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  4. From: rps@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (raj.sharma)
  5. Subject: Re: In Seething India, Village Peaceful
  6. Organization: AT&T
  7. Distribution: usa
  8. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:32:09 GMT
  9. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.183209.20533@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
  10. Followup-To: poster
  11. Lines: 17
  12.  
  13. IFTEKHAR [in responding to Rafat's comments (>>)] writes:
  14.  
  15. > >    Perhaps these ignorant and illeterate people can teach us
  16. > >    a thing or two.
  17.  
  18. > I would hate to term these people as "ignorant and illiterate".
  19.  
  20.     
  21.     Yeah, the village people can teach us a lot.
  22.     And, yes, the "ignorant and illiterate" label is inappropriate,
  23.                                                      for sure.
  24.     But, the "cultural elites" need these labels, so that
  25.     they can feel that they are wise and knowledgeable
  26.     [when, in reality, they may be as ignorant as the next person].
  27.     
  28.  
  29. ---raj
  30.