Re: [Reader-list] Ways of Life and Transgressions
Via: Ishwar
Dear Inder,
Let me get this clear. I'm very strongly against ever-increasing cases of religious intolerance, and as an atheist, Hussain's or Nasreen's expressions do not offend me the least. My question was purely theoretical.
I request you to note the differences between cause and effect - Hurt is the cause, and Babri Masjid demolition, Taslima Nasreen, Danish Cartoon, Hussain episodes are effects. What is it that you wish to decry? The cause? the effect? both?
My initial reply to Aarti's mail was, from a theoretical standpoint, to her questioning the validity of the cause, the 'hurt', and I believe that, given the frameworks in consideration, particularly the differences, hurt is understandable, and the statement "Everybody gets hurt" doesn't quite apply because the religious frameworks clearly place divine rights over individual's rights. Is it your claim that all religious frameworks stop doing that?
How does one react to such incidents, I have no clue. Protests, I'd guess. Attempts a dialogue to bridge the gaps, probably.
The effects of this cause can be peaceful, a dialogue in an utopian world. Effects, like such incidents, however are something that every person who believes in individual's liberties must fight against. If you don't believe in this distinction between cause and effect, and understanding the reasons behind one, while rejecting the other, I withdraw my case.
Dear Inder,
Let me get this clear. I'm very strongly against ever-increasing cases of religious intolerance, and as an atheist, Hussain's or Nasreen's expressions do not offend me the least. My question was purely theoretical.
I request you to note the differences between cause and effect - Hurt is the cause, and Babri Masjid demolition, Taslima Nasreen, Danish Cartoon, Hussain episodes are effects. What is it that you wish to decry? The cause? the effect? both?
My initial reply to Aarti's mail was, from a theoretical standpoint, to her questioning the validity of the cause, the 'hurt', and I believe that, given the frameworks in consideration, particularly the differences, hurt is understandable, and the statement "Everybody gets hurt" doesn't quite apply because the religious frameworks clearly place divine rights over individual's rights. Is it your claim that all religious frameworks stop doing that?
How does one react to such incidents, I have no clue. Protests, I'd guess. Attempts a dialogue to bridge the gaps, probably.
The effects of this cause can be peaceful, a dialogue in an utopian world. Effects, like such incidents, however are something that every person who believes in individual's liberties must fight against. If you don't believe in this distinction between cause and effect, and understanding the reasons behind one, while rejecting the other, I withdraw my case.
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