Comments on: Macacas and Moral Pygmies http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Keeping it real, desi ishtyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:20:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Über Desi | Macaca sues moral pygmies http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Über Desi | Macaca sues moral pygmies Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:57:12 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/#comment-2253 [...] wrongful arrest and detention by Indian authorities prompted the Macacas and Moral Pygmies saga (part one, part deux) is hitting back, he is suing telecom giant Bharti Airtel, principal secretary (Home) [...] [...] wrongful arrest and detention by Indian authorities prompted the Macacas and Moral Pygmies saga (part one, part deux) is hitting back, he is suing telecom giant Bharti Airtel, principal secretary (Home) [...]

]]> By: Über Desi | Macacas and Moral Pygmies - part deux http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/comment-page-1/#comment-2257 Über Desi | Macacas and Moral Pygmies - part deux Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:38:57 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/#comment-2257 [...] folks in advance for dragging their name into this conversation, but going back to the post of Macacas and Moral Pygmies, somewhere along the lines I had touched on about how readily Indians would give up their civil [...] [...] folks in advance for dragging their name into this conversation, but going back to the post of Macacas and Moral Pygmies, somewhere along the lines I had touched on about how readily Indians would give up their civil [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » India: Economy and Rights http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/comment-page-1/#comment-2255 Global Voices Online » India: Economy and Rights Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:20:24 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/#comment-2255 [...] feels that returning to India requires deeper thought, given the current state of civil liberties. Uber Crazy voices in on the same issue. Share [...] [...] feels that returning to India requires deeper thought, given the current state of civil liberties. Uber Crazy voices in on the same issue. Share [...]

]]> By: Runa http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/comment-page-1/#comment-2254 Runa Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:51:08 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/#comment-2254 <blockquote>The increasingly amount of offense taken by various parties at the slightest hint of a difference of opinion is disturbing</blockquote> Patrix, You cannot do anything about people taking offense - there will always be a section of people that will take offense at virtually anything that one says. What I guess you were getting at is the insidiousness of the government stepping in to "protect" the sentiments of the various lunatic fringes that take offense. I think what is different between India and the US is the protection offered to freedom of speech.Civil liberties post 9-11 are as shaky here as they are in India. The difference is that one can openly discuss this here but not so much in India.

The increasingly amount of offense taken by various parties at the slightest hint of a difference of opinion is disturbing

Patrix,

You cannot do anything about people taking offense – there will always be a section of people that will take offense at virtually anything that one says. What I guess you were getting at is the insidiousness of the government stepping in to “protect” the sentiments of the various lunatic fringes that take offense. I think what is different between India and the US is the protection offered to freedom of speech.Civil liberties post 9-11 are as shaky here as they are in India. The difference is that one can openly discuss this here but not so much in India.

]]> By: Santosh http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 Santosh Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:08:00 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/12/05/macacas-and-moral-pygmies/#comment-2256 <blockquote>Living in the U.S. has inculcated in me the importance and privilege of free speech and civil liberties</blockquote> Just wait till you get hit with "you've become Amrikan. You're not true Indian" stamp :-)

Living in the U.S. has inculcated in me the importance and privilege of free speech and civil liberties

Just wait till you get hit with “you’ve become Amrikan. You’re not true Indian” stamp :-)

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