Perfidy, Qur’anic Apostasy or Hermeneutics? A Weltanschauung solves all the problems of existence uniformly on the basis of one overriding hypothesis leaving no question unanswered. In Science uniformity of explanation of universe is assumed but not as a completed task rather as a programme which furnishes progressively more accurate version of truth. While Science is doing its work the truth is known approximately and that state of affairs remains in Science forever. Therefore, the term “Scientific Weltanschauung” is oxymoron.

Religion tries to give a Weltanschauung; a complete system of thought. Since the birth of Science even a littlest acceptance of science’s methods is bound to lead to rejection of any Weltanschauung type of thinking.

An Empire in the Making Brilliant Delusion

The Violent Face of South Asia Re: # 144

I am not trying to justify anything. In 1984 it was Indira Gandhi murder by one of her sikh guards had caused the reaction of riots. You should learn to accept such objective facts.

Afterwards KPS Gill caused many more deaths which would properly qualify the characterization of cold blooded murder. Do you know about those murders? Those murders were comparable to holocaust killings. Holocaust killings cannot be compared to reactionary mob violence.

``Collective punishment blah blah``

Now you are putting words into my mouth.

Continued killings of ethnic Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh right from independence onward is going to induce some Indians to adopt a tit for tat attitude which finds easy vent during times like 1984, 1993, 2002 et al. Learn to accept it.

The Violent Face of South Asia 1984, 1993, 2002 et al were all reaction. Holocaust was not a reaction. So one cannot compare Rajiv and Narendra to Adolf.

The Violent Face of South Asia Violence in Gujarat *was* a reaction to Godhra incident. Period. And that is an objective view.

India Did Not Kick Us Out I do not know Kermani`s history. But she is entitled hold her opinion about there being many curbs in Pakistan. May be there are winds of change blowing in Pakistan. May be she thinks the change has not really happened. Based on her own experience may be she thinks there is really no change at all. She should not be expected to check what major or minor art event was happening ``within hours`` before she expresses her fixed belief that Pakistan has many curbs on art. Art is elitist thing and any artist would feel suffocated if his or her experience is oppressive. In Pakistan Mullahs have too much say in what artists can or cannot do. Anyone like Kermani would feel oppressed by such environment. Frankly speaking Pakistanis give too much ``bhaav`` to Mullahs. That is for sure and noone will contest that.

Culture Cloning My mother tongue is neither Marathi nor Hindi (it is Gujarati), so what I write below may be in error.

Both Marathi and Hindi are written in Devnagari script. But the character which stands for `jha` in Hindi is actually spoken by speakers of Marathi as `za`. So for example a Marathi speaker would read `jharnaa` as `zarnaa`.

Gujarati language has same script as Marathi except for the way it is written. This is why entire text of any Marathi writing can be written in Gujarati script by mechanically replacing character for character. (Some ligatures look closer to the Hindi writing style than Marathi. For example, -rya- in `aarya` will be written differently in Marathi and Hindi, with Gujarati writing being closer to Hindi)

We Gujaratis who do not know that Hindi `jha` is not `za` pronounce words with `jh` with sound `z`. Same is true about Marathis. It was only in university that I met a north Indian who had lived in Gujarat during his childhood who informed me of my error. This north Indian was son of a Railway worker who was posted in Gujarat for sometime. So his dad had to teach him (and possibly his Hindi teacher) the correct pronunciation of -jha-.

Marathi and Gujarati has a character which is missing in Hindi. It is transliterated for Tamil and Malayalam languages as -zh-. For example, Anbazhagan is a name in Malayalam. (Please here also somebody please correct me if I am wrong). Probably Tamil has several varieties of -zh-. In fact Tamil is transliteration of word Tamizh. It is mis-transliterated probably because Hindi does not have -zh-. Most words with -zh- in Gujarati also exist in Hindi but there they are written with -l- in place where -zh- is there in Gujarati word. For example, `baazhak` means child and in Hindi it is written as `baalak`. Another example is: `kazhash` which means `lota` is written in Hindi as kalash (a Lata sung song is: jyoti kalash chhalake...).

