--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
Yes, Shemp, I'm aware of that, thanks. But The Onion doesn't usually do racist 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???? It was satirizing discrimination, not racism. As I said in another post, it was the bits about the cows and the cooking fires that I found offensive; that wasn't caste-related, it was a gratuitous slam at Indians, suggesting that they were primitive and not terribly bright. 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/
