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As an American, your metaphor makes absolutely no sense to me. Why would a European think an American would possess a gun in their country? And how would they
by dfee 4y ago
As an American, your metaphor makes absolutely no sense to me.
Why would a European think an American would possess a gun in their country? And how would they get it there through customs - it’s not an idea? And a gun is a lethal weapon - is the caste system?
Sorry, I’ve spent a bit of time in Europe (including living for a stint). I’m also from a part of the US that has plenty of firearms. I just can’t make sense of this metaphor.
- quadrifoliate 4y ago> Why would a European think an American would possess a gun in their country? And how would they get it there through customs - it’s not an idea? Yeah, you know how stuff works in Europe, so this transparently sounds like nonsense to you. Similarly, the OP's assertion that caste and sex discrimination is "rampant" among Indians in Seattle sounds like nonsense to me. > And a gun is a lethal weapon - is the caste system? Definitely, in a bad way. People have been murdered in India over inter-caste marriages. > I just can’t make sense of this metaphor. I'll try to explain it point by point: - Caste-based discrimination is a terrible thing that happens all the time in India, similar to how gun violence is a terrible thing that happens all the time in the US. - But if a European said to you "You Americans in my country are super argumentative! You seem to be ready to pull a gun on each other all the time against each other, it's just like what I read in the paper!", you'd think it was nonsense that was basically stereotype-matching. - Similarly, I find OP's comment about rampant caste discrimination nonsensical because it relies on simplistic stereotyping.