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Originally posted by MRT144
How ignorant do you think Indian people are?
How ignorant do you think Indian people are?
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How many Indians are there in total? How many (as a percentage) are likely to be ignorant? How large will this body be (in absolute numbers)? -
Then again, I don't think that's what aneeshm meant. More like, the society and its standards does not necessarily translate into what a person is supposed to believe or follow. That is, if I don't like to follow the standards a.. generic society in India might have, it doesn't mean I have to hold back when I'm in another setting, outside that society, and even if I was from that society originally, it does not make one a hypocrite by default.In da butt.
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Given the context, with the people involved, you'd have to be purposely ignorant to still think this warrants ourtage."I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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How does he explain that a Large Hindu Urban Area(Mumbai) is apparently more ass-backwards than Dubai, Bahrain, and Muscat based upon my personal observations?Originally posted by Oerdin
Aneeshm, how then do you explain that there was no outcry when an Indian guy kissed a white actress but when a white guy kisses an Indian actress on the cheek then suddenly every idiot Hindu nationalist in India cries for his blood?
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"Fuss" is really all this is, even though there's a silly law involved. Gere isn't going to be extradicted to India.Originally posted by Geronimo
People would make a fuss? Big deal. Nobody cares if indians make a fuss. They don't like them threatening to jail people over the fuss though.
If it's laws that you want to focus on rather than "sensibilities" (which I explicitly stated my statements were dealing with), the US has it's own stupid ones. Not just the "out of date" stuff like how many times you can beat your wife with a switch either. The whole Gay Marriage issue is a very rather good analogy to the prudishness of the law (and many citizens) here as well. It's not like that issue gets any coverage....
For a "Christian" nation, we sure forget a lot of parables. "Mote and Beam" in the case of us denigrating Indian society for silly prudishness.
This is true in recent years, that type of story has sorta played itself out. There was a time when anyone, anywhere, who burned a flag seemed to get on the news. Now there'd need to be a missing white female plot intertwined with it... Though in recent years flag related stupidity like the Pledge of Allegiance has gotten a lot of play. In any case, bringing up what is considered "newsworthy" is hardly a positive light to shine on our society. Tabloid stuff makes it into mainstream news all the time.Furthermore the flag burning fuss likely wouldn't amount to much. People burn flags from time to time but it never gets on the news unless it's part of a larger news item.
Depends on if he immigrated illegally or not.If Aneeshm came here and burned a flag I doubt anybody who wasn't an eyewitness would hear anything about it.
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That's 'cos the Indish kicked the Muslims out before the later had time to fully civilize them.Originally posted by Lonestar
How does he explain that a Large Hindu Urban Area(Mumbai) is apparently more ass-backwards than Dubai, Bahrain, and Muscat based upon my personal observations?
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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Whatever happened to the days everybody was pro-India at poly?
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The grass is always greener?Comment
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When were those?Originally posted by Colon™
Whatever happened to the days everybody was pro-India at poly?
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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Which of our mores do you consider weird, riddiculous stupid, or plain barbaric that Indians need to comform to?Originally posted by aneeshm
There's a lots of retards out there. We get our fair share. The
I would rather prefer it, though, if people from outside were a bit more sensitive to cultural sensibilities. Many Indians adopt to some Western mores we consider weird or ridiculous stupid or plain barbaric when we visit your countries. Why is it not possible to keep a leash on yourself when you're in India?“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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Basically, before you two showed up.Originally posted by LordShiva
When were those?
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That's one busy guy then to impersonate all those people:Originally posted by aneeshm
And it's not Hindu nationalists who are behind this, it's just one rather prudish citizen. Why you have to bring the bogey of "HN! It's teh HN!!!!11!one!!1!" into everything is beyond me.
Last week, crowds in several Indian cities burned effigies of the 57-year-old star of "An Officer and a Gentleman,'' "American Gigolo" and "Pretty Woman" after he embraced Shetty and kissed her several times on her cheeks during an HIV/AIDS awareness event in the Indian capital.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"Comment
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overall 'poly has probably always been somewhat pro-india. It's just that for quite a long time there were no self described indians to troll.Comment
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Ain't it great?
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Originally posted by Colon™
Basically, before you two showed up.
This is way more fun, TBH.THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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