not show such hatred toward others.

I grew up in Pakistan and we were always taught to hate India, Israel and America. Our school books described Christians, Jews and Hindus as evil people, and unfortunately most Pakistanis exhibit a lot of hatred because of this. I was ashamed when Pakistanis celebrated on the streets after innocent people were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. Even when I got my passport, I had to sign a statement on the application form that I consider the leader of Qadiani group of Muslims to be an imposter and his followers to be non-Muslim. I felt uncomfortable signing it as I somehow thought it is a hateful thing to do. To all Qadiani brothers and sisters, I wish to apologize on behalf of Pakistanis and say I am truly sorry I signed the statement.

Fortunately, I had the chance to leave Pakistan and find freedom in America. Now, I do not have to cover myself with a burqa.

I learned that one can be a good person even without being a Muslim and I got the confidence to question Islam. Islam is an artificial religion of medieval Arabs. Why should I accept any religion that forces me to wear a burqa and prevents my education?

Mr. Altaf`s letter talks about caste system in India. I want to point out that the caste system is alive and well in Pakistan as well. It is hypocritical of Pakistanis to talk of a caste system.

The people of Pakistan are no different from the people of India except that we are born into Islam. This unfortunate difference gave birth to Pakistan, which has the dishonor of being created as the world`s first religion-based country. We should never have left India because forming a country based on religion tells the world that we are hateful people. Please tell your readers that not all Pakistanis are hateful people.(my comment: where is Manto? He should read this!)

Ironically, my own life has been one where the differences between Indians and Pakistanis have been buried. After leaving Islam, I searched for spiritual peace and met a wonderful man who is a Hindu from India. Today, he is my husband and I find that I have a lot of freedom. Women in Islam do not have any freedom and four women are considered to be equal to one man. I realize that I would not have had the opportunity to meet my husband had I not come to America and got my freedom. There are many women like me who long for freedom. I sincerely wish I could do something for my sisters or that America would liberate my sisters but without hurting the people.

Meher Unnisa

Upland, Calif.)
Sridhar

nothing special. i was thinking of Americans` efforts in reforming Shintoism half a century back. Here is a time fragment :

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6 Aug 1945 Hiroshima.
9 Aug 1945 Nagasaki.
15 Aug 1945 Failed coup attempt.
2 Sep 1945 Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri.
27 Sep 1945 Emperor Hirohito of Japan meets with SCAP Douglas MacArthur.
1 Jan 1946 Hirohito publicly renounces his divinity.

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Pakis destroying pakis in protest against Denmark.... this is what madrassa education does to people.....:)))


http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006 02 16 story_16-2-2006_pg3_1

School and college boys had entered the streets with clubs in their hands. It was obvious that the march was planned to be violent. The way they set about breaking the cars and then setting fire to them was no spontaneous response to provocation. ......The destruction was planned and the boys knew what they had to do. Many had handguns, which they fired. On Davis Road in fact they got together in a phalanx and fired their guns in volleys.

Re: # 110 raw
[...japanese are intimately familiar with this dilemma...]

Huh? please explain...

Re: # 109 shish

Distributed computing?.... LOL .... but then HP, the madrass-educated paki wouldn`t know anything about that - would he? :))))

it is zillion times better to be told by a human about one`s existence than by a ghost in an incomprehensible language.

doubting that ghost jeopardizes the existence hence the anal-retention and all these fireworks......

japanese are intimately familiar with this dilemma...

Re: # 107

That is called distributed computing, even if one node fails/falls, others keep chugging.

Re: # 107 HP
[....are still looking for one something; history, culture or religion, and buildings ....]

You are wrong as usual..... hinuds have all the history, culture, religion, buildings that anybody ever needs......

Only people who need an ``identity`` is muslims.... a people who get riled up by a cartoon are in serious trouble - the inferiority complex is just too much - it`s killing the community..... :)))))

Since there is no history of Hindu being one religion, what we have is an accumulation of zillions of rites practiced in many parts of ancient India. That also explains the worshipping of millions of objects anywhere from insects to lizards to animals to body parts.

If the invaders had not called people living east of Indus Hindu, chances are Indians would not had one identity. That is why I say Hindus have a serious identity crisis because they are still looking for one something; history, culture or religion, and buildings to identify with.

Now I am sure Red Fort was constructed by some Hindu Raja…

Re: # 91 hasan
[.....No sir this culture is made into this mystic choo chhoo kaa murabba by the so called Western geniuses .....]

Yep - Blame it all on the West.....that always seems to work for you guys.....:) Everything can be explained away as a Western conspiracy.....

Ref: #103 by shishapa

Hello cousin,

OK...how about Bhagvan ditta, Bhagvan rakha, Bhagvan Baksh, Farhat Bhagvan, Neimat Bhagvan, Iman Bhagvan, etc.

#100 by swarrier
“And Urdu is a Deccani language or was it invented in Arabia.....-) Don`t go too far to have fun....”

Now whether Urdu is a deccani language or not does not matter (and that debate will not take you far) but the point was there is no “I” in Pakistan.



“#99 by shishapa”

“Hindavya Jaat Sarvaa”

Congratulations Shishapa! You have done it…. Now Hindu is a hindi word… or was that sanskrit?

I think Bhagvan Hafiz sounds as good as allah hafiz...

``I mean nobody had heard of Allah in the land of Pakistan before Mohammad Bin Kasim
showed up in 712AD or 732 AD! ``

Did anyone say that Islam is an Indian or Sindhi religion?
You are just making a pathetic point.

Okay, Bhagvan Hafiz!

At least Hindus call their gods with hindu names.

How about Pakistanis, do they have native name for god? Why do they call Allah,
a foreign name? Should not they be calling Bhagvan Hafiz instead of Allah Hafiz?
I mean nobody had heard of Allah in the land of Pakistan before Mohammad Bin Kasim
showed up in 712AD or 732 AD!

HP
[....That is stupid Santana Dharma just means eternal religion. ...]

So?..... it`s the name given to that religion..... The word ``Islam`` is suppsoed to mean ``submission``, but it`s the name of that religion......

Hindu is as good a name as any other - so what invaders gave it?......

Re: # 92 hassan
[....But hey we might be the camel jockeys or whatever but we still dont smell of spices :)...]

Fine - so you smell of camel p!ss :)..... anyway - I thought only arabs are known as camel jokceys.... are you an Arab?