William T Goodall wrote: > In rural India little girls are still sold to temples as sex slaves
In rural India little girls are sold as maids/bonded slaves, sex slaves to European paedophiles [a British guy was the latest one to be convicted]. Obviously, all Europeans are evil and must be eradicated. > and women still throw themselves on their husband's funeral pyres. Throw *themselves*? For shame! In the three documented cases in the last couple of decades, the Indian authorities have assumed that the fact that these women struggled and were forced back on the pyres actually meant that their in-laws compelled them to commit Sati. That is what these families were prosecuted for. > That's religion despite the British Empire's attempts to suppress it. British Empire *never* tried to suppress religion. It was very much an evangelical Empire, and the incessant attempts to get the heathens to convert into Christianity were part of what sparked the Mutiny. I guess you are not terribly interested in India History, but you can try reading Flashman. Fraser's research is excellent, and after reading his books you'd never again make claims like 'British Empire tried to suppress religion'. Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
