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From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: 3rd world savages
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 08:47:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 08:47:23 1984
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> 
> Listen, turkey, my family comes from the 3rd world (Libya and Turkey  to
> be  exact).   The  3rd  world  sucks,  and  we  are glad not to be there
> anymore.
> 
	Just because your family comes from the 3rd world is no excuse or
	justification for your obnoxious statements. Your posting was
	obnoxious regardless of which part of the world your family comes
	from.

> A large part of my family was killed from 1948-1968 for the crime of not
> being Muslim so tell me these people are not savages.
> 
	I am sorry a large part of your family was killed, but again that
	is no reason to brand all 3rd world as savages. I know a lot of
	Indians (including some of my closest family friends and relations)
	killed by the British in the Indian struggle for independence,
	for absoultely no valid reason but you don't see me calling the
	British savages.
	
> Perhaps,  India  should be returned to British
> rule.  The Brits seem to have done a  lot  better  job  at  running  the
> subcontinent than the locals are doing now.
	
	That vividly displays your ignorance of Indian history. A lot more
	innocent Indians were killed by the British (for non-violent non-
	cooperation). In contrast only a handful of British soldiers were
	killed in the independence struggle. (Remember Jalianwalla Bagh
	massacre - I would be glad to refresh your memory). Please confine
	your postings to things that you know for sure; it's obivious that
	you don't know a whole lot about the conflicts in India - so stay off
	that topic.

	In summary, I don't think anyone in the world deserves to be called
	a savage (though I can think of one exception right now).

	(PS: My original posting had nothing to do with India, and your	
	reference to it in your reply was unwarranted. But, if you really
	want to start a discussion on the details of the Indian conflicts
	through history, I'll be glad to oblige and bring you to your knees)