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Originally Posted by Bricorn
This one surprised me. I've known a few Hindus and none of them have struck me as being that touchy - actually, I'd have expected them to have a good laugh about this.
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I know several Muslims and christians who are very relaxed too, nevertheless...
Hindus seem to be just as touchy (or not) as any other religion.
The list of Hindu<>Christian, Hindu<>Islam violence for example is long.
Take a bunch of religious people. Throw a few power hungry politicians in the mix and you are ready for a massacre. It has always been that way.
At least I was right about this:
At the very least, attention drawn to the controversy has been good for business. Doniger's 800-page book is climbing the best-seller chart on Amazon.com, reaching number 26 on the retailer's top 100 list by late Thursday afternoon. (Chicago Tribune)