On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] >> I think it's been ascribed to Mahatma Gandhi, but I don't know who actually >> said it :Civilization is when a jewel-bedecked, beautiful woman can walk >> through the streets alone at night, without fear. Or words to that effect.
> I would describe that outcome as the castration of humanity. I would describe any other outcome as barbaric, and I do not believe that humans are inherently barbarians. -- Charles
