Hi Billy, On Nov 25, 2009, at 8:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Ernie: > You said- > Here, the media is PC because they fear losing access. In India, the > stakes are much higher... > > Care to elaborate ? I get your point about the need of mucky-mucks to > genuflect before the high-and-mighty, but why are the stakes higher ?
Corruption in Indian governmental circles -- and police -- is still endemic. If someone powerful takes a dislike to you, they won't file a lawsuit, they may just send in goondas. Or obstruct your business in other ways. To be sure, I think things have gotten better in the last few decades, but it takes a while for cultural norms to shift. > HOWEVER, someone else besides native Bharatis is calling the shots. > Take a look at TI a few times and you'll immediately see it. LOTS of > white folks, especially women, are featured , way more than you would > suppose, given India's population mix. Billy, I'm surprised at you. Given your knowledge of Indian culture -- and appreciation for the female form -- I thought you'd be well aware of India's obsession with fair-skinned women: http://www.answerbag.com/question_indian-society-obsessed-fair-skin_392166/ White is sexy, and sex sells. -- Ernie P. > > I have no issues with whiteness, needless to say, but the Times goes way > overboard. > I mean, most actresses featured, for example, look like Snow White. > > But, contrary to the BJP interpretation, it is a STRANGE group of > fundamentalist > Christians who ceaselessly promote hot sex and supply all sorts of advice > about sex products and services. > > The TI is most unusual, no matter how you look at it. > > I started reading it regularly when it changed its format to a very decent > user-friendly layout from what it had been, really dreary and unartistic. > > Billy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 11/25/2009 8:07:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > On Nov 25, 2009, at 8:01, [email protected] wrote: > > > According to him, > > press coverage of all sorts of hot button issues is so mealy-mouthed > > that > > the Politically Correct western media seems to be positively radical > > in comparison. > > This would seem to indicate something sinister at work , > > > I believe your first point, but not the second. If you are a > capitalist in a corrupt society, you must butter up those in power. > Here, the media is PC because they fear losing access. In India, the > stakes are much higher... > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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