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In reply to the discussion: Indian official: Diplomat's arrest in NYC barbaric [View all]Old Union Guy
(738 posts)16. So you OK are about *barabaric* human rights abuse ...
... just because they systematically do it to Americans all the time?
I have a hard time accepting you as a fellow human being.
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Do we need to ask how many other Indian buildings have been truck bombed? Embassy security
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#40
I have the facts straight. They removed the cement barricades but left the security guards. nt
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#90
Nonsense, it is you who is contorting the facts to suit your preconceived notions.
smitra
Dec 2013
#135
I have made other posts on this thread that quote from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs ...
smitra
Dec 2013
#143
I have already mentioned that when I find a definitive source for this I will post it.
smitra
Dec 2013
#146
As promised up-thread, here is a link that quotes a spokesperson of the Ministry...
smitra
Dec 2013
#148
There is being "processed" for an arrest and then there is being officially entered into the prison
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#41
Not always. Inmates charged but not convicted are referred to as prisoners.
The Stranger
Dec 2013
#185
I don't think she's considered a full diplomat. it appears she only has DI for work-related crimes.
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#42
Then we need to check the water nationwide! Cops aint what they USED to be 30-40 yrs ago.
7962
Dec 2013
#10
While her arrest and detention might not have been appropriate, India decides to retaliate
TwilightGardener
Dec 2013
#12
The barricades are manned by Indian police who mostly nap while their unloaded assault rifles...
Recursion
Dec 2013
#24
Well, that's awesome (RE the embassy security). Not like American embassies
TwilightGardener
Dec 2013
#39
Another totally inane, one word post that does not address the SUBSTANCE of the issue raised.
smitra
Dec 2013
#55
I don't know that source either. But India's reaction seems downright crazy.
TwilightGardener
Dec 2013
#47
It is interesting that NO ONE has responded to THIS post that provides the FACTS. n/t.
smitra
Dec 2013
#56
Why would the CIA want someone to spy on a halfway house for trafficked women?
Recursion
Dec 2013
#166
Is the SF Gate a right wing paper? Theres no mention of the threat to have our gay diplomats jailed.
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#49
Barbaric? Americans should look at how children are regularly gunned down in school in their country
smitra
Dec 2013
#54
Again, I disagree. And yes, much of the country's problems are due to poverty...
smitra
Dec 2013
#62
you are the one who brought up the US problems when i criticized India in an OP about India
JI7
Dec 2013
#63
Beg your pardon, you are the one who voiced the personal opinion that India is 'more' messed up.
smitra
Dec 2013
#64
I am Indian American too, and I was born there, and spent the first 23 years of my life there.
smitra
Dec 2013
#66
Amen. And this person (see their post # 68) thinks that they know "more" about the country...
smitra
Dec 2013
#69
i never said "all i knew" about india was food and music, i said currently they are some good things
JI7
Dec 2013
#71
sorry i don't worship the wealthy, it's like saying i'm proud of the US because the Koch brothers
JI7
Dec 2013
#84
I don't know... it's hard for me to take BJP seriously as anti-corruption when their Maharashtra HQ
Recursion
Dec 2013
#163
Um....that's why you are searched...so no one has anything to stick you with.
msanthrope
Dec 2013
#114
No, Kenya has not charged him. The US Embassy made pretty sure of that by flying him...
smitra
Dec 2013
#169
India was free to fly Mrs. Khobagadre out if they wanted; they've known about this since September
Recursion
Dec 2013
#170
Yes. It is a pity India is not as smart and efficient in protecting its offending diplomats...
smitra
Dec 2013
#172
Don't see the parallel. As far as I know, the Italian ambassador diplomatic immunity...
smitra
Dec 2013
#174
True. And Sonia Gandhi will not appear, just as Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson...
smitra
Dec 2013
#177
as much as i hate myself when i bashed Bush, the current republicans and other things about the US
JI7
Dec 2013
#82
She is "wanted" because Khobragade filed a lawsuit against her to shut her up
Recursion
Dec 2013
#108
You got it! Amazing how the posters on this board have tried and condemned her BEFORE...
smitra
Dec 2013
#111
Well, Maharashtra seems unlikely to do anything about her Adarsh condo scam...
Recursion
Dec 2013
#128
Repeating Indian tabloid nonsense isn't helping your defense of a human trafficker. nt
msanthrope
Dec 2013
#116
I think Recursion has addressed the tabloid nonsense pretty effectively upthread.
msanthrope
Dec 2013
#119
Recursion is not an authority, and there are plenty of quotes upthread that discredit ...
smitra
Dec 2013
#120
Welcome to DU. Recursion *is* an authority here. And you are defending a human
msanthrope
Dec 2013
#121
I disagree that Recursion is an authority in this case - he/she is not. Also...
smitra
Dec 2013
#122
Off-topic: That term is an antiquated, racist smear against a people who resisted slavery
psychopomp
Dec 2013
#138
According to the US Attorney and the Marshals, she was not cavity-searched.
TwilightGardener
Dec 2013
#160