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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (39133)	8/21/2002 9:12:02 AM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Multiculturism may not be very sensible but Mark Steyn's arguments against it are very weak. >There are many great things about India -- curry, pyjamas, sitars, software engineers -- but suttee was not one of them.> What a combination of stereotypes! Not only that there is juxtaposition of the past and the present. Whenever, there is nothing to say about India just beat it with mention of suttee, which has no relevance in India for centuries. If that is the depth of Mark Steyn's knowledge about India, then I think he would be better off with some education from multiculturists. >Once upon a time we knew what to do. A British district officer, coming upon a scene of suttee, was told by the locals that in Hindu culture it was the custom to cremate a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. He replied that in British culture it was the custom to hang chaps who did that sort of thing. There are many great things about India -- curry, pyjamas, sitars, software engineers -- but suttee was not one of them. What a pity we're no longer capable of being "judgmental" and "discriminating." We're told the old-school imperialists were racists, that they thought of the wogs as inferior. >

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