Genetics and Mr. Abbas

[ravindran sri]

Dear Mr Aditya,
I am not sure of what you mean by "pure academics". Is there Academics
devoid of politics? Is there scholarship devoid of politics? Mr. Abbas and
Ms. Bose have had the gumption to state something that they beleive in.
While you have every right to disagree with their conclusions (in this case
I dont see how you can), to say that academics is oustside or byond politics
is downright fascistic. Is the injustice against dalits  and women merely
"perceived"?
Rvaindran.S


>From: "Aditya, the Hindu Skeptic" <a018967t at BC.SEFLIN.ORG>
>Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
>To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Genetics and Mr. Abbas
>Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 15:16:41 -0400
>
>Samar Abbas wrote:
> >
>
> > Welcome to the forum. I have always seen India as a nation of immigrants
> > like the USA, and feel Indians should take pride in that. However, the
> > honor of defending India's most oppressed minority belongs to you, for
> > none of the peoples you listed above are more persecuted than Indian
> > women -
>
>As I understand the purpose of this list is not polemics or to defend
>any one against anybody's perceived injustice.
>
>Many of the subscribers are pure academics and are in no involved in
>political actions.
>
> >   Community       Killings in India (1947-1999)
> >
> >   Muslims               70,000
> >   Sikhs                200,000
> >   Christians           300,000
> >   WOMEN             50,000,000
> >
>Do you have similar figures of minorities mistreated in Muslim/
>christian /jewish countries?

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