Re: [tied] Off Topic - Re: Proto Vedic Continuity Theory of Bharati

--- david_russell_watson <liberty@...> wrote:

>
> It's just that I get so tired of Kelkar's
> misrepresentations.

I can well imagine the fatigue! Why can't they simply
be politely ignored? Why accord them any kind of
response, as on this list? It just boosts their egos.

> You probably see more of the Indian sort first-
> hand simply because you are Indian (I'm assuming),
> but I doubt that Indians are really any more
> adept at it. I'm afraid that it's a universal
> tendency, because very little that I saw in my
> time on Kalyanaraman's list wasn't familiar
> to me from many years of arguing with various
> home-grown (U.S.) nationalistic, racist, and/or
> fundamentalist types.

Yes, even in the Diapora (I'm Canadian; born and
bred), there is the same ranting going on. Reminds me
of post-1933 Germany, at times.

>
> I finally gave up long time ago trying to reason
> with the latter sort, and should have had the
> same good sense once I found out what was going
> on with Kalyanaraman and his friends.

It's very hard using reason when dealing the
"committed." Best to stay away and let them die their
own deaths.

>
> Yes, I think that's true. Being treated as a
> serious threat really only tends to bolster the
> nationalist's, or really the ideologue of any
> kind's, feeling of self importance.

And there's very little to be gained in trying to
convince a Hindu nationalist that the universe does
not revolve around India.

Be well and keep up the good fight.
Nirmal





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