From: mark@lowton.rn.com (Mark Powell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.women
Subject: Re: looking for ways to meet opp sex
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:22:20 GMT
Organization: Mark-one Communications


In article <1992Aug28.211530.28023@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, tolia@separator.ecn.purdue.edu (Anish Arun Tolia) writes:
> In article <1992Aug28.132929.28390@news2.cis.umn.edu> crick@tsp.med.umn.edu (Ed Crick (CD)) writes:
> >In article <1992Aug27.181942.13199@lowton.rn.com> mark@lowton.rn.com (Mark Powell) writes:
> >>
> >>> >things you obviously know nothing of. The way Americans treat their
> >>> >wives (prospective or otherwise) is equally if not more shameful.
> >>
> >>Why do you call me American? Incidentally I live in the UK, read the .sig,
> >>-- 
> >>Mark Powell
> >
> >Ah, another non-indian ventures into SCI, only to be rebuked by the 
> >ignorant, xenophobic denizens here who look down on all
> >that is Western, although they get their education in the US or Canada.
> >
> >Mark, your input will not be appreciated here as long as it is critical,
> >or even honest.  For an outsider to be appreciated, you must write only
> >of the past glories of India, the spicy food, the colo(u)rful clothing,
> >and the exotic dance and music.  Glowing drivel about the Hindu spirituality
> >is also welcome.  Frank discussions about the culture however, are strictily
> >taboo, and will elicit the rage of all the "defend-India" zealots who are
> >too narrow-minded to see the options presented by other societies.
> >
> >Ed Crick
> 
> Input will be appreciated as long as it does not involve sweeping generalizations. Just

I agree, careless generalisations cost lives. People generalise all the time (there I
go again.) It's simplifies conversation greatly. It relieves the need to remember
the 10e6 exclusions every time you say something.

> because we get our education in the west in no way obligates us to become faithful
> and eternally grateful American wanna bes! People like you have the attitude that the
					     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Look there you go again.

> west does us this big favor by letting us ignorant xenophobes into the promised land
> of Big Macs and the almighty dollar. Also your opinion is not taken seriously
> because it is so obviously biased, most probably by the tilted media coverage that
> all the poor backward thirld world countries get. You also have no desire to learn
> anything about another culture, just a desire to critisize and feel superior.
> And in case you didnt notice, Mr Powell took serious objection to being called
> American...I wonder why?

I didn't notice that part either. Could you please tell me where I took
"serious objection" to being called American? Other than that I agree with
a lot you say in this article Anish. This doesn't include the stuff about Ed
as I have read few of his articles and I don't want to generalise.
  Americans do have a hell of a lot to answer for. We the British have it all
to answer for, for originally invading Asia and murdering Indians ad. hoc.
and the same goes for the US and Canada which were again "Britsh Colonies" :(
We used to have a monopoly on the persecution and rape of the world. Now
we just have a corner of the market with the US continuing in our footsteps
(in the loosest sense.)

> Anish

BTW I don't want to point out the obvious, but everyone is refering to me
    as White, just because my name sounds that way. Very strange. I shan't
    elaborate on my skin colour as I think it makes no difference. You may
    be able to make an educated guess on the cultural background I come
    from.
-- 
Mark Powell

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