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Please leave such inflammatory comments off HN. See the rules here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Please leave such inflammatory comments off HN. See the rules here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
That aside, from what I can tell, you are pointing out that Indian people have caste preferences on matrimony sites. That doesn’t strike me as particularly offensive. Why is it any different from the general, and very widespread desire to marry someone who shares your culture? I don’t view that as an “obsession” as much as an important part of sharing a common experience with a life partner.
The parent comment you’re replying to on the other hand, is making the point that there is an unexpected and disproportionate negative focus on caste from Western people, who have little familiarity with the language, culture, history, and experiences that they are critiquing. The West had a long history of being unreasonably judgmental of other cultures despite shallow familiarity and understanding. That’s probably true of humans in general as well.
- yyyhthrowaywa 5y ago