"I must say I am confused by the moral & social values in the Americas."
If by "Americas," you mean the US, we have no "moral & social values." Instead, we value diversity and individual freedom. Your reference to San Francisco is a good case in point. If you go to the tourist areas, or the business areas, of the city, you will not see the kind of display that you witnessed. Like many of our cities, and many European cities, like Copenhagen or Amsterdam, there are areas where alternative life styles are not only tolerated, but actually encouraged. If one doesn't want to see nudity, pot, or other sights that distress or offend you, one avoids those areas. There are plenty of places in the US where pervasive wholesomeness is almost overwhelming. We like it that way. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, Stan, Bob and many other good PDMLers, I agree with you folks > that we should not publish, depict, post or spread hatred on a Public Network. > I have lived in many parts of the world, including my native Bangalore India. > In some places I find the Police very haughty, high handed, loud and with > an intimidating body language / swagger. They hand cuff people for petty > misdemeanors, even when they are not violent. > > Here in India or in Muscat, Oman and in Dubai, the UAE, I have never > seen Police handcuffing people except in homicide cases or violent > crimes. In fact I was surprised to find the Royal Oman Police very kind, > helpful and humane. > > I remember being involved in a pile up - high way speed here is 120 kmph. > The Police Officer greeted us with an "As Saalam Alaikum", shook hands > and requested us for our Driving Licence and the Vehicle Registration Card. > He then directed us to the nearest Police Station, where we were issued > with the Police Report, which helps us file the Insurance Claim. > > I believe this lady had some tiff with the Police earlier during Protests for > College Fee Hike or something. She may have had a grouse and vented > it by photographing violent street art and then publishing it. > > I have seen such street art on a paid photo walk in San Francisco. > Worst still we found folks absolutely naked on the streets of San Francisco, > Castro District I think, with the dingle-dangle and all in full > public view. And > there were children, women, tourists in the area. > > I must say I am confused by the moral & social values in the Americas. > > Once in Chicago, I saw a lovely little girl in a wheel chair. I had a > little brother like her with mental retardation, but he drowned swimming > in the river Ganga. So I bent down to chat with her out of over whelming > love and affection and blessed her by touching her hair and fore head. > My host later told me it is not a done thing here. I was sad on hearing this. > > Regards. > Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
