Tamil Tigers to launch air strikes on Hindustan

[Matrubhoomi]

Re: Tamil Tigers to launch air strikes on Hindustan

@ravage

No i dont. I merely argued before, and maintain now that Hindu extremist/militant/terrorist is a correct characterization. It may be a politically motivated one, sure.

That’s not the correct characterization.

The correct characterization is — LTTE is a politically motivated seperatist/terrorist organization of Tamil language-ethnic minorities of Sri Lanka, majority of LTTE just happen to be Hindus.

Sure it can be argued that they’re fighting for a Tamil state and not a Hindu state and have a significant Christian minority. PLO had a Christian component. Hezbollah has a Christian component. Black anti-apartheid militancies had non-Black components, and they werent fighting for a black state. The adjective “Hindu” can correctly be a description of the composition and not necessarily idealogy of the group just as there are many Muslim countries in the world but very few with an statedly Islamic foreign policy.

Agree, except the bold…becuase while by Hindu terrorists if you mean only composition and NOT ideology…then definately by any logic you have to put the sentence like I said before ---- Majority of them happen to be Hindus.

How come you can refer an organization as a religious group (Hindu) but at the same time the movement is not for protection/propagation of religion/religious ideology.

When a Hindu man blows himself up, explain to me how it isnt correct to call him a Hindu militant. It is ONE characterization of him, and one that might unfairly associate Hinduism with terrorism, but it still is a correct characterization. Just as calling him a Tamil terrorist shouldnt reflect on people of tamil ethnicity who dont share his views.

They are Tamils first and Hindus later…reason for their Unity is NOT Hinduism but the language Tamil.

The person blowing himself up from LTTE can be a majority Hindu, a Christian and an Atheist…but definately all of them are Tamil and blowing themselves-up for the cause of seperate Tamil eelum and NOT for Hindutva or similiar ideology.

Many of LTTE followers are atheists.
Many in Tamilnadu are atheists.

According to a dialogue between Krishna (Vishnu) and Arjuna, the taking of one’s life andthat of another is endorsed by religious belief. Under the Hindu concept of an unchangingsoul transmigrating from life to life, death does not end life, and life does not end with death.Krishna tells Arjuna that there is no sin in taking one’s own life. So suicide and killing othersis justified by religion. Sections of the Defense authorities who are falling over each otherto build Hindu kovils would do well to realize the newest sustenance of the Tiger killers isthe Hindu atman concept. With great foresight, the LTTE is publicizing a video whichshows Black Tigers performing Visnu pujas before their departure to kill their targets andthemselves. The Christian missionaries supporting the LTTE and propogating their religionwill soon meet the reincarnation of Vishnu, in the Wanni and the East
DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS AND RELIGION | Faculty of Arts | University of Calgary

This is a classic example of selective interpretation of Bhagwad-Gita!!

First of all my simple question to Calgary University-- show me a verse where Lord Krishna commands Arjuna specifically that suicide is justified or taking one’s own life.
At least I don’t know any such interpretation.

Further regarding justification of war…yess it’s 100% true that Lord Krishna commands Arjuna to fight a war.

probably university of Calgary needs to know a lot more how the war started and in which circumstances Lord Krishna revealed Bhagwad-Gita.

Just in brief…Pandavas were first denied their state, as a last step to avoid war when they begged for just five villages–that also they were denied. Hence the war became the only means.

Now coming back to BhagwadGita and the verses…

Before interpreting one should know the scene, the circumstances, the characters and conditions in determining the reasons for revealation of BhagwadGita.

The scene is a battlefield of Krukshetra and witnesses are millions of soldiers and their commanders.

The circumstance of revealation of Gita is a war and reason was the attachment of Arjuna with his own kinsman and family members and his fear of loosing the near and dear ones.

The Chapter no.2 of Gita reveals the “eternal reality of soul’s immorality” but definately it does not command that you can achieve Immorality by just killing others or blowing yourself-up…at least that’s my understanding.

Who brought India into it?

I brought up India into it because majority of Indians are Hindus and South India has Hindu Mathas of Sankaracharyas, but LTTE neither have sympathy from Right wing Hindus nor do they have sympathy from Mathas of Sankarachryas beacuse their fight is not for the cause of Hindutva as simple as that.