Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:31:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: JOSHI <sjoshi-AT-eagle.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Re: An Intellectual Catastrophe



Deeb wrote:

"This ridiculous argument would suggest by
extension that only a native of Rome can be a good Roman Catholic; other
Catholic Italians, Spaniards, Latin Americans, Philipinos who are converts
are inauthentic and cut off from their traditions. According to Naipaul,
then, Anglicans who are not British are only converts and they too, like
the
Malysian or Iranian Muslim, are doomed to a life of imitation and
incompetence since they are converts."

But it is true! The British have repressed their original culture after
voluntary/involuntary conversion and roman imperialism; how much do they
or we know about their druid religion and
heritage? Dolmens and the Stonehenge are mysteries. Traces of the past may
show up in tattoo designs or jewellery, but conversion was certainly
followed by Rome-worship and repression/denial of heritage.

Sam



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