Who is the Real Hindu?

The above article about the violence against catholics in Orissa by Mr. Karan Thapar in the Hindustan Times lead to an interesting debate in BOTI (Box of Tulu Idiots). Prasad as usual was great and provided very strong logical points. He obviously didnt agree with Mr. Thapar who disapproved such acts of violence in the name of religion. He was pro VHP.
I somehow had some different views about the same.... would like to share them.

I dont see anything wrong in the conversion... did we ever go n help those people, when they were dying of hunger?They might have been lured to change their religion but does religion really help you in survival?When u see your kids dying of hunger, would you stick onto your religion or be practical n convert if it that is what it takes to see ur kids have food and clothes??? abt the latur earthquake and bihar floods.Most of the the relief proceeds went to the relatives of the politicians.the help that is provided to the farmers never actually reaches them because it is gobbled up since it comes through the bureaucratic process. tell me what do these VHP and bajrang dal do for these people?? does visiting temples and and carrying out the age old rituals etc help these people get food??? Or by killing people, destroying public and private property does VHP provide them a source of income???
and do you think the VHP bajrang dal n the rest really care for religion?? All politicians make the people dance to their tunes in the name of religion and take the utmost advantage of it.It is means to make their presence felt in the crowd.
Who gave us the right to decide the fate for someone else?When we couldnt create anything ... who gave us the right to cause destruction around??]
Did anything productive arise out of the riots and violence thats being carried out by the religious activists???All i could see around from the riots was pain.. anguish.. destruction..death.. fear.. is that what we really want???
When we talk abt growth and progress.. can we achieve it when we are so engrossed within ourselves and focus on such petty issues.. The political parties make people lose their common sense in the name of religion...and gain the required political mileage out of it.... Or else why would this issue get blown to such proportion when the elections are around the corner whereas conversions have been carried out since years. Why now??

I dont think religion gets you life .. does it??? If you are in your death bed due to starvation.. is all the mantra jaap gonna save you or the food ???
If you really want the conversion to be stopped.. Wouldnt providing the people who are dying of hunger with food and shelter be a better option than killing them...If we kill innocent people is it going to stop them from converting their religion ??Infact it would increase the number.. I would really be ashamed to be known as a hindu then...this is what has happened to islam too.. just because a certain section of the community creates all the trouble, today their counterparts all over the world have to pay a price for it.. Is that justified?? just because they follow a common religion every muslim is looked upon as a potential terrorist??? Tomorrow what is happening to muslims...might happen to hindus too.. ofcourse unless we realise everybody has a equal right to live their life the way they want just as we do..

It is always easy to blame and criticise others and follow the group syndrome.. ek ne aisa kiya toh saare ke saare waise hi hai... consider this case.. u r a hindu..the VHP guys are also hindus but would u ever kill someone for the reasons that they did??? but since u r a hindu.. the people who were effected by their acts of vandalism will always be wary of you when you have done absolutely nothing n would never even think of doing any such thing.Hatred spreads very quickly.Try and notice it if you can.. jab hum bitch bhi karte hai kisi ke baare mein emotions kitne easily bahar nikalte hai. flows freely.wahi agar hum kisi ki tareef kare.. no matter how much we love that person .. it still stops somewhere.. but with bitching there is no stopping.. agree or disagree?Thats the quality of the negative emotions.It spreads like a virus.How many of us have actually read or tried to find about what Islam really says??? If even we like the illiterate public give up on reason and logic and justify brutal killing.What is the use of our education if it couldnt give us the capacity to use our brains, think rationally and look at things from a different perspective for a change??

This lead me to think.... What is more important .. Religion or Survival??? Being a Hindu, Muslim, Catholic , Sikh or being a HUMAN BEING??