06-26-2006, 03:49 AM
Anecdotal evidence does not make basis for sweeping generalizations. One can always choose a sample that is totally inadequate for such generalizations and the chosen sample can always be selected (among tons of many others that show otherwise) to reach to and confirm the intended conclusion. Please show the evidence and argue rationally and reasonably. Thanks. Not to downplay or condone any such stupid events, FWIW.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I can only speak for myself. I used to go to Kerala during my summer vacations as a kid in the 1950s. When we (my grandfather with me) met certain people on the street, they used to stay a few feet away from us, close their mouth and address us. Certain other groups used to go uleleleing on seeing our approach. I never knew the significance of these gestures till long after I had grown up. I felt very ashamed that even unknowingly I was a party to an act of denial of human dignity. Maybe in Tamil Nadu things were different. Can't say.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I can only speak for myself. I used to go to Kerala during my summer vacations as a kid in the 1950s. When we (my grandfather with me) met certain people on the street, they used to stay a few feet away from us, close their mouth and address us. Certain other groups used to go uleleleing on seeing our approach. I never knew the significance of these gestures till long after I had grown up. I felt very ashamed that even unknowingly I was a party to an act of denial of human dignity. Maybe in Tamil Nadu things were different. Can't say.
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