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To: LKO who wrote (58520)	1/8/2005 6:35:46 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Your price is low and arbitrary, because you don't have to take this decision seriously. You are probably wanting to cheat a little bit. Have your cake and eat it too. You are just asking for a little more than one year of wages to change your religion because you are forced by poverty. Le us say if you were expected to do the following for $100 K. 1. Change your name to an Arabic name and never respond to your old name. Like going into a witness protection program. 2. Name your wife and kids with Arabic names to the disappointment of your relatives and wife. 2. Read the Quran 5 times a day. If your boss does not like it, you can always move to a lower paying job with a more tolerant boss. 3. Get certain part of your anatomy changed. 4. Spend all your vacation budget in Saudi Arabia. 5. Be called a towel head or equivalent slur word. 6. Be blamed for all that is going wrong with the world. I think that a rational poor person anywhere in the world would ask for more. A one time deal will not do it. A person will change their religion for monetary reason, if he and his progeny will get a lifetime reward for it. Like a good and steady job! For example, the maximum number of Roman Catholic priests in the world come from a state in India called Kerala. 75 percent of nurses in India come from the same state. -Arun >Are you willing to change your religion for money right now? What price? 1OOK USD. Where do I sign up ? <G> Ofcourse my price is high and that for a poor person may be low.>

To: LKO who wrote (58520)	1/8/2005 7:09:17 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Now you are indulging in conspiracy. Suspecting every person who tries to put an alternative viewpoint as indulging in conspiracy theories may be your form of paranoia. My original proposition was about the slant in news stories about India. And I was referring to the particular Dalit story. As a news story, it was unprofessional reporting. (For example, it quoted only the Dalit and not the defendant party in the accusation, and did not mention any other investigation on part of the reporter to verify the story). But everyone was ready to buy it without criticism as it reinforced their bias about India. I just provided some real world Indian context to the story. >Suspecting every non-native religious organization trying to do charity work is not a healthy way of viewing the world. If one goes looking for conspiracy theories you will find one everywhere including one that was suggesting that this Tsunami was caused by nuclear testing etc.> When did I suggest that every non-native religious organization should be suspected? It was Yiwu who pointed out in context to the Dalit story, that India should not be refusing foreign aid. Charity and aid does not come without strings attached. There are some examples of religious organizations who use it for conversion... I don't have to be a conspiracy nut to say that. I have seen shows on Christian cable channels in US which are openly asking for money to convert the Dalits. -Arun