Tolerant Catholics can relax

I was unaware that a recent post about Hindus was causing them some
heartburn. Some comments were disappointed with my lack of charity, and advised
me to respect their religion.

Perhaps some people do not know that Hindus are fighting to stop
the long government effort to dismantle the caste system, which condems low
class families and future generations forever to be poor and outcast.

I wondered why the loud Hindu comments? Here's what's going on to make
them especially sensitive lately...

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Across India, thousands of junior doctors, interns and medical students have been on strike for weeks in many cities -- from Kolkata in the east to Ahmedabad in the west -- crippling state health services.

They have been protesting against a far-reaching government decision to more than double college quotas for lower castes including in medical, management and engineering colleges.

Despite the nationwide protests by upper-caste students and professionals, the government has refused to backdown with an eye on millions of lower-caste votes, and has even threatened to fire junior doctors if they continue their strike.

It's that the struggle for freedom from the caste system over there is
causing them to involve the Catholic Church and its charity toward the low caste
citizens in the fight for human economic and cultural freedom.

Lacking an understanding of world, they think the Pope is a gang leader
giving money to the poor people to de facto raise their status and allow them to
be normal vs. low class people. They see this as Catholics buying converts. Well
yes, the poor folks like to eat and learn, and understandably will leave what
was opressing them. But it is not buying anything, just charity.

OK? It's not lack of respect for the Hindus and their slowly opening eyes.
This is hard for them personally and culturally. It hurts. God bless them.

And God bless the lower classes that are being fed and educated by efforts of
Christians. Good job.