Comments on: Shirin http://rationalhero.com/2009/10/19/shirin/ Rizal alive in every Filipino Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:09:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan Sumo http://rationalhero.com/2009/10/19/shirin/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Ryan Sumo Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:37:39 +0000 http://rationalhero.com/?p=51#comment-38 <i>India, for instance, is the biggest democracy in the world, with over a billion people of mixed religions: Hindu’s, Jains, Bhuddists, Muslims, Christians and so forth. Their Government shows tolerance and their country is not in the same mess as we are in considering there are 99% Catholics to deal with.</i> While I am all for tolerant governments, I'd caution you against using India's experience as a blanket statement for the right way to run a country. Despite pockets of economic brilliance, a lot of India is just as bad or even worse off than the Philippines, and it's had its fair share of sectarian violence. India, for instance, is the biggest democracy in the world, with over a billion people of mixed religions: Hindu’s, Jains, Bhuddists, Muslims, Christians and so forth. Their Government shows tolerance and their country is not in the same mess as we are in considering there are 99% Catholics to deal with.

While I am all for tolerant governments, I’d caution you against using India’s experience as a blanket statement for the right way to run a country. Despite pockets of economic brilliance, a lot of India is just as bad or even worse off than the Philippines, and it’s had its fair share of sectarian violence.

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