Comments on: Nepal Abolishes Hindu Monarchy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Observer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205943 Observer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:32:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205943 <p><i>40 · <b>brownman</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005222.html#comment205072">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>We Hindus may be poor, but we are very tolerant of other religions. There is much that a wealthy very high up in the human development index country like the ABCD nation can learn from the impoverished hindus. A hindu majority has elected a woman, a sikh for Prime Minister. Our constitution was written by a dalit. The most loved President of all time is Muslim. Suck on that, ABCD nation, still struggling to elect a black man as President. The question is - is there something in Hindu beliefs that make them more tolerant of diversity? The answer is YES. Hinduism itself is an umbrella term for such a wide variety of beliefs and philosophies that Hinduism is intrinsically not genetically more tolerant. </blockquote> <p>You forgot to mention the Gujarat genocide of Muslims in 2002 supposedly by the most fundamentalist of all the "Hindus"</p> 40 · brownman said

We Hindus may be poor, but we are very tolerant of other religions. There is much that a wealthy very high up in the human development index country like the ABCD nation can learn from the impoverished hindus. A hindu majority has elected a woman, a sikh for Prime Minister. Our constitution was written by a dalit. The most loved President of all time is Muslim. Suck on that, ABCD nation, still struggling to elect a black man as President. The question is – is there something in Hindu beliefs that make them more tolerant of diversity? The answer is YES. Hinduism itself is an umbrella term for such a wide variety of beliefs and philosophies that Hinduism is intrinsically not genetically more tolerant.

You forgot to mention the Gujarat genocide of Muslims in 2002 supposedly by the most fundamentalist of all the “Hindus”

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By: bollyhood http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205192 bollyhood Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:39:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205192 <p><i>40 · <b>brownman</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005222.html#comment205072">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>We Hindus may be poor, but we are very tolerant of other religions. There is much that a wealthy very high up in the human development index country like the ABCD nation can learn from the impoverished hindus. </blockquote> <p>Like how to ruthlessly demean and ostracize each other based on the highly <i>tolerant</i> hindu caste system?</p> 40 · brownman said

We Hindus may be poor, but we are very tolerant of other religions. There is much that a wealthy very high up in the human development index country like the ABCD nation can learn from the impoverished hindus.

Like how to ruthlessly demean and ostracize each other based on the highly tolerant hindu caste system?

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By: NYC Chaatwala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205189 NYC Chaatwala Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:27:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205189 <p>Hey Valmiki, even people Buddhist nations look to India for answers. Buddhist monks learn Sanskrit if you didn't know. It's sad the monarchy turned out like this. Nepal's early kings fought off oppressive invaders and preserved our identity. I wonder what will happen to Gorkha culture due to the Maoist takeover. RIP Nepal</p> Hey Valmiki, even people Buddhist nations look to India for answers. Buddhist monks learn Sanskrit if you didn’t know. It’s sad the monarchy turned out like this. Nepal’s early kings fought off oppressive invaders and preserved our identity. I wonder what will happen to Gorkha culture due to the Maoist takeover. RIP Nepal

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By: brownman http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205072 brownman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:14:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205072 <p>We Hindus may be poor, but we are very tolerant of other religions. There is much that a wealthy very high up in the human development index country like the ABCD nation can learn from the impoverished hindus. A hindu majority has elected a woman, a sikh for Prime Minister. Our constitution was written by a dalit. The most loved President of all time is Muslim. Suck on that, ABCD nation, still struggling to elect a black man as President.</p> <p>The question is - is there something in Hindu beliefs that make them more tolerant of diversity? The answer is YES. Hinduism itself is an umbrella term for such a wide variety of beliefs and philosophies that Hinduism is intrinsically not genetically more tolerant.</p> We Hindus may be poor, but we are very tolerant of other religions. There is much that a wealthy very high up in the human development index country like the ABCD nation can learn from the impoverished hindus. A hindu majority has elected a woman, a sikh for Prime Minister. Our constitution was written by a dalit. The most loved President of all time is Muslim. Suck on that, ABCD nation, still struggling to elect a black man as President.

The question is – is there something in Hindu beliefs that make them more tolerant of diversity? The answer is YES. Hinduism itself is an umbrella term for such a wide variety of beliefs and philosophies that Hinduism is intrinsically not genetically more tolerant.

