Yes, Ceylon5.

Well, Kandy Singhalese practiced caste system, it was noting to do buddishm. They used as they did not marry other caste system people, I do not know now. Earlier times, high cast kandian people did not allow their daughters to study high school and Universities because of they thought that they will loose their culture identy.
Any way, Caste system is structure of social communities, For example , Indian Subcontient never had slavery due to that they had already caste system for communities except that If king capatured other country  enemies(Including other country(region) king) , and  he used as slaves.
Any way,  English Class system is similar to caste system, If born in a class system,  his generation  is always that class system even they had wealth or not because they carried their class system surname.
I do not support caste system, but nowdays Lower caste people tried to force other people to clean their ass. That's disgusting for me. I used to be support socialist concepts, but now I think that that's bullshit because somebody want to clean public toilet, Who do that? any way, I do support that they should get enough money for feeding their family

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Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India  
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7 00 N, 81 00 E  
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conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka  
conventional short form: Sri Lanka  
former: Serendib, Ceylon  
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republic  
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Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital  
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4 February 1948 (from UK)  
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The question is not whether you have a caste system, but you have discrimination among people belong to different casts.
 
The discrimination among different casts within Hindu Tamils are much more greater than the casts among Sinhalese.  The caste differences among Sinhalese have been disappearing during last 50 years.  
 
I believe Sinhalese had cast system based on the profession or duties they had with the King.  English introduced the hierarchy into this system and made people in certain classes feel superior than others.  Today the caste system among Sinhalese are based on who is in what country.  We have a French class, Italian Class, British class, Middle East class.  The difference among them is tied to the conversion rate.  For example, since the British pound is much higher than the dollar, the American class is considered inferior.
 
 Once I visited a Tamil man with bunch of Tamil colleagues in Jaffna for dinner.  The host brought his dining table outside with chairs.  I said that is not necessary.  Then the host said the other Tamils wouldn’t come inside to dine in with him since they belong to a higher class.
 
That is why when I laugh when LTTE says Sinhalese discriminate Tamils.  They keep their dirty laundry tucked well under.

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Oh DrWho1 you are priceless!!
You say you don't like caste system,yet you go on to say towards the end of your post that, "Lower caste people tried to force other people to clean their ass."  
What do you mean by that? Do you mean that nowadays anyone with money, can get anyone to do anything they want, regardless what caste they belong to? or am I wrong in assuming that?
By the way someone's got to do that.I mean clean the toilets. Otherwise how do you expect the toilets to be clean? Self clean?.  
You say many things are 'bullshit'. Isn't that your favourite word? So I'll say with so much sh*t around the place, someone has to clean,otherwise just imagine the stench!  *phew*    
 
 

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