On May 16, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On May 16, 2010, at 9:15 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
>> Ok, I believe he (Ravi) is of Indian descent. He claims that although >> he embraces, or at least is comfortable with "liberal" western values, >> that his wife is traditional in her values, and that she wants her >> husband to be her guru as well. Maybe it is all good. But it doesn't >> sound quite right to me. My connection between this situation, and off >> shore drilling, was that there seemed to be a big pile on, in the sense >> that members of the group were echoing one another that the BP disaster >> should make it clear that all off shore drilling should be banned, and >> then while we're at it, lets ban any more nuclear plants. >> >> Now, rightly or wrongly, I figure that people who espouse those >> sentiments are also likely to be vocal about women's rights, and it >> seemed that no one cared to challenge Ravi about his decision to ban his >> wife from participating in anything to do with Amma, and that going >> forward he was to occupy that role. > > Maybe he thinks Amma is really Andy Rymer in drag. > > I wonder, if he's being so obvious about it, if maybe > it's some kind of a set-up. I mean, I could really see > Shemp trying something like this out, and then saying... > "See? I was right! All you liberals really are phony hypocrites..." OK, I went to the group today because this piqued my interest, and a couple of things jumped out at me. Firstly, lurk, it's only been a few hours since he posted his little anti-Amma bit, it's a Sunday and the group only has 50 people or so. Second, he made the comment in the context of another thread, and it's easy when that happens for something that's basically off-topic to get lost. And thirdly--I don't know. He puts LOLs and smiley faces all over the post he announces he basically made his wife renounce Amma and accept himself, Ravi, as her guru--like it's some big joke or something. Which kind of gives the post a sort of weird feeling to me, since what he's describing doesn't sound at all fun. I'll stick with the insults and rudeness over here any day, lurk. You can go with the Ravi types who sound close to certifiable. Sal
