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" >> it is an immoral nihilistic society of "uncultured" pleasure seeking barbarians >You're saying its not?" yes I am. Or more precisely the point was that
by plinkplonk 16y ago
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>> it is an immoral nihilistic society of "uncultured" pleasure seeking barbarians
>You're saying its not?"
yes I am. Or more precisely the point was that America is no more an immoral nihilistic society than India is.
To clarify even more, I am saying that the Indian assumption of "moral superiority" to America (something you'll hear if you hang around Non Resident Indian circles) is total rubbish.
Most Indians in America clump defensively with "their own kind" and know next to nothing of American history or culture and have few real friends (not acquaintances) among Americans. I have lived in the USA and it is a great place. These days I live in India and (surprise, surprise) it is a great place too.
America and India are very different from each other - what would you expect? India and America are almost exactly half the world apart- but there is really no "moral" superiority for one over the other. People are the same everywhere. There are just as many (by ratio) cultured people and uncouth ones, good people and bad people, bright people and fools in India as in America.
People who say and believe such things are (imo) close minded idiots reacting stupidly to culture shock.
- ahk 16y agoWell as long as you want to change the tone of your post completely from an strong absolute to a weak relative statement...
- plinkplonk 16y ago"as long as you want to change the tone of your post completely from an strong absolute to a weak relative statement..." Rubbish. There is no "change of tone". In my first comment I said that some people in India believe that America is a nihilistic nation and Indians are somehow more "moral". In my second comment, in response to your statement saying that you think such a judgment about Americans is correct (says a lot about you doesn't it? Why do you continue to live and work among these uncultured nihilists then vs going back to your more civilized homeland?), I said that people who believe such crap are fools and hypocrites. No "tone difference" there. And there were no absolute statements made in the first place to "tone down".
- ahk 16y agoImmoral != less moral Your english skills may be less than good, but not non-existent.