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Typo posted:The Caste system was largely obsolete in many parts of India (like the Punjab) by the 19th century, then the British came in and essentially reinstalled it. You are going to need to give a source for this.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Nothing really can be done in such an ingrained issue filled region. I mean even colonizing or whatever would need to involve bringing back the "well in my culture we hang people who do [insane backwards thing like widow burning or gang rape as punishment] so let's see what culture wins" type of argument and that's not really effective or pleasant. Charles James Napier posted:"Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier
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computer parts posted:Which is why after the collapse of the Soviet Union everyone remained atheists instead of immediately converting to Russian Orthodox Christianity. What is your point here? That propaganda never works? Because nobody is arguing that it always works..
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Mar 11, 2014 17:59
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:And regardless of how lovely the caste system is, ultimately you're arguing from a stance of cultural superiority here, aren't you? Yes, some cultures are better than others.
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Mar 12, 2014 01:25
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computer parts posted:Actually, to be honest the "Culture X is better than Culture Y" is problematic. There are certainly aspects of cultures which may be objectively worse but it's kind of dismissive to say that the entire culture of a region is fundamentally inferior. You couldn't say that Islam is misogynistic, but you could say that KSA has a lovely misogynistic culture. You couldn't say that Christians are racists but you could say that the American South has a lovely racist culture. e:beaten
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Mar 12, 2014 01:55
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actually every culture on earth is misogynistic to a degree so whatever.
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Mar 12, 2014 02:04
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yes. those societies are bad and should change.
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Mar 12, 2014 05:05
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Nobody is talking about culture in black and white anyway- think of it as different shades of brown. American culture is dogshit, but indian culture is a poo poo river filled with floating corpses.
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Mar 12, 2014 17:38
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Honest question: would India be worse off today under British rule? E: Same question phrased differently: In what ways is India better now because of self rule? Miltank fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Mar 12, 2014 |
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Mar 12, 2014 18:36
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I really wasn't trying to be snarky or anything when I asked what India and Pakistan gained by separating from Britain. I am assuming that Britain was looting their resources or something right?
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Mar 13, 2014 03:04
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Owlbot 2000 is right, some people are arguing with a faulty definition of imperialism that has been neutered to mean "any outside intervention"
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