Someone I know just sent an article about how Hindus were getting angry about the Pseudo Secular forces in this country and why none of it made sense to him.
Well none of the commotion about Hindu terrorism vs Islamic Terrorism, and which one is better, makes sense to me either, but with slight twist. Oh well how to put it mildly...
So here's the deal. There's "us" and there's "them". And of course there are "others" too. "We" are the majority. "They" are a minority.
Majority is a commodity, cheap, easily available, has no special aura about it... Like Water. Minority is a rarity, exquisite, something special about it... Like Scotch. Sometimes you love being a part of the minority just because of it's uniqueness.
Hasn't it always been chick and cool to be the outcast? I mean let's admit it, we all think people who made their own way are super cool, be it Hitler or Gandhi. So when someone asks you what do you think of "them", you may say like most of "us" that you don't like "them". But that would make you a commodity. So you say things as if you were a part of "them" and not "us". Your tribe elders can't believe it... A heretic amongst us!!! Feed him to the fire... says one elder, But he is one of "us"... We can't do that... says another. You thus get a special status in your tribe. You have now become the bottle of Scotch amongst bottles of Water. There are similar patterns amongst "them" and "others" too... Don't know why we keep forgetting the "others"
The solution you ask? My opinion you ask? Well I don't claim to be an expert on primates sir, but freedom from divine delusions seems to be an answer. I am not sure if most primates are genetically ready for it though.
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