tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post3021560345436124558..comments2023-12-22T00:52:34.146-08:00Comments on The World of Dr. Justice: La Nostalgie de la boueDavid Justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586387386542720405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-12781037235610180572013-03-16T17:42:56.945-07:002013-03-16T17:42:56.945-07:00> Would it have been any different in poor subu...> Would it have been any different in poor suburbs in the US ?<br /><br />There are definitely areas in the US where you wouldn’t want to spend the night in a pup-tent, or even to bicycle through during the day! The difference among countries lies in part in the *pattern* of depravity: group-rape seems less characteristic of the US, than, say France (though as you point out, it is difficult to know given both the inherent spottiness of reporting in general, and suppression of such news in particular).<br />As I mentioned, though, the target in the crosshairs of this essay is by no means India per se, but media spin (especially in the New York Times) and Western romanticizing of the mysterious East. <br />David Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586387386542720405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-41189537243266662052013-03-16T16:59:58.120-07:002013-03-16T16:59:58.120-07:00Consider also, the de facto head of the Indian gov...Consider also, the de facto head of the Indian govt for the last 6 years is an italian born woman.<br /><br />We have plenty of unmarried strong women acting as chief ministers (a governor in terms of US govt).<br /><br />These women have pasts as beautiful actresses with extramarital affairs, corruption and all the scandal you would expect from male politicians.<br /><br /><br />You are correct. India most definitely has an anti female bias. But that is only a symptom. Its a hierarchy where the rich prey on the poor, the strong on the weak.<br /><br />Women and children get the short end of the stick, but the entire society is suffering.<br /><br />The divisions are not easy for an american like yourself to see based on online newspapers and comments.<br /><br />Indian society is fractured along cultural, religious and economic lines. Its a big country. It used to be several small countries annexed under the british.<br /><br />Our federal govt has to struggle just as hard as the US federal govt, if not more, to keep the country together.<br /><br /><br />Like I said, each country has its own baggage.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106860565772197682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-72161204159564973132013-03-16T16:37:22.074-07:002013-03-16T16:37:22.074-07:00BTW, this is not the first or the last time that p...BTW, this is not the first or the last time that people have commented on foreigners safety in India.<br /><br />There are places in India safer than most places in US, Spain or Mexico.<br /><br />There are also places that are more dangerous than Sudan or Iraq.<br /><br />The first thing I noticed about the bike ridin couple, was that they were parked 400 yards from the nearest road in a very rural area (likely no electricity or phone signal).<br /><br />In the middle of the night, they would present an extremely lucrative target to the impoverished region they were travelling through. 180 USD might not seem like much to you as an american, but at $2 a day being the average earning of poor people, its a small fortune.<br /><br /><br />There would be 0 police presence in such rural areas, no way to communicate and they still decided to stay far away from a road in the middle of nowhere.<br /><br /><br />Crime is high in many places in India. But even you should see what an unprepared and easy mark these folk made.<br /><br />Would it have been any different in poor suburbs in the US ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106860565772197682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-66693469757184925902013-03-16T16:29:45.131-07:002013-03-16T16:29:45.131-07:00Big flaw with your opinions - you choose isolated ...Big flaw with your opinions - you choose isolated events instead of statistics.<br /><br /><br />BTW Suttee was a practice quite common pre WW II. Its illegal, and it rarely happens now (fortunately). There are plenty of widows in the country, and people don't build a bonfire out of them.<br /><br />The delhi rape victim wasn't skewered with the rod. Her intestines were removed due to internal injury during the assault. If her guts had been ripped out, she wouldnt have survived the 2 hour delay before medical treatment.<br /><br /><br />Every society has their own baggage. Just as you think Indians are gangraping, widow burning savages, their view of America is of a violent, drug addled country full of single teenage moms.<br /><br /><br />Neither view is correct. Both are cherry picked and reflected in self absorbed echo chambers.<br /><br /><br />Visit the country once, its a big place. Crime there is related to the economic status of each region. Wealthier regions of the country have less crime and better education, just like the US.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106860565772197682noreply@blogger.com