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I’m not sure what the tone of Jeddidah’s remarks were but I will say that Hinduism is a sick, twisted and brutal religion that shares much of the blame for the caste system in India.

“40 million people in India, most of them Dalits, are bonded workers, many working to pay off debts that were incurred generations ago. These people work under slave-like conditions. The majority of Dalits live in segregation and experience violence, murder, rape and atrocities to the scale of 110,000 registered cases a year according to 2005 statistics. No one believes these numbers are anywhere close to the reality of crimes committed against Dalits. Most crimes go unreported.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit

If my comments are not PC - too bad.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I’m not sure what the tone of Jeddidah’s remarks were but I will say that Hinduism is a sick, twisted and brutal religion that shares much of the blame for the caste system in India.

And I'll say that if you're going to make such claims about Hinduism, you must feel even worse about Christianity and Islam, which have long histories of condoning and approving slavery as practiced by their followers.

“40 million people in India, most of them Dalits, are bonded workers, many working to pay off debts that were incurred generations ago. These people work under slave-like conditions. The majority of Dalits live in segregation and experience violence, murder, rape and atrocities to the scale of 110,000 registered cases a year according to 2005 statistics. No one believes these numbers are anywhere close to the reality of crimes committed against Dalits. Most crimes go unreported.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit

The part you omitted from your Wikipedia clip:

"Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable."

There's no doubt that casteism and debt bondage are very real and very serious problems in Indian society, despite one of the most wide-reaching and intrusive affirmative action programs in the world. Debt bondage continues to be a problem for members of every religion in India.

But you're attempting to slur one particular religion because of the evils practiced by some of it's followers, based on old religious teachings which are no longer upheld or supported. No religion comes out looking any better than Hinduism by that standard - including yours. Many come off looking considerably worse.