Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimination

Re:Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimi... by vishnugupta on Monday February 20, 2023 @11:49PM (#34876745)

OP is correct by and large. But Hinduism is full of contradictions, for every rule there are are half a dozen exceptions so your observation isn't an anomaly.

The thing is, there's no master text (unlike Indian constitution) that one can consult and conclude "Brahmin == no meat". Someone would cite a scripture from an ancient Hindu text (for example, Rigveda, or Manu Smriti etc.,) and draw a conclusion, however the same text might as well contain a scripture few pages down that says exactly the opposite.

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Re:Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimi... by triceratops on Monday February 20, 2023 @11:56PM (#34876809)

By "exceptions" I meant "people". Not actual rules written in a book.

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Re:Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimi... by vishnugupta on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:02AM (#34876856)

I was indeed responding to this meaning. I was commenting that it's perfectly possible for a community to be Brahmin and yet be meat eating. Just that it's not mainstream. In India, the very first assumption one makes the moment they hear Brahmin/Jain is that they must be pure vegetarians.

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Re:Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimi... by davchana on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:13AM (#34876944)

I would still want to connect Jain with no meat. Brahmins & meat eater is almost fifty fifty.

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