--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > [...] > > I think it's the latter. I don't think there are > > ANY rational arguments that someone can come up > > with to support the caste system. But that's just > > me...if you believe differently, and think that > > the caste system makes sense, please present the > > reasons why you feel that way. Thanks in advance. > > Some kind of caste system will always exist, whether its > meritocracy or based on your family ties or on your birth > chart or on personal wealth or on *something*. > > Usually, that *something* is several things combined, no > matter what social conventions claim. > > The caste system in India pre-British was somewhat different > than it was during the British rule or post-British. WHich > was better? How do you define better?
Interesting, but I couldn't help but notice that you didn't really answer the question. You tried to divert the subject into nitpicking about the caste system itself. So, once more -- do YOU personally believe that the Indian caste system is a good system, and a valid one? (You can have a different answer for pre-British rule and post-British rule if you'd like.) If you believe it *is* a good system, and based on valid principles, please explain what you think those principles are. Thanks. P.S. I'm not picking on you personally here, Lawson. I'm just pointing out what happens a *LOT* when someone asks people to express an opinion on a subject on which Maharishi's opinion is controversial. All too often, they hem and haw and hedge their bets and *fail* to say what *they* believe one way or another. I think it's a wimpy-assed thing to do, is all. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
