Re: Caste System - Misconceptions about Hinduism
regardless of of what the original intent was, wat the original m,eaning was etc caste system, especially untouchability is a) bad b) illegal and c) disgustingly discriminatory.
At the same time I will practice untouchability towards a sanitation worker who just surfaced from an underground drain (his own wife practices that for good reason).
Same with a farm animals worker, a stable hand etc.
In the west where pollen allergies affect Asian kinds especially, a certain type of untouchability is good.
Finall, untouchability is THE strategy for reducing effects of the swibe flu.
My pont is simply that HIndus practicing untouchability based purely on birth are as stupid as those accusing them of discrimination while not taking precaustions against influenza