[yarou]

> It isn't a shallow comment.

It is, because it reeks of irony, cultural chauvinism, and a fundamental Western bias.

> Receiving Justice in India is largely a function of gender and caste.

Replace gender and caste with money, and your statement becomes correct. In fact, there is quite a bit of reverse discrimination when it comes to the caste system.

Your earlier comments show a complete lack of understanding and context of Indian culture, so I won't bother picking them apart. All I can say is, it must take a scary level of indoctrination to draw the logical conclusion that "no wonder there are so many rapes in this country!" from "error in reprinted CS book".

[phaus]

I'd be a cultural chauvinist if I went around telling everyone how America is awesome and can do no wrong. I actually spend a lot of time complaining about my own country's problems, so I don't really understand this accusation.

It would be ironic if I were on here denying the problems that my own country faces, while commenting on India's. But as I said, I spend a lot of time talking about that as well, so irony doesn't make sense either.

What is the context of Indian culture that makes institutional corruption, gender / class discrimination, and the demonization of rape victims OK? Once again, please keep in mind that I'm not talking about all of India, just the corrupt government institutions and wealthy individuals that are comfortable living in the middle ages.

I don't see why this is such a controversial view, if you made a comment about corruption in America, I'd be more inclined to agree with you than to act like my personal honor has been besmirched because my country isn't perfect.