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[Air Force Brat]

I posted the photos in this link at mp.net and they were deleted..

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Another member posted two thumbnails of the same event and they are still standing. This is not the first time this has happened to me over there.

I should just stay away from that forum.

I kinda have similar experiences on our sister forum DT, there are some great guys over there as well, but they are heavily into "Group Think", and new posters who go against that "brand" are summarily insulted and branded trolls or flame-baiters, and banned. The main reason I love Sino Defense, is that I am able to "speak my mind", and the moderators are always kind and considerate, so if I have something that I "suspect" might be over the edge, I feel very comfortable asking the mods to "edit or delete" as they see fit, and if somebody is "out of hand", our mods make every attempt explain and respectfully ask that person to follow the rules. I would love to see DT be more like the Sino Defense forum, and be a little more respectful of others??? One of the reasons I spend my time on Sino D wit my bros, brat.

 

[kwaigonegin]

I spent about 6 weeks in India back in the late 1990s. True story:

As I was getting ready to go over there and work in Bombay (Mumbai), Madras (Chennai), Bangalore and New Delhi, I was asking one of my co-workers about renting a car. He told me...no, you don't want to do that. He was very emphatic about it. I had worked in various places all over the world and almost always got my own car. But, he got my VP to say no, and the companies I was visiting supplied a driver. My friend told me that driving over there was dangerous because of what might happen to you if you are involved in an accident.

I just sluffed it off...like, "Oh, sure."

Well, I had been there almost two weeks in Mumbai when we came on an accident. A truck driver had hit a man on a bike and I presumed he was dead because there was a crumpled bike with a person covered in a blanket next to it. As we edged past, my dirve said, excitedly..."We have got to get the hell out of here."

As we were going by, a mob of maybe 200-300 people had turned the truck over and were literally pulling the driver out of the truck.

I asked my driver what was going on and he told me, "The mob is going to kill that guy."

I asked him where the police were. He told me they would show up in an hour or so and clean up the mess and take away the bodies.

I never had any desire to drive in India again after that, and I thanked my friend when I got back.

Nevermind human beings.. there have been verified reports of drivers bring drugged out of vehicles and killed by craze mobs for running over a chicken or some animal!!! also in India the cow is considered a sacred animal as in 'holy cow'. You do not touch a cow no matter what.

 

[Blackstone]

I spent about 6 weeks in India back in the late 1990s. True story:

As I was getting ready to go over there and work in Bombay (Mumbai), Madras (Chennai), Bangalore and New Delhi, I was asking one of my co-workers about renting a car. He told me...no, you don't want to do that. He was very emphatic about it. I had worked in various places all over the world and almost always got my own car. But, he got my VP to say no, and the companies I was visiting supplied a driver. My friend told me that driving over there was dangerous because of what might happen to you if you are involved in an accident.

I just sluffed it off...like, "Oh, sure."

Well, I had been there almost two weeks in Mumbai when we came on an accident. A truck driver had hit a man on a bike and I presumed he was dead because there was a crumpled bike with a person covered in a blanket next to it. As we edged past, my dirve said, excitedly..."We have got to get the hell out of here."

As we were going by, a mob of maybe 200-300 people had turned the truck over and were literally pulling the driver out of the truck.

I asked my driver what was going on and he told me, "The mob is going to kill that guy."

I asked him where the police were. He told me they would show up in an hour or so and clean up the mess and take away the bodies.

I never had any desire to drive in India again after that, and I thanked my friend when I got back.

Oh wow! I'll never complain about Shanghai drivers again.

 

[Blackstone]

Nevermind human beings.. there have been verified reports of drivers bring drugged out of vehicles and killed by craze mobs for running over a chicken or some animal!!! also in India the cow is considered a sacred animal as in 'holy cow'. You do not touch a cow no matter what.

It always struck me odd in a nation with periodic famine, they didn't work out a way to 'honor' their cow god by consuming cattle.

 

[Equation]

It always struck me odd in a nation with periodic famine, they didn't work out a way to 'honor' their cow god by consuming cattle.

I thought cows were a status symbol and to provide milk as well for a largely vegan diet that are common in India.

 

[Jeff Head]

Oh wow! I'll never complain about Shanghai drivers again.

It's been 16 years and I will never forget it. Honk Kong, Taipai, Shanghai, Seoul...even at their worst, none of them compare to that experience in India in the mid-late 1990s.

I cannot say how it is today because I have not been back...but I cannot imagine it being that much better in most of the country. Perhaps in some of the commerical/international business zones or something.

 

[Blackstone]

I thought cows were a status symbol and to provide milk as well for a largely vegan diet that are common in India.

My admittedly spotty understanding is cows are sacred in Hindu religion and many Indian states have laws against slaughtering and eating them, with Karnataka and West Bengal being exceptions.

 

[Blackstone]

It's been 16 years and I will never forget it. Honk Kong, Taipai, Shanghai, Seoul...even at their worst, none of them compare to that experience in India in the mid-late 1990s.

I cannot say how it is today because I have not been back...but I cannot imagine it being that much better in most of the country. Perhaps in some of the commerical/international business zones or something.

Your experience is one for the books, and I'm sure it's great for story time with the grandkids, but I can't say I want to see it in person.

 

[solarz]

Your experience is one for the books, and I'm sure it's great for story time with the grandkids, but I can't say I want to see it in person.

Ehh... I'm not sure I'd want to tell that kind of story to kids...

 

[AssassinsMace]

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I was watching Piers Morgan on CNN talking about this and he already booked guests for another subject dealing with consumerism and women so he naturally discussed this with them. One of them spun it to say the man was the villain who actually wanted to strike his girlfriend but he decided to kill himself instead. This kind of logic is like when I hear anorexia is the fault of a sexist male society. I don't know one straight guy who likes an anorexic woman. That is the fault of the fashion industry which is controlled by everyone but straight men.