It is interesting to see the highly predictable and gaudy display of political opportunism from all sides subsequent to the Norwegian terrorist act. The so-called Catholic "Secular" Forum and the "secularist" Soter have blamed extremist Indian Hindus for the atrocious act of a Norwegian criminal who happens to be a Christian. Anil has countered by implicating European extremist Christian groups. Now other political opportunists like Chris Hedges are blaming some highly creative coalition between the radical Christian right and atheists in America (whom he calls "secular fundamentalists") for the same heinous act.
It seems like you cannot be anybody and remain blameless for someone else's criminal acts these days. Once again, we find that the hyperbolic political activists in Goa as in the rest of the world will always create a fantasy land where up is down and black is white, and where everything that is wrong with the world is because of the religion and ideology of their political opponents. Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 7/26/11, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Looks like? The extreme Right has long been known to use > religion very > similarly, regardless of their "differences". On the other > hand, people who > are genuinely religious often tend to be more tolerant, > while some prominent > few non-believers (ranging from Advani to Jinnah to > probably Hitler > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler's_religious_views > ) have also > built on fear, suspicion and mistrust among different > religions! FN > > PS: Why just Hindu, Christian and Muslim? Anyone who uses > religious > differences to fuel their own political interests would do > the same. > Including if they were Jews, Buddhists or Methodists. >
