[Cronos]

NLFT are not Christian terrorists, no more than the LTTE are hindu terrorists. Both are ethnic groups.

The riots in Orissa were ethnic with the different ethnic groups belonging to different religions (and our lovely friends, the politicians of course stuck their noses in)

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

I know that. I was only following the same guidelines Steelfish set to describe who a Hindu is, and who a Catholic is.

To him, rioters are Hindus, while at the same time, Latino druglords are not Catholics. I applied the same, back to him.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

I get the gist of what you are trying to establish, but the NLFT does have Christianity as part of its agenda. The ethnicity is Khaasi. The violence is of Christian Khaasis upon tribal Khaasis. Their constitution clearly specifies Christianity as its driving agenda.

The LTTE is not a religious organization, and had prominent Catholics like Anton Balasingham as one of its chief strategists.

As for Jindal “toileting” something for Catholicism, I doubt he’s ever read the Gita. In America, it has become a silly popularity contest to proclaim religion for any position of power. Politicians like Thomas Jefferson wouldn’t have a chance in today’s politics. Too much of the idiot masses has been empowered with the right to vote, in opposition to what was the norm at the time of the Founding Fathers- only a privileged minority exercised the power to decide.

That said, George Santayana, to borrow the delicacy of words Steelfish is an expert in utilizing, “toileted” his Catholic faith for Atheism.