In drawing genelogical tree of languages existence of sound is more surer test than words. Words can be imported but sounds and speaking styles cannot be. For example, if ancient Hindi did not have baalak then it might have been imported from south (say from Marathi or any of south Indian languages) or west (Gujarati or some African/Arabic source). Once we find baazhak in in ancient Gujarati and baalak in modern Hindi we cannot argue that baalak in Hindi is imported from Gujarati. That is because written record is fragmentary. We may think since no ancient record of Hindi exists showing usage of baalak that it is an import. But another possibility is missing record. It may be other way round. That baalak existed in Hindi and then migrated to Gujarat or Maharashtra where locals started pronouncing it as baazhak. Like in Marathi Hospital is written as ispitazha (am I wrong? please correct me if I am)

I think so reality is that in absence of any real insurmountable boundary words can flow both ways. We may argue that patronage of ruling class is important but there is a possibility that rulers want to strengthen local tongues because they want support of ruled rather than impose ruler`s language on ruled and alienate them.

Culture Cloning Some remixes are really works of art. I have a couple of VCD (made in Pakistan I think) of oldies like Saiyyaa.n Dill Mein Aanaa Re, Aake Phir Naa Jaanaa Re (original singer Shamshad Begum), Tere Naseeb Mein Mein Hun Ke Naheen, Mere Naseeb Mein Tu Hai Key Naheen (original singer Asha Bhosle?), etc. These are really good. But most remixes are vulgar and full of suggestive movements. Some day these good ones will be classics.

The Ground Beneath Pakistan’s Feet Helicopters are not F16`s. They cannot be given without pilots. And what guarantee is there you will return them? Mushy, you are such a loser.

Why Democracy? Re: # 13

``Democracy is the most unnatural system ever devised for governance. What comes naturally to man?``

Ayurvedic and Unani medicines are sold on argument that they are ``natural``. Nothing that a Man does is natural. Man is most natural when he is artificial. Early Man may have lived like lions, in herds where respect of head of herd was the principle controlling behaviour. Later Man must have invented concept of State as geographically contiguous entity as more useful concept for ensuring survival of its progeny. But evolution works slowly. So, lion-like behaviour continues.

Even when average joe does not understand hard math, he does understand that ``Military`` productivity is in direct proportion to boundary length, whereas number of people that an area can sustain is in direct proportion to agriculturally useful area. But area itself has ``enemy within`` which needs to be policed. So we have to have ``Police`` productivity. The ``Military`` productivity helps increase area, the ``Police`` productivity helps increase economic productivity of a country. If ``Police`` productivity is low (say, because of corruption in police force) then economic productivity falters. If ``Military`` productivity is low than that country may be gobbled up by a neighbouring country. Early Man had to contend with violent non-human animals as only ``enemy`` and so, ``Military`` productivity simply meant how efficient military was in warding off violent non-human animals. Early Man must have also fought ``enemy within`` in the form pests and diseases. So early ``Police`` productivty would have meant also progress of medicines and pest control technology.

Modern Man has to increase ``Miltary`` productivity just to bully other countries to give up their natural resources cheaply and preferentially. Modern Man has to invent fiction that somehow their contries are ``better`` than other countries to enlist help of citizens to fight wars. Citizens of other countries are automatically potential if not actual enemies.

Whatever democracy may have meant in past in modern times it is used as only a token concept. Actual thing done is more determined by considerations of survival of country and imperialism (increasing dominance in other countries).

Sex and Pakistan vs. Rape and The World Media Re: # 310

<Quote from http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/teleological.html>
Teleological arguments are arguments from the order in the universe to the existence of God. They are also known as arguments from design (or, to be precise, arguments to design).

The name “the teleological argument” is derived from the Greek word telos, meaning end or purpose. When such arguments speak of the universe being ordered, they mean that it is ordered towards some end or purpose. The suggestion is that it is more plausible to suppose that the universe is so because it was created by an intelligent being in order to accomplish that purpose than it is to suppose that it is this way by chance.

The classic statement of the teleological argument is that of William Paley. Paley likened the universe to a watch, with many ordered parts working in harmony to further some purpose. Just as the complexity, order, and purpose of a watch implies intelligent design, he suggested, so too the complexity, order, and purpose of the universe implies intelligent design. The argument as he constructed it is thus an argument from analogy.
Modern teleological arguments look somewhat different to that constructed by Paley. While Paley was particularly impressed by the appearance of design in biological systems, such as the eye, or animals, modern teleological arguments often find evidence of design in physics. Modern teleological arguments tend to focus on the “fine-tuning” in the universe, the fact that it is exactly as it needs to be (“fine-tuned”) to support life.

