cowboysfan Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 if this is satire(i have doubts about the author though) then its in extremely poor taste.making fun of a race of people and their religion is never a good idea.a jewish person should know better.
punjabi_khota Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 if this is satire(i have doubts about the author though) then its in extremely poor taste.making fun of a race of people and their religion is never a good idea.a jewish person should know better. DUDE!!! Thats like half of all the comedy ever ..... :haha::haha:
cowboysfan Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 DUDE!!! Thats like half of all the comedy ever ..... :haha::haha: oh really?.i bet Mr Stein is scared shitless to try the same "satire" on a muslim neighboorhood or Islam.he is picking on the most harmless people on Earth.
Holysmoke Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 pseudo secularist axis of evil icf brigade :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: DUDE!!! Thats like half of all the comedy ever ..... :haha::haha: :giggle:
punjabi_khota Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 oh really?.i bet Mr Stein is scared shitless to try the same "satire" on a muslim neighboorhood or Islam.he is picking on the most harmless people on Earth. So :dontknow: ? He is presumably a comedian/satirist..I don't see why he should put his life in danger doing his job picking on the padosi gang...he is not a ****ing soldier in the war on terror. Plus all he wrote is 100% true..and it is funny because it is true.
EnterTheVoid Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 At least he's more passionate than all of pseudo secularist axis of evil icf brigade put together :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Lurker Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Seriously' date=' [b']we must be like the most well-mannered immigrant population ever. Studies show the immigrant Indian population are generally more educated and earn more than the average American and commit less crime. These people should be thankful to us. That should qualify us as the nerd immigrants really. It is strange to see the ongoing soccer world cup where almost every country, specially the Western countries, has a liberal dose of immigrants in their teams while Indians, even with larger immigrant populations than most countries, proudly claim we are highly educated blah blah..and wait a minute dont forget those Spelling bees we win! Kinda surprised that Stein didnt take a potshot at us there. By the by not a very humorous article there. Maybe as a race/group we are not so easy to make a fun of. The best humor are often related to sex, drug(booze) & rock and roll and guess we truly suck on all fronts there :giggle::giggle: xxxx PS: Seedhi miyaan this is a satire article, no need to get antsy about it.
sandeep Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 this is not satire. This is a lame attempt at satire gone horribly wrong.
Guest Gunner Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 So :dontknow: ? He is presumably a comedian/satirist..I don't see why he should put his life in danger doing his job picking on the padosi gang...he is not a ****ing soldier in the war on terror. Plus all he wrote is 100% true..and it is funny because it is true. PK, I am dying of laughter here dude. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
coffee_rules Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Joel Stein columns in Time have then for a while. He is very good at mocking both Dems and Repubs. Google him for other articles. Clearly, he is trying to be funny. Some of it is, but, I would not get offended like Mofo painting gods nude. There's a line everybody draws differently.
seedhi Posted June 29, 2010 Author Posted June 29, 2010 am i the only one who feels that seedhi has sunk to levels where he prowls the internet for anything that is not effulgent with admiration for all that is indian and hindu and then 'exposes' the xenophobia and the bias? seedhi are you seriously offended by this article? or just in the need for something new to hate?Oh come on! I do think that the article has some xenophobic overtones, but I do not mind it that much. I was more surprised that the Time has chosen to publish this. And yes it is obvious that such an article will probably harder to find if it were on other minorities such as West Indians, Chinese etc. By the way, I am not hating on anything/one by posting this article. But Time should have shown better judgment.
Ram Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 That should qualify us as the nerd immigrants really. It is strange to see the ongoing soccer world cup where almost every country, specially the Western countries, has a liberal dose of immigrants in their teams while Indians, even with larger immigrant populations than most countries, proudly claim we are highly educated blah blah..and wait a minute dont forget those Spelling bees we win! Kinda surprised that Stein didnt take a potshot at us there. By the by not a very humorous article there. Maybe as a race/group we are not so easy to make a fun of. The best humor are often related to sex, drug(booze) & rock and roll and guess we truly suck on all fronts there :giggle::giggle: xxxx PS: Seedhi miyaan this is a satire article, no need to get antsy about it. Oh come on Lurks, you know brain beats brawn anyday! :D
bharathh Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 It's meant to be a piece of comedic writing. Why can't we Indians take a joke about ourselves?
triam Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Lurks apropos to what you said, I remember a funny anecdote. My friend (desi female btw) works as a psychriatist to inmates in pennsylvania, due to the nature of her work she meets a lot of very interesting personalities. I met one of the ex inmates who went through rehab and living a straight life in a party at her house, we got talking and he was explaining all about the inner gangs in a prison etc, like how there is a separate gang for south mexicans and north mexicans, and how new guys go up in the gang etc, which ethnic gangs are usually the most strongest and most violent. So one of my friends asks "Do you have an Indian gang too?" to which the ex con replied wwith a huge smile on his face "you guys are the official *****es to everyone in the prison"
Sachinism Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Lurks apropos to what you said, I remember a funny anecdote. My friend (desi female btw) works as a psychriatist to inmates in pennsylvania, due to the nature of her work she meets a lot of very interesting personalities. I met one of the ex inmates who went through rehab and living a straight life in a party at her house, we got talking and he was explaining all about the inner gangs in a prison etc, like how there is a separate gang for south mexicans and north mexicans, and how new guys go up in the gang etc, which ethnic gangs are usually the most strongest and most violent. So one of my friends asks "Do you have an Indian gang too?" to which the ex con replied wwith a huge smile on his face "you guys are the official *****es to everyone in the prison" hahaha But prison gangs run in numbers, it only goes to show other ethnicities have much larger number of criminals. If they other guys didn't have the numbers either, they'd be somebodies b!tches too
cowboysfan Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 this is Mr Stein on his FB""Didn't meant to insult Indians with my column this week. Also stupidly assumed their emails would follow that Gandhi non-violence thing".I know a racist when i see or read one.
