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You're the one who put up the strawman by equating "uncoolness" with such things as infanticide.
Did I, now? All I did was to point out that people making broad generalizations about Indian cultures might want to look at issues within their borders, as well. It was not meant to be a comparison between evils - although, based on my experience, the "uncoolness" I wrote about speaks to me about broader issues about the state of women and their pursuit of happiness in a country that is supposed to shine a leading light in all matters of personal freedom.
I do not want to compare. I think that comparing two nations who are at different stages in their development and have totally different colonial, religious, and ancient histories is ridiculous.
Great... we can agree on something, then. But this should have been the response to some letters written before I wrote mine.... maybe, they didn't irk you because they were less flippant?
The one thing that I do know about the U.S. is that we are unique in the ways we air our grievances.
This intrigues me! Had we not digressed far enough from the topic of the article, I might have asked for some explanation of this... What unique ways? Grievances within your borders or outside? I have to agree that dropping bombs on hapless people is a rather unique way of airing grievances - but there I go being flippant again...
