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In reply to the discussion: Indian official: Diplomat's arrest in NYC barbaric [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(102,108 posts)181. They aren't a feature of all buildings
The poster I was replying to was saying that the diplomat was being treated just like all arrestees are treated, and that the Indians are outraged she was treated like an American. The DUer is outraged that the barriers were removed. I am pointing out that barriers are not a feature of a typical building in Delhi, yet he seems outraged that the Americans in Delhi are, in the matter of road barriers, being treated like Indians.
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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