--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > The parallel I would draw is to those who hold to > "Vedic" ideals so strongly that they would insist > on maintaining the caste system, even in a country > that not only doesn't believe in it, but has made > some of its distinctions against the law. I'm > speaking of the US, and attempts I've seen by > Indians in the US to claim that their beliefs > about caste give them the "right" to discriminate > between applicants of different castes in terms of > employment.
Did these Indians cite "Vedic" ideals per se, or is that a term Barry's using in an attempt to create guilt-by-association with MMY and TM? <snip> > I'm just throwing this out because it's "fashionable" > these days to mock Muslims as "backwards," even among > those who throw around the word "Vedic" as if anything > that it's attached to becomes holy and perfect as > a result. > > If the Muslims are "backwards" for wanting to cling > to their outdated and (in different countries) illegal > ways of life, then so are Indians or wannabee-Indians > who want to cling to the caste system. Never mind, I think the phrase "wannabee-Indians" answers my question: the Indians Barry refers to did *not* cite "Vedic ideals."
