This is what I wrote:
*** And why should the Christian Dalits be left out of the special protections given to the Hindu Dalits? As a punishment for conversion? Would it be conceivable that the lot of converted Dalits is still controlled by the actions of their tormentors, the upper-caste Hindu majority? Or does that disappear with the PROHIBITED and thus ILLEGAL conversion, and therefore they ought not to seek such protection any more? The point above was that the powers reside with the upper caste Hindus, who persecutes the Dalits, never mind whether they are Hindu or Christian. Those who control the powers and the influence, have ways to know who a Dalit is, does not matter if he is a born Hindu or a converted Christian. Under the circumstances, IF there are governmental protections available for born Hindu Dalits , why should the converted Christian Dalits be deprived of such protections? Punishment for conversion would be the explanation. Do you have a better one? At 10:07 PM -0400 9/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 9/9/03 9:52:57 PM Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > ><<*** And why should the Christian Dalits be left out of the special > protections given to the Hindu Dalits? >> > > Special privilege related to religion? What next? Come missionaries and >the relevance of laws simply dissolves? If conversion to Christianity >certifies social equality, why would there be a Dalit Christian in the >first place? In addition, advocating special privilege based on religion >contradicts the very concept of equal status for all religions. > > KJD. > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
