“It (is) not easy … to draw a line between Hindu nationalism and true nationalism. The two overlap as India is the only home of Hindus and they form a majority there.” — J. Nehru
Those who permit slaying of animals; those who bring animals for slaughter; those who slaughter; those who sell meat; those who purchase meat; those who prepare dishes out of meat; those who serve that meat and those who eat it are all murderers. — Manusmriti
When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.” — Oscar Wilde
“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.” — Voltaire
“Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned, [molested]: yet we have not advanced one inch towards humanity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support error and roguery all over the earth.” — Thomas Jefferson
Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. […] We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. — Karl Popper
‘The methods adopted by the invaders have left behind them their aftermath. One aftermath is the bitterness between the Hindus and the Muslims which they have caused. This bitterness, between the two, is so deep-seated that a century of political life has neither succeeded in assuaging it; nor in making people forget it. As the invasions were accompanied with destruction of temples and forced conversions, with spoliation of property, with slaughter, enslavement and abasement of men, women and children, what wonder if the memory of these invasions has ever remained green, as a source of pride to the Muslims and as a source of shame to the Hindus?” – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgement. — Seneca
To teach superstition as truth is a most terrible thing. — Hypatia
The world has produced three great impostors: Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. — Frederick II of Sicily
Christians must acknowledge the historical fact that from Bethlehem to Madras, most of their sacred sites are booty won in campaigns of fraud and destruction. — Koenraad Elst
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal justice if it is to ask for universal assent. — M. K. Gandhi
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. — M. K. Gandhi
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. — Cicero
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in Srilanka] “..,animal welfare has also become an emotive political issue. In the wake of the new government, numerous campaigns have sprung up against the use of elephants in peraheras (Buddhist religious processions). The elephant has been part of Buddhist culture and tradition for millennia and these campaigns have stirred up strong feelings. Pressure from activists has also led to Buddhist monks being remanded for allegedly ill treating elephants. While English social media highlights the rescue of elephants from malnourishment and ill treatment: Sinhala social media perceives an onslaught on its time honoured traditions by foreigners and non Buddhists. The result is to stoke widespread murmurings and deep suspicion, once again intensifying the fissures in Sri Lankan society.”
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=159299
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To be fair to the ass—the law—the Supreme Court did give good guidelines for conducting Jallikattu from 2008 to 2014. But the rules were ignored by the Pongal cowboys and their greedy sponsors.
“In the past, from 2008 to 2014, the special conditions of the Supreme Court regulating Jallikattu were brazenly flouted at all the events which were inspected by the Animal Welfare Board of India. The evidence gathered during the inspection proved that no regulation can or will protect bulls from misery or people from injuries. The findings revealed that Jallikattu is inherently cruel to animals and is a threat to human participants, spectators and any police or government representative assigned to monitor an event.” – Gauri Maulekhi
So the cowboys and their sponsors have only themselves to blame for the now government-overturned ban.
And today, have they changed their “traditional” ways?
Already there are three dead—including one policeman—and close to a hundred injured by the harassed, angry bulls.
Are the cowboys and their very greedy sponsors (who are placing the big bets) going to follow the rules—ever?
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