From: thiyagarajan@mims.enet.dec.com (RT)
Subject: Re: Hypocracy.....in..
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:17:48 GMT



In article <8efEdge00VpQEhX0YM@andrew.cmu.edu>, Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh <rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
>Hypocracy and ignorance in Tamil Nadu:
> 
>First of all, I would like to apologize for my remarks against the Vedas.
>It was intended as pun for some(and apparently they took it well).  I
>have no real intention to insult the Vedas.
> 
>But, I stand by what I've written on the BJP leaders. They are nothing
>more than few religious zealots  with sights set on power who parade
>themselves as semi-Gods!
> 
>now....,
> 
>There is a good reason why I ridiculed the Vedas. It is to expose the
>hypocracy of many TN Tamils some of whom can easily fit the category of
>'intellectual snobs'.  These are the complacent and the arrogant sort
>who speak and and write as though they are the voice of most Tamils from
>Tamil Nadu. In the process, they wittingly or unwittingly discredit the
>Tamil culture as a whole.
> 
>These Tamils, admitting that the Vedas contain some faults, still defend it.
>Why? Because, when the Vedas are taken in its entirety it still has its
>role in the Hindu society my its apparent merit.  
>Now, these 'intelectuals' are very quick to use these words to
>stigmatize Tamils from Eelam: 'gun culture,' 'terrorists,' and 'LTTE
>scums'.
> 
>Admittedly, the Tigers have made many mistakes. But, it is the emodiment

Aha, you admit that!

>of our struggle to survive in identity whether you like it or not. In
>its entirety LTTE organization,  and the Tamils it represents, has made
>many possitive gains for us. The struggle has come a long way with it
>share of  ups and downs.  But, the majority of the people are behind it!

If majority of people are behind it and if northern sri-lanka is a land of milk
and honey under LTTE rule why do we see so many asylum seekers in Canada and
Eurpoe?

>Because, it is about dignity, pride and our birth right to live our
>land. Some of you washed in the Tamil Nadu politics will never
>understand the value of these things..as seen by Tamils across the sea. 

Yes, I agree with you. TN politics stinks. I have respect for SL-tamilians
regarding this. 
	1. Sl-tamils are in general better educated than their cousins in TN
	2. No cinema fanatic in sl-tamils


> If the arguments for defending the value of Vedas have any merit at
>all,  LTTE should be judged in the same light. It should be taken in its

Did vedas kill any inncocent people? Did vedas know of AK-47? If you can
provide any proof (may be sundara pandian or meenan may comeup with some
'english' translation!)
Did vedas encourage killing fellow human beings?

By the way I do not defend vedas and I do not care about that. But the
comparison of ltte to vedas is just stupid

>entirety for its positive results.  Prabakaran, already a legend among
>us,  will go down in history with other historic names of the Tamil
>kings, from both sides of Palk Straits.  

Ya, you can see Aurangazeeb in our history books.

>Suresh
>'purRatchi manNan'
> 

Too many puratchis walking around....
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