Comments on: The Real History of India Part 10 – The Abominable Caste System – Indian Fact or British Fiction? http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/comment-page-3/#comment-3229 Sukumar Wed, 07 May 2008 03:27:31 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3229 Senthil, I am reacting to this comment http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3216 How do you know Australians are not ashamed? The prime minister of australia recently issued a public apology to the aborigines. I am sure you missed that news item maybe because the right wing sites you follow did not cover that. How do you know Americans are not sorry about slavery and the oppression of the natives? Do you have any data to support this? Let me say this as aggressively as possible - If there is any culture on the planet that does not feel shamed for what oppressive practices their forefathers did, they are stupid and idiotic. Intelligent cultures on the other hand, try to understand what went wrong and correct them. It looks like you would rather India be stupid and idiotic, and go back further by another 500 years compared to the rest of the world. You know what, you can keep that attitude, no issues. The readers of this blog who i hold in the highest esteem will not kowtow to that. We are here to make our small contribution to society to make lives better in the way we think. There is nothing to be ashamed about what we are doing except to you and a small minority as Vamsi pointed out accurately. Senthil,
I am reacting to this comment
http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3216

How do you know Australians are not ashamed? The prime minister of australia recently issued a public apology to the aborigines. I am sure you missed that news item maybe because the right wing sites you follow did not cover that. How do you know Americans are not sorry about slavery and the oppression of the natives? Do you have any data to support this?

Let me say this as aggressively as possible – If there is any culture on the planet that does not feel shamed for what oppressive practices their forefathers did, they are stupid and idiotic. Intelligent cultures on the other hand, try to understand what went wrong and correct them.

It looks like you would rather India be stupid and idiotic, and go back further by another 500 years compared to the rest of the world. You know what, you can keep that attitude, no issues. The readers of this blog who i hold in the highest esteem will not kowtow to that. We are here to make our small contribution to society to make lives better in the way we think. There is nothing to be ashamed about what we are doing except to you and a small minority as Vamsi pointed out accurately.

]]> By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/comment-page-3/#comment-3228 Sukumar Wed, 07 May 2008 03:19:28 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3228 I completely missed this discussion. I agree with Subba. Vamsi/Sreedhar, you have given a very good response to Senthil. Senthil, i have said this many times before, and i have now written 2 whole posts on belief systems and why sweeping generalizations are the most flawed. I think you seriously need some coaching in logic. I completely missed this discussion. I agree with Subba. Vamsi/Sreedhar, you have given a very good response to Senthil.

Senthil, i have said this many times before, and i have now written 2 whole posts on belief systems and why sweeping generalizations are the most flawed. I think you seriously need some coaching in logic.

]]> By: Subba Muthurangan http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/comment-page-3/#comment-3225 Subba Muthurangan Tue, 06 May 2008 21:55:30 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3225 Sridhar and Vamsi, great bunch to Senthil's usual remarks. I think that he is living somewhere in Himalayas with Lord Siva, far away from practical life with rigid social views. He is even justifying sati, dowry. He just forgot that these all are illegal as per Indian constitution. He and his rightwing trying to take India to backward. Sridhar and Vamsi, great bunch to Senthil’s usual remarks.

I think that he is living somewhere in Himalayas with Lord Siva, far away from practical life with rigid social views. He is even justifying sati, dowry. He just forgot that these all are illegal as per Indian constitution. He and his rightwing trying to take India to backward.

]]> By: Sridhar N.K http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/comment-page-3/#comment-3222 Sridhar N.K Tue, 06 May 2008 19:27:21 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3222 Vamsi, Yes, our comments crossed paths. I like your right-wing manuscript about the world around us :-) Vamsi,

Yes, our comments crossed paths. I like your right-wing manuscript about the world around us :-)

]]> By: Vamsi http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/comment-page-3/#comment-3221 Vamsi Tue, 06 May 2008 19:15:16 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/04/20/the-real-history-of-india-part-10-the-abominable-caste-system-indian-fact-or-british-fiction/#comment-3221 Sridhar, our posts crossed. I too had the same Q. What are Marx and Missionaries doing in this post. Last time I checked, Marx and Missionaries are in the two ends of the spectrum. :-) Senthil bringing them together is a courageous act. If not for anything this could be the reason why communists and Christians loathe right wingees ;-). One simple question, *Common man doesnt subscribe for this ideology. *Muslims, anyway dont *Dalits wont *All upper caste folks (according to you are elite) dont believe in right wing ideology. *Leftists wont *Christians wont *Sikhs wont as they have more powerful groups *Atheists never You took away 85% of population and left with a minority. Why should anybody care to give any mileage to rightwingers? Media or otherwise. If you keep pursuing this meaning less comments and beating around the bush, you will get an opportunity to have last post and it will be a deep sigh from most of the respondents of this post. Sridhar, our posts crossed. I too had the same Q. What are Marx and Missionaries doing in this post. Last time I checked, Marx and Missionaries are in the two ends of the spectrum. :-) Senthil bringing them together is a courageous act. If not for anything this could be the reason why communists and Christians loathe right wingees ;-) .

One simple question,
*Common man doesnt subscribe for this ideology.
*Muslims, anyway dont
*Dalits wont
*All upper caste folks (according to you are elite) dont believe in right wing ideology.
*Leftists wont
*Christians wont
*Sikhs wont as they have more powerful groups
*Atheists never

You took away 85% of population and left with a minority. Why should anybody care to give any mileage to rightwingers? Media or otherwise. If you keep pursuing this meaning less comments and beating around the bush, you will get an opportunity to have last post and it will be a deep sigh from most of the respondents of this post.

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