See what our Laluji had to say on gay marriage - in our parliament!
http://in.news.yahoo.com/facebook--gay-marriage-in-lalu’s-line-of-fire.html;_ylt=Aja_40SkxRB5GxKUMu11XCTBscB_;_ylu=X3oDMTM1NnVoaTN2BHBrZwM0NjUzMzI4Zi02M2VmLTMxZDEtYmRhMC0yOGEwZDY3NDEzZTcEcG9zAzgEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDNDhjMTgyODAtYzQyOS0xMWUwLTg4ZDUtNmI5ZDdhNDFmMTFm;_ylg=X3oDMTFzNWNjNmd0BGludGwDaW4EbGFuZwNlbi1pbgRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANuYXRpb25hbARwdANzZWN0aW9ucwR0ZXN0Aw--;_ylv=3
I hate it when uninformed prejudiced idiots start talking about culture!
Laluji, you might stand for the so called undefined concept of "culture".
But we stand for individual rights and freedom. Any sane person can see which carries more weight.
Nonetheless, truly - in the sense meant by Lalu and those that have his view,
there is no such thing as culture.
Where does one draw the line? The fashions and social norms dating from a century back?
Two centuries? 500 years? 2500? or do we go back to the neandarthal age?
The more ancient - the better it is right? After all, old is gold!
I remember a famous debate in my house.
My sister wanted to cut her hair short and my parents wouldnt allow it.
I strongly argued in favour of my sister and managed to convince my parents.
The crux of the argument was this:
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Where do u draw the line regarding culture?
You think having a long single plait is indian culture and tradition(another term so often abused).
But this state of affairs is just for the past 200 years or so.
Ever looked at paintings and sculptures of earlier times?
Are they women wearing single plaits?
In fact, Ramayana is much more authoritative than any view of you or ur grandfather.
In ramayana times(based on composition - BC 200 to AD 200; But traditional accounts
would place it thousands of millenia earlier), wearing a single plait is a sign of mourning
- in the event of a wife living alone, bereft of her husband.
Sita was 'eka veni dharaa' in Lanka. So where do u draw the line? What is culture?
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Speaking of dress code or fashion, If u see the evidence of paintings n sculptures
from about BC 200 to present day, every couple of hundred years there is a fashion change.
At every such time there would have been people screaming about culture - those with inertia.
Those were Lalus of their day. They will not stand in the way of change. Nobody can.
Speaking of social morals, if you look at the earliest law books(dharma shastras),
the punishment for stealing was death. Over the centuries we have become more and more humane.
History speaks for itself. Our past social norms included oppression of women, 'lower' castes etc.
So where do you draw the fucking line?
Of course this angry rant of mine cant be the official line of argument for the politically correct LGBT group. But this is what I think and what I have to say on this matter!
