renus, good point.
but more than that, what people ie non vaishnavas, are trying to say here, is how they view the community. my mother used to have the same view, and i am not saying it is right or wrong. one cannot stop having opinions, and these are based on their experiences.
in the same manner, we all have discussed how the entire NB tamil community views us. and there are as many opinions about it as there are members here. and there is some grain of truth, i believe, in each one of what we belief, some fallacy and some wishful thinking.
vaishnavas can deny it, which we see here. or hit back, which we see here. or they can try to put themselves in the position of the others, and try to rationalize it. which we do not see here. perhaps to a person, they all feel it is absurd to do it.
which too is ok.
but the opinions will remain and as i feel, nobody in this forum has changed anyone's views. but only used it to voice their own. some with logic, arguements and reasoning. some others with epithets, curse words and dislike.
and that too appears ok from the moderator pov.
we have a common pillayar temple in toronto, where we have one side for perumal, and the front for ganapathy, the centre for murugan and the other side for siva/parvathi. the vaishnavas troop only to the extreme right to the perumal, do their sevikkal and troop out without even glancing the other deities. some others who are not familiar with the vaishnavite rules are surprised. and some like me, am not and take it in my stride. such is life. and it is never good to comment on someone's religious practice.