One advantage that this gives modern design arguments over Paley’s is that they are less vulnerable to attacks based on evolution theory. It is an objection to Paley’s argument that evolution can explain the appearance of biological design; evolutionary processes, though, do not apply to the laws of nature.</Quote>

Now, I do not believe in any variation of intelligent design theory. But I believe in evolution. Evolution of man is progressing in one direction: where brain is becoming more important than brawn. If you are hungry and you see a piece of bread in a shop why not just take it and start eating it? You would not do it because you know the consequence of doing it. This thinking through needs brain. You can get the bread free from owner if you had gift of gab and you could persuade owner to give it away free by making a good argument for giving it away. Gift of gab needs brain. Or you could buy it with the money you own. Stealing money is crime. Earning money requires brain and self-control.

From article: ``Rape quite often leads to children``.

Yes but a rape victim (even before technique of abortion was invented) could simply kill the child produced from rape or not nurture it at all, leading to death or a severly disadvantaged product. In primitive society rape as well as murder of child would be two very alien concepts.

Truly primitive societies which do not even know facts of life (that pregnancy is result of intercourse, etc) will not make any moral system relating sex and rape. But in even very primitive animal species arising of intelligence is fait accompli and all species sooner or later have members who are intelligent. That is, in these species some members will have superior intelligence which is a general purpose adaptation skill. Any species with intelligent members will sooner or later attempt to see importance of recording and memorizing and experimentation and discovery making and leaving legacies of learnings.

Only species which will not make intelligent beings through evolution are those which is wanted by ecology. Ecology prevents these from dying out. Man is not one such specie.

Democracy is antithetical of dominance of brawn. In any system where even pale shadow of democracy is practiced sooner or later question of women`s right to control their will to sex will arise. Rape is sex with a woman who is unwilling for it. Prevalence of rape has more to do with half finished job of evolution. Evolution is always a work in progress.

Sex and Pakistan vs. Rape and The World Media {...but it has its contradictions.

The question is:

``Why are the developed world’s leaders never asked about teenage pregnancies, child sex, drugs and female prostitution by the less developed world’s news hacks?``}

Teenage pregnancy is a contradiction?

Hello? Most of this happen because of unprotected sex by school going girls having consensual sex with their boyfriends. And Bush did not make a stupid statement like Mushy. How about interviewing Bush on issues you list? And then if he makes a statement legitimating some of these dastardly acts then you can heckle Bush. You are one very very confused person. But sorry I don`t see connection between rape and consensual sex of young, about to be major, girls.

And they may be deliberately becoming pregnant. According the logic that was explained to me by an american woman, make a child early and give it to mom (child`s grandmom) while mom is still young and you are also young so that you have your entire life for you and not to worry about a future preganancy interrupting your fully bloomed career. Make a child and get back to career/education or wharever.

I am really surprised to what a great length Pakistanis will go to whitewash their image.

Seemingly, God is Angry at America Asmaan Pe Hai Khuda Aur Zameen Pe Humm
AAj Kal Wo Iss Taraf Dekhataa Hai Kumm
(Singer: Mukesh, Lyric: Kaifi ?I think)

Ghor Kaljug Aa Gayaa Hai, God Ko hurricanes Kee Zaroorat Pa.Dne Lagee Hai. Bhagwaan Hee Aise God Se Bachaaye.

Ek Minute, Ek Minute. ``Bachaaye`` word Se Mujhe Ek Aur Hindi Fillum Kaa Gaanaa Yaad Aa Gayaa: ``Allaa Bachaaye Naujawaanon Se``. (Thank you my free associating sleepy brain). Kyaa Naujawaan Kya Buddhe. Subb Baraabur.

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Intelligent Design or Accident? [great intellectual setback to the scientists ]

Scientists always have intellectual progress. It is nonscientists who cannot tolerate any revisions think that revisions are incoherrance or whatever. For scientists all theories are provisional.

America’s Frankenstein Monsters Iraq was an engineered war.

Iran will be engineered war.

And like with Afghanistan, US reaped poisonous crop of Al Qaeda, Iraq and Iran too will engender poison which will haunt US for years to come.

North Korea war too will be engineered war.

It too will haunt US.

F-16s to Pakistan—Why Now? Re: # 99 by Romair.

[Canada has a per capita income of $30,000]

It is more like $25,000. That too $ here stands for Candian $. Personal Disposable Income is around CA$20,000. The argument that you are using this figures for is also not correct. Canada and Pakistan are not comparable. Pakistan is hostile country to India, Canada is not hostile to USA. Canada has more or less accepted hegemony of USA. Who is the real boss in North America is an issue more or less settled. Not so in our subcontinent.