Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 FYI You need to come up to speed on the Sanatana Dharma terminology in addition to being non-judgemental & compassionate in your posts. Political sloganeering & activism are defined as RAJASIC acts not Tamasic. People like you might want to see US get down to the levels of countries like Pakistan & Venezuela but I have great hopes for this country. My last comments on this. Ravi Ammachi, "ckeniley2003" <ckeniley2003> wrote: > > On Namah Shivaya > > Certainly , the prison system needs reform..... > > but how much of your rhetoric (the new plantations) is true analysis > and much is hyped political rhetoric...please try to be honest...how > would you like to compare US prisons with say...Pakistan or > Venezuela? Do you really understand prisons and have an in depth > knowledge of the problems faced by communities overwhelmed by crime, > and don't know how to deal with it? Have you ever been raped or > attacked at gun point? Are you aware of the difficulty of being a > police officer having to deal with gang violence? It is so easy to > slop out slogans without a deep and balanced understanding of the > many sides of an issue. It so much easier (and less intelligent) to > point fingers and blame the evil bad guys (corporations and white > people). Do you think marxist federal prisons in China are better > than corporate prisons? Really? Do you have any idea of what you are > talking about? > > Again true, real talk about reform is interesting, half baked > politically based criticisms recycled through dopey political web > sites is just polarizing.. > > and do you honestly think that the people in prison didn't commit > crimes? Criticism that is real and balanced and well researched > creates respect and the ability to advance reform....political hype > and exagerrated sloganering is not good seva...it may give you an > emotional jolt, but it will only polarize your audience, and delay > true reforms..... > > It is similar to PETA people who do illegal things for animal > rights, it only makes vegetarians look stupid and destructive. And I > am a commited vegetarian who believes that many of the worlds > problems will be solved when we stop doing violence to animals. > > Are you willing to do the work to really research problems and > change things, and to speak to people from all walks of life > intelligently and fairly, with a holistic perspective, or do you > just want to feel good about complaining? > > In my opinion this is Tamasic versus Sattvic social change.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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