Quote from: Klayotic on 30-10-2010, 13:36:10 PM

Quote from: RowdyTuesday on 30-10-2010, 00:04:15 AM

Religion is responsible for most of this  filth. The Zoroastrians won't cremate or bury corpses because they believe it will make the Four Elements impure. Hindus won't touch cows or excrement because they are holy.

Now now, let's not blame the continent's beautiful and rich religion (Hinduism) on all the messes we've seen here.

It's the clash of religion and modernization caused by the Indian's unwillingness to adapt to the new urban societal structure by modifying their beliefs, in the process spreading prodigious amounts of filth in their own place of living.  I guess if they're fine with it then there's no problem but I won't be going there.

Partially, part of the problem lies in the fact that they lack sanitary regulation which comes more from their poverty than their religion.

Fun fact: I knew a guy that had this card (which was pretty expensive) and I tried very hard to get him to trade it but he never did. It's ok because I managed to trade a Shifting Wall for his Ball Lightning which was a pretty sweet deal

Quote from: Dissident on 30-10-2010, 18:37:02 PM

Quote from: Klayotic on 30-10-2010, 13:36:10 PM

Quote from: RowdyTuesday on 30-10-2010, 00:04:15 AM

Religion is responsible for most of this  filth. The Zoroastrians won't cremate or bury corpses because they believe it will make the Four Elements impure. Hindus won't touch cows or excrement because they are holy.

Now now, let's not blame the continent's beautiful and rich religion (Hinduism) on all the messes we've seen here.

It's the clash of religion and modernization caused by the Indian's unwillingness to adapt to the new urban societal structure by modifying their beliefs, in the process spreading prodigious amounts of filth in their own place of living.  I guess if they're fine with it then there's no problem but I won't be going there.

Partially, part of the problem lies in the fact that they lack sanitary regulation which comes more from their poverty than their religion.

no question, but the contribution of traditions like burial in the water, sacredness of steerage and the amount of traffic to the river is pretty significant.

Dissident and I agreeing on something 

zigs, that is a $6 card.

Well, it was worth a lot more back then

no

There is a group of Magic players at UTD and there are more women than men in it. Can't say the women are attractive but still

All this is easy to fix, just use violence. China uses the hukou system to keep the poor population from settling in cities, and then uses chengguan to beat the rabble to death. The cities will then look very nice.

The cadaverous fumes of Gandhi halt progress again. Application of coercion is viewed by Indians as beneath their government and they will vote out any statesman that exerts rules through force. The Indian government rarely enforces anything and they allow corruption, crime, and filth to permeate all parts of society. Another problem lies in the fact that India is democratic. The government cannot clear a shanty town for some industry because they will lose the votes of the shortsighted evicted even if it stands to benefit them in the long run.