--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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.
Worse yet are people who ask for comments on non-defined terms, then bash the person for not responding. Thats not only a wimpy-assed thing to do, its a dumb-ass thing to do. > is all. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
