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In reply to the discussion: India’s Toilet Race Failing as Villages Don’t Use Them, dont want to be "locked in with own filth" [View all]liberal N proud
(61,194 posts)51. So they would rather walk around in their and everyone else's filth.
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India’s Toilet Race Failing as Villages Don’t Use Them, dont want to be "locked in with own filth" [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
OP
Sanitation and poor infrastructure are two of India's biggest challenges going forward
fujiyama
Aug 2014
#1
the problem seems to be prejudice and discrimination of people more than just being informed
JI7
Aug 2014
#6
Be careful. 8 months ago I said that Indian is a dirty place and a country with poor sanitation.
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#7
I do mean it..still. When I was there, Women were treated like dirt and told me so often.
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#11
My opinions are not unfair nor cruel. Walk in somebody's shoes...and all that.
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#17
I don't agree with you. It's the politics and the condition of the country that 'causes myself to..
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#21
You insist on seeing everything in Black and White. Have you lived in India?...
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#25
If it meant reforming the system that causes the mistreatment? In a Heartbeat.
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#29
you are blaming an entire group , how about we get rid of all the white people in this country
JI7
Aug 2014
#38
We probably ARE getting rid of all the white, black and every other colour people anyway.
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#39
No. That would be silly. (with all due respect) Black men are citizens of the USA...
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#49
The comparison I made had nothing to do with whether it would be legally possible
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#55
I am very hesitant to visit India even tho I feel very sorry for the discrimination the caste system
CTyankee
Aug 2014
#23
Local cultural prejudices have to be taken into consideration when instituting health reforms.
bklyncowgirl
Aug 2014
#15
Wow the ethnocentrism and thinly disguised racism in this thread is disgusting
CBGLuthier
Aug 2014
#20
suggesting they disguise them as shrines and calling them a dirty people is fucking bigoted
CBGLuthier
Aug 2014
#47
But you only say 'hi' to your filth and then 'bye' when you unlock the door to exit!
Rex
Aug 2014
#22
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there are plenty of dogs (wild, feral, or pets) who cheerfully
Glorfindel
Aug 2014
#52
The real sanitation problem for the people and future generations of India is this;
Lilyhoney
Aug 2014
#53
I'm personally partial to this approach, I think it should also be adopted by US cities
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Aug 2014
#58