"When your fellow country men attempts to falsely accuse India for restricting religious freedom you would be naive not to expect those issues to come up."
Legislating against conversion is a religious freedom issue, there are no examples of Americans doing the same.
'Aww how many times I have heard of those kind of condescending remarks, "those Indians don't like us they only like our $$$, they care only for our money and our jobs". Your comments are so reflective of your attitude for Indians. '
Whats condascending about that? People want to do business, even Americans are like that when they are in India, to sell goods ands services to the Indian market.
'And if you have any doubts ask any Indian as to which is the party thats most pro-American and pro-Israel in the Indian polity. '
I am not deceived by their policies, they may be the most pro-American party in India and that is not saying much. Again it is a case of common causes uniting( the war on terror) rather than a real alliance of ideology.
'And BTW I don't consider your brand of Christianity as representative of the majority Christian values in US or representative of American culture. '
Since you are not an American, you are clueless about its value or the religion of its citizens, mainstream Christians are a big force in US politics and the Republican party.
'That does not mean I have to toe what in your opinion should be the standard partyline of FR. '
Read the mission statement of Fr, it is clear what they stand for.
Sorry for the late response (was out of India).
Legislating against conversion is a religious freedom issue, there are no examples of Americans doing the same.
This legislation isnt the first time or the only example where personal freedom have ben curbed. We have had plenty of anti-terrorist laws like TADA, POTA etc that undermined personal freedom. We are even considering uniform civil code which many argue as an encroachment on religious freedom. Everybody has some different definitions or ideas on what constitutes religious freedom
'Aww how many times I have heard of those kind of condescending remarks, "those Indians don't like us they only like our $$$, they care only for our money and our jobs". Your comments are so reflective of your attitude for Indians. '
Whats condascending about that? People want to do business, even Americans are like that when they are in India, to sell goods ands services to the Indian market.
You said :
" I am not so sure that the Hindu right wingers are such big supporters of Americas, they only are because of the Business and $$$ America provides to India and the jobs it creates. "
You sound like those whining anti- outsourcing leftist losers (and there are plenty here on FR) ranting against Indians "they dont like us but only our money". You act like America is doing charity in India by distributing American $$$. Lets get this straight. You do business here in India because you have more to gain from the cheap labour and the large pool of graduates, professional, scientists and engineers . You arnt doing any charity and there is no such thing in a globalised world as American $$$ and American jobs.
BTW US does more business with China and Europe (especially France & Germany) they are your supporters right?
'And if you have any doubts ask any Indian as to which is the party thats most pro-American and pro-Israel in the Indian polity. '
I am not deceived by their policies, they may be the most pro-American party in India and that is not saying much. Again it is a case of common causes uniting( the war on terror) rather than a real alliance of ideology.
Who cares about ideology? We have ours and you have yours. We wont adopt your ideology and we wont ask you to adopt ours. And if you think India and US cant be allies because we differ on ideology then maybe you should join the DU. The world runs on realpolitik, not on ideology.
'And BTW I don't consider your brand of Christianity as representative of the majority Christian values in US or representative of American culture. '
Since you are not an American, you are clueless about its value or the religion of its citizens, mainstream Christians are a big force in US politics and the Republican party.
On the contrary I have a better idea about American values and also what Christianity stands for and to know about it one doesnt have to be an American (there are thousands of Americans who themselves have no clue about American values and Christian conservatism). Christianity isnt the radical fundamentalism that you seem to represent. Perhaps you are the one who needs to get a clue.
'That does not mean I have to toe what in your opinion should be the standard partyline of FR. '
Read the mission statement of Fr, it is clear what they stand for.
Read it long before you even heard about FR.