--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > The Onion is poking fun at the belief in the caste system, not a > race of people.
That it's poking fun at belief in the caste system is obvious. My comment referred to the lines concerning the cooking fires in the cabin and cows wandering around loose. I had thought *that* would be obvious, but apparently not. 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/
