We saw how the Stratos city dwellers, claiming to live in a violence-free society, so quickly turned to torture when they were to deal with a Troglyte. Similarly, in India, it is rare for the Dalits to receive the full treatment prescribed to them by the law. Debjani Ganguly studies Caste discrimination with Australian National university. She tells us that "every day two Dalits are murdered, three Dalit women are raped, two Dalit houses are destroyed and eleven Dalits are beaten up. The general apathy of the state machinery to these heinous crimes, the complicity and incompetence of the medical establishment in the face if muders and rapes, and the blindness of the mainstream media to these depredations is also routine"(Ganguly 430). Although India bosts an effective system of justice, we see that when it comes to the Dalits, the system is all too willing to turn a blind eye. The people of Stratos are comparably willing to go against their own code of conduct in order to deal with the lower class. A society that takes pride in its logic and claims to have "eliminated violence" quickly resorts to violent torture to get information they need from the lower class. Both societies view their lowest class as somehow separate in value from the rest of the population. simply because they were not born into the "right" family.
Matthew
Hey Matthew, that is horrible what they do to the Dalits and thats shows they are not being fair. Also I think everybody should be treated with the same respect and not be treated or looked at different just because you are a lower class. Everybody is special in their own way and it couldnt be help if you was born in the wrong family god made you who you are and you be treated any different.
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