Childhood Bullies

[Asher]

Indians are typically hindu, Pakistanis are usually muslim. It depends how strictly they adhere to their religion to ethnically distinguish though...

[Imran Siddiqui]

But how do you ethnically distinguish between a Pakistani and an Indian (unless your dealing with a Dravidian or something)?

You don't.. but they knew I was a Muslim .

[David Floyd]

I think part of it for me in high school was that there were about 5 of us who were good friends, if any of us got our ass kicked whoever did it was going to the hospital - I think everyone basically knew that.

One time in maybe 9th grade, some punk walked up to our table at lunch and spit in the hair of one of my best friends, who turned around and knocked him on his ass in front of about 100 people. Even my friend's dad laughed about that one. He never got messed with after that

So I think the way to not kicked picked on is to have a good group of close friends, and kick the first person's ass who messes with you, and you'll be fine

[Asher]

Honest question:
Where do most Sikhs come from? Is it all a single part of India for the most part?

[orange]

a guy who sits next to me in my Econ class and I talk a bit before class usually, and we got talking about where we're from. He said he's not from the US, but lives in Delaware with his brother. I asked where in India he's from, he was like "India??, noooo not India" and he's like "I'm pakistani" and I felt bad, but it was an honest mistake...i mean there's not much of a skin tone difference between northern Indians and Pakistanis, though I should have picked up on the dialect

So then he says that though he's Pakistani, he has lived most of his life in the United Arab Emirates. I redeemed myself by actually knowing where it was, which surprised him as 'most Americans don't know what the hell I'm talking about'.

[David Floyd]

That's OK - they probably can't tell between a Canadian and an American.

[orange]

Originally posted by David Floyd
That's OK - they probably can't tell between a Canadian and an American.

That's exactly what I thought. Not much of a difference except mabye in dialect. So I didn't feel so bad after I thought abooot it that way, eh?

[ixnay]

I was mostly ignored through most of my school years...maybe one or two incidents that I don't remember.

[orange]

Actually, one time a choir boy type kid (that everyone hated) stole my bike on Thanksgiving day, and I ran him down on foot and punched him in the stomach. My mom was not pleased when his older sisters came to the door crying about my brutality

First and only time I was grounded, IIRC

[Ramo]

Where do most Sikhs come from? Is it all a single part of India for the most part?

Mostly from NW India.

[Drake Tungsten]

Originally posted by Asher
Honest question:
Where do most Sikhs come from? Is it all a single part of India for the most part?

Most Sikhs come from Punjab province, IIRC. Punjab straddles the Indian-Pakistani border, so there are Sikhs in both countries. Don't quote me on that though.

[David Floyd]

My mom was not pleased when his older sisters came to the door crying about my brutality

My mom always told me to go tell a teacher, but never to fight even in self-defense. My problem was that I actually listened up through high school.

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Asher
Honest question:
Where do most Sikhs come from? Is it all a single part of India for the most part?

Gujurat IIRC
edit: nope its Punjab

And there are a lot of Muslim Indians, something vaguely like 100 million I think.

[orange]

Originally posted by Zhu Yuanzhang
And there are a lot of Muslim Indians, something vaguely like 100 million I think.

yeah, 1/10th of the nation

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Zhu Yuanzhang
And there are a lot of Muslim Indians, something vaguely like 100 million I think.

Aren't there supposedly more Muslims in India than in Pakistan? I think I heard that somewhere...