On Jan 22, 2008 2:51 PM, Valsa Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > India is one of the safest countries. I have traveled all over and even my > friends from overseas seem to think the same. I am a South Indian Christian, > living in the North for many years (minority). I have friends from all > communities. In India, we treat foreigners visiting our country with > respect and this comes from humble, traditional customs.
Since Valsa does not explicitly mention that sarcasm is intended, I will assume that it was not. Unless you include groping in public transport, propositioning intercourse with white "loose moral-ed" strangers, leering, waving the male member in the direction of white women, fleecing a tourist, calling black foreigners monkeys etc. as part of our ancient tradition of "treating foreigners visiting our country with respect", I have to disagree. > Of course, there are and will be exceptions to the rule ! At least two of the indignities I mentioned above have happened to every one of my non-India friends (black, white and "wheatish" complexioned) traveling in India. > The US on the other hand is a rich country where people have grown up with a > blinded, selfish view. Most of the citizens are unaware of different > countries, races, religions, customs etc. They are so clued into their own > lives and fail to look outwards. There had to be a war for them to know > about a country called Afghanistan. Most of the mistakes they make come > from this ignorance. > And of course, there are exceptions and some wonderful people there too ! I am curious, if you are not being sarcastic, have you traveled in the US? For how long and in which parts? Thaths > > Valsa > > > On Jan 21, 2008 4:53 PM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:57:02AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > > Stories such as this *certainly* affect my (already reluctant and as > > > infrequent as possible) travels to the US. When you add officially > > > > I boykott visiting the US. Haven't done for 6-7 years. > > If I had a business to take elsewhere, I would do it. > > > > That country needs a wake-up call. > > > > > sanctioned harrassment to jet lag, airline food and zombie-like > > > wanderings through the innards of airports, it suddenly seems not > > > worth it at all. > > > > -- > > Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org > > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE > > > > > -- Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. Homer: Hehe. You don't have a son. Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
