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To: x5452

"The point is there should not be outcast communities nor religious tenant that permit visiting any sin you wish on a group of outcasts."

You seemed to have missed my point. You said, "2 dalit women are raped daily," as if the upper-castes are responsible. Please provide evidence that they were raped by non-dalit men. Is rape of dalit women by dalit men a fault of upper-castes? Is alcoholism, prostitution, or drug addiction so rampat among the dalit communities a fault of upper-castes too?

And, no I don't think there should be outcast communities, but the reality is that there are. Oh, and even if dalits become Christians, they call themselves 'dalit Christians'. Why do they do that?


333 posted on 01/02/2006 10:05:19 PM PST by sagar
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To: sagar; x5452

"Oh, and even if dalits become Christians, they call themselves 'dalit Christians'. Why do they do that?"

Oh thats simple. Who would like to give up on free lunch comming through affirmative action. The lower casts would like to integrate and would not like to be called "dalits" you would think. The reality is quite the opposite. Not being called a "dalit" will make them lose their special privilages comming through affirmative action. Moreover they can keep "castism" alive and can repeatedly shame India in the eyes of the world. Its all win win for them.

The "Dalits" now occupy most of the high political positions. Its the higher casts who are now the lower casts.


346 posted on 01/03/2006 10:10:47 AM PST by Gengis Khan
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To: sagar; x5452

And the stat about "2 dalit women are raped daily" is plain bunch of bull. Fact is the US has far more rapes then India.


347 posted on 01/03/2006 10:15:12 AM PST by Gengis Khan
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