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To: Papillon who wrote (919)5/27/1998 1:23:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Respond to of 12475
 
Papillon: I have heard IT referred to as 'reverse superiority complex'. I think it is another way of saying what you are saying.Damn psychologists what would they think of next!!!



To: Papillon who wrote (919)5/27/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: Rational  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12475
 
Papillon:

inferiority complex , Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized by extreme reticence ... Random House Dictionary

As I have said Indians are NOT (reiterate NOT) reticent -- they talk too much and they do not have a feeling of being inferior. Indians have remained poor because they loathe killing others, invading other countries and plundering as robbers and bandits as the westerners and middle-easterners have done to India. [Accept the plain truth. There is no argument needed about this point.] India will no more be subjugated, though, in the modern world where pure intelligence and wisdom counts more than aggression. India is merely preparing herself to defend so that she would not be exploited again (through, e.g., Pakistani and Chinese attacks as in the past, while the West blinked as the US armed Pakistan. India still unequivocally stands for her traditional gospel of peace and nonviolence and tells others that she means business of obtaining, not of giving lip service to, peace.

You say: Someone with an inferiority complex is absolutely convinced of their superiority ... while feeling superior, ...

The meaning of "inferiority complex" in the field of Psychiatry seems exactly opposite of you are trying to preach here. I do not think we are talking at the same wave length to further the conversation.

Rational