On 6 Apr 2013, at 06:16, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi John, Stan, Bob and many other good PDMLers, I agree with you folks > and that we should not publish, depict, post or spread hatred on a > Public Network. Who gets to define hatred? B > 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 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 to hear 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.
