--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" > > > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > > > > > From The Onion April 12, 2006 | Issue 4215 > > > > > > > > MUMBAIAir India, the subcontinent's largest airline, announced > > it > > > > will offer upgraded Business Caste seating on all flights > > starting in > > > > July. "More legroom, wider seatsand no need to associate with > > the > > > > manual laborers," a spokesman for the airline said Tuesday. "Our > > > > business travelers must have lived good past lives to deserve > > this." > > > > Air India still ranks at the bottom of the airline industry in > > > > customer satisfaction, with a high volume of complaints about > > cooking > > > > fires in the climate-uncontrolled cabins, wandering cows that > > flight > > > > attendants refuse to remove, and the "Untouchable" Coach Caste, > > which > > > > is towed behind Air India jetliners in a giant burlap sack. > > > > > > Does this strike anybody as just a wee bit racist? > > > > > > > Um, did you see the byline, Judy? > > Yup, that's why it surprised me.
It's supposed to be a SATIRE. And isn't the impression that you got was that it was satiring racism and discrimination? In the form of the discrimination system called the caste system???? Why would a satire on racism -- which, at least I assume by showing the silliness of racism, is against racism -- strike you as "a wee bit racist"? > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
