[sustran] Re: Driving in Bangalore / India - patronizing, offensive, heavy handed and counter-productive

[Alan Howes]

But remember, Eric, it was an Indian activist who forwarded this to the
group.  Like it's Indians who produced the T shirt I have making
similar comments about auto-rickshaws.

I find that Indians, unlike some others, have an excellent sense of
humour and know not to take themselves too seriously.

Though how one brings about an improvement in the awful driving
standards here, which result in very high accident rates, is another
matter.

Regards, Alan (contact details in sig, currently in Dharavi bus depot,
Mumbai, next to Asia's biggest slum ...)



--- Eric Britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org> wrote:

> No, not "excellent" at all. Sorry but I do not think this is very
> funny. It does
> no good and illuminates nothing useful 
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> To the contrary I find it patronizing, offensive, heavy handed and
> counter-productive. (After all we are here for a reason, aren't we?
> Or is it all
> about guffawing at the feckless 'natives' for their primitive ways?
> Someone help
> me here.) . 
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> I do not think that this alpha, rather puerile and distinctly
> uncultured piece
> belongs here. I see it as a dinner piece for a group of hearty
> guffawing
> colonials after their fifth beer.  
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> (I guess that some of you are not going to invite me to your next
> white man's
> party, eh?)
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Alan and Jacqui Howes, Perthshire, Scotland
alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk (Alan)
cybermog57 at yahoo.co.uk (Jacqui)


		
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