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By: Al beruni http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205065 Al beruni Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:49:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205065 <p>sensible commentary from a respected indian human rights worker:</p> <p><a href="http://hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5d27778e-55b0-46c0-a260-d509468b4f36&MatchID1=4688&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1182&PrimaryID=4688&Headline=Mount+Neverest">Mount Neverest</a></p> <p>my own take on this - Nepal = West Bengal of the 70s, plus bihar-isstyle ethnic chaos, not much stability but progress over the retrograde and hopeless royal rule..</p> sensible commentary from a respected indian human rights worker:

Mount Neverest

my own take on this – Nepal = West Bengal of the 70s, plus bihar-isstyle ethnic chaos, not much stability but progress over the retrograde and hopeless royal rule..

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By: jyotsana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205062 jyotsana Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:56:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205062 <p>Valmiki,</p> <p>Now that you have shown us you can read let's see what your numeracy is like. Can you count beyond 128? OK I get the idea. Those words must be hard to swallow, even with the OO. But go easy with the salt, if you must. You will need a lot for the hot crow next time. Reading through the HDI and a few minutes with wikipedia will do you a world of good. And go easy with the abuse too. We know how angry and incoherent (most of the time) you get when your posts are taken apart here (every time). Cheers!</p> Valmiki,

Now that you have shown us you can read let’s see what your numeracy is like. Can you count beyond 128? OK I get the idea. Those words must be hard to swallow, even with the OO. But go easy with the salt, if you must. You will need a lot for the hot crow next time. Reading through the HDI and a few minutes with wikipedia will do you a world of good. And go easy with the abuse too. We know how angry and incoherent (most of the time) you get when your posts are taken apart here (every time). Cheers!

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By: portmanteau http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205056 portmanteau Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:58:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205056 <p><i>31 · <b>jyotsana</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005222.html#comment205023">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>And make it a habit to get your facts right and also keep some of the OO and pepper, I will serve you some crow next time.</blockquote> <p>snap!</p> 31 · jyotsana said

And make it a habit to get your facts right and also keep some of the OO and pepper, I will serve you some crow next time.

snap!

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By: galton http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205033 galton Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:01:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205033 <blockquote>Another sepia genius.</blockquote> <p>thank you. that is exactly how i want other brown people to be considered too.</p> Another sepia genius.

thank you. that is exactly how i want other brown people to be considered too.

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By: Valmiki http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205032 Valmiki Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:56:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205032 <p><i>34 · <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics#Britain">galton</a></b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005222.html#comment205030">said</a></i></p> <blockquote> i agree. the first step to rooting out substandard characters is to categorize them by their salient characteristics. it makes it much easier to work on weeding them out if you know why they are the way they are - hindu and democratic, are of course, the first things that come to mind. it has taken a 100 years but i am glad i am finally finding supporters for negative eugenics. after all, the only thing better than <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/941511.stm">one child</a> each for the poor and inferior is no children. </blockquote> <p>Another sepia genius. He actually thinks that hindu and democratic are genetic characteristics!</p> 34 · galton said

i agree. the first step to rooting out substandard characters is to categorize them by their salient characteristics. it makes it much easier to work on weeding them out if you know why they are the way they are – hindu and democratic, are of course, the first things that come to mind. it has taken a 100 years but i am glad i am finally finding supporters for negative eugenics. after all, the only thing better than one child each for the poor and inferior is no children.

Another sepia genius. He actually thinks that hindu and democratic are genetic characteristics!

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By: galton http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/29/nepal_abolishes/comment-page-1/#comment-205030 galton Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:44:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5222#comment-205030 <blockquote>Of the 127 nations ranked above Hindu and Democratic India are communist nations like China and Cuba; muslim nations like Egypt, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Turkemenistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Malaysia and Libya among others (even the palestinian West Bank is ranked higher); Buddhist nations like Japan and Thailand; and numerous christian nations.</blockquote> <p>i agree. the first step to rooting out substandard characters is to categorize them by their salient characteristics. it makes it much easier to work on weeding them out if you know why they are the way they are - hindu and democratic, are of course, the first things that come to mind. it has taken a 100 years but i am glad i am finally finding supporters for negative eugenics. after all, the only thing better than <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/941511.stm">one child</a> each for the poor and inferior is no children.</p> Of the 127 nations ranked above Hindu and Democratic India are communist nations like China and Cuba; muslim nations like Egypt, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Turkemenistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Malaysia and Libya among others (even the palestinian West Bank is ranked higher); Buddhist nations like Japan and Thailand; and numerous christian nations.

i agree. the first step to rooting out substandard characters is to categorize them by their salient characteristics. it makes it much easier to work on weeding them out if you know why they are the way they are – hindu and democratic, are of course, the first things that come to mind. it has taken a 100 years but i am glad i am finally finding supporters for negative eugenics. after all, the only thing better than one child each for the poor and inferior is no children.

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