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In reply to the discussion: Indian Hard-Liner Narendra Modi Leads in Prime Minister Race [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)40. If the partition hadn't happened...you'd be much closer now to an even Hindu/Muslim split.
How would THAT make any of the issues you've mentioned easier to deal with?
And you do realize that there's no way to UNDO partition at this point...right?
Finally, while it's a good thing to encourage everyone to practice some form of family planning, you can't really MAKE anyone "abide by birth control guidelines" without resorting to dictatorial methods. You took offense when I asked if you thought Muslims should be coerced into using contraception, but isn't that the logical conclusion of your argument on that point? It's not as if Muslims don't know about birth control now...everyone in the world has heard of condoms, diaphragms, and "the Pill".
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Seriously...you're still mad that Pakistan was created? That was sixty-six years ago!
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#25
If the partition hadn't happened...you'd be much closer now to an even Hindu/Muslim split.
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#40
If you break up Pakistan(a country that has just as much right to exist AS India)
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#48
If they are(I only have your word on that)it's likely out of fear of what right-wing Hindus would do
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#45
there are blacks and gays who vote republican. doesn't make the republicans less bigoted. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2014
#56
You didn't "say forced" but it's a fair question to ask if that's what you meant.
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#34
You are not a believer in democracy...a doctrine that REQUIRES multiculturalism.
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#39
Congress has never needed to rig an election before so they aren't really set up to do that
Recursion
Apr 2014
#4
At least 'til Modi gets in, then it will be a Hindu-supremacist police state from now on.
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#15