Clarke Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 this is Mr Stein on his FB""Didn't meant to insult Indians with my column this week. Also stupidly assumed their emails would follow that Gandhi non-violence thing".I know a racist when i see or read one. So every Indian is supposed 2 b a Gandhian now :finger:
b555 Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Lol, I have actually spent a few weeks living in Edison so I can actually give a you guys a first person account. Here's where I agree with the author - The place is simply sprawling with desis (Mostly Indians, some Pakistanis as well..), mostly comprising of Gujjju and the Southie IT crowd. I once went to the Swaminarayan temple in Edison with an acquaintance (not because I wanted to pray, but they told me you get free Gujrarti food after the prayer and I wanted to see how Gujrati food was like :giggle:) and I was simply taken aback by the crowd there. There werent a handful of people there, there must have easily been atleast over 200 people. I dont know if that is the regular crowd or some special darshan that day, but I have rarely seen that big a crowd in a temple even in India. Even the nearest Walmart Super Center at Piscataway is manned mostly by Gujjus. The local BoA branch manager located at Kilmer road is Desi as well. The IT crowd stays there because NYC has a big concentration of the Financial/Insurance companies and most families prefer to stay in the suburbs of Edison, Metuchen, Metropark and commute to work by the NJ transit. If my memory serves me right, its a crisp 35 min ride from Edison to NY Penn station. But jeez, why is the dude whining so hard? Has he forgotten America's history so soon? This country was effin built by immigrants. Unless of course Mr. Joel Stein is a native American himself (which is highly unlikely), there's an excellent chance his ancestors were European settlers themselves, so whats he complaining about? Did a Native American get to write a similar article complaining about how his town is being over-run by white people in the 18th century version of the Time magazine? Immigrant communities form the VERY backbone of America's past, it is an undeniable FACT of history. Unless of course you have a completely xenophobic/racist view like the one held by the British National Party and want to cleanse America of all its immigrants, its better to reconcile with the realities of the present, than be a prisoner of the past and indulge in some useless wishful thinking. In this globalized world, a multi-religious, multi-racial population is inevitable in any free, prosperous society. Anyone who tries to stop it or reverse it is simply fighting a losing battle against the forces of nature. To draw a comparison, its a bit like the most primitive land animals watching as new species evolved and started breeding in front of them, millions of years ago. Sure, the ancestor would have been slightly taken aback by the slightly different looking yet similar being in its environment, but there's nothing it can do about it, nor can it make the new species to go away. Darwin provides us all the with answers to some of the most complex social issues today! And finally, couldnt this guy have not picked a different community besides Indians? Seriously, we must be like the most well-mannered immigrant population ever. Studies show the immigrant Indian population are generally more educated and earn more than the average American and commit less crime. What more do you want? Besides, you like it when the world around is more efficient because some Indian dude somewhere in his office cube in NY is writing a piece of code that helps you pay your bills easier or your train systems run more efficiently, but you dont want Indians to live in your community? It doesnt work both ways. The Indian workforce in America helps run a significant portion of the Engineering and IT ops in many companies. There are many Indian doctors as well. We dont spend money on drugs and hookers, but invest it back into the community, creating real jobs. We bring over our families for vacation, siphoning even more money back into the system. But for us, America will be a significantly poorer and less efficient country. These people should be thankful to us. u r quite a writer
Lurker Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Oh come on Lurks' date=' you know brain beats brawn anyday! :D[/quote'] If by brains you mean memorizing spelling of words that one would never use...sure. My friend (desi female btw) works as a psychriatist to inmates in pennsylvania, due to the nature of her work she meets a lot of very interesting personalities. I met one of the ex inmates who went through rehab and living a straight life in a party at her house, we got talking and he was explaining all about the inner gangs in a prison etc, like how there is a separate gang for south mexicans and north mexicans, and how new guys go up in the gang etc, which ethnic gangs are usually the most strongest and most violent. So one of my friends asks "Do you have an Indian gang too?" to which the ex con replied wwith a huge smile on his face "you guys are the official *****es to everyone in the prison" Not entirely surprising. It would be futile to think this is a tendency observed in the Big House only. I can recite stories about how the big Indian IT giants are the official ***** in Western world. Sure they are making money hand over first but if you ever get a chance to observe the Indian IT Project Managers, and higher ups, in front of the client you shall quick come crashing down on how "we have arrived". But my larger point of course was about the impression of immigrant population. Good in studies..and well thats that. Personally I would much rather have the flair of a Spain, or a sporting nature of Brazil and Aussies...which they carry overseas as well. Just me. xxx
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