On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Bonobashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, two points: there were alternatives to this frozen state of social status > till about 800 years ago, alternatives which actively competed with orthodox > Hinduism; when these alternatives were stamped out, more or less, > another very effective, far more hostile alternative turned up and was taken > up in huge numbers.
What changed 800 years ago? Thaths -- "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson
