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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:11 AM Original message |
India: 6-yr-old thrown in fire for walking on 'upper caste' road |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. traditional values. dont you love it. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Even the police refused to take any action". |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Your last paragraph is closer than I ever thought possible here. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. "god bless us (rich)" -HRC |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's coming here and our jobs are going there. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. No argument at all on that point. |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Hey, let's raise the quota on H-1b visas going to the upper castes |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. So who are we to comment? Or to especially decry. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Ummm ... India outlawed the caste system in 1949 ... so caste difference |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Mad Monk, the "we can't judge another culture" thing does NOT include |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. It already is. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. when they die, they will not go anywhere but where we all go and |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. And India is supposed to be 'advanced'? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, but it's just a different culture in our multi-cultural world |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. Ain't dogma swell? Google "Dalits", it's enough to make any democrat wanna puke. n/t |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. I've often said |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's just ridiculous. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. Isn't there something like that |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. i wish people would video tape these things and bring interntional |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Dalit" is the term for the caste that was usually called "untouchable" in English |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. Man's inhumanity to man never ceases to amaze: luckily we sometimes see examples of |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Healing vibes and wishes for the child. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. Horrific! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. uppity little 6 year old... |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. I used to read about this caste system in school in 1960! Can't believe in 2008 it is still there! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. Driving while black.. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. And we thought the FLDS was bad. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Oh, it is the norm.. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. but we don't lock up six-year-olds. |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It's different but the sentiment behind it is all the same. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. In one case, India, it is an invidual doing the foul deed.. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Yes we do. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. well i am sure americans are gods gift to human kind but if you read the whole story |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. they don't lock up 6 year olds in India either |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. We aren't locking up 6 yr olds. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. As others have commented.. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. its not the acceptable norm in india either. if anyone bothered to read the rest of that aricle |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. WATCH this video "Prime Minister, Free the Dalit" |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. This happening in India... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. while this act is inexcusable, your post is bigoted bullshit. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. the British supported the caste system, it was made illegal after they left |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. ... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. What fuckers. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
54. Well Said. n/t |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Fuck the indian cast system |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. .. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Ambedkar is known as the "Father of the Indian Constitution" |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. We are better than them; they just don't value life like we do. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. ugh, india should remove UP and bihar from its list of states. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. And we're going to give them advanced nuclear technology? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. yes clearly because the actions of one man we should determine what |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. Amazing how it's always a self-righteous man who picks |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. the asshole who did this was 16 years old. hopefully his life is over now |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. that's horrifying...but it's only the action of one man. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. Case in point against moral relativism. eom |
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