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Judgemental comments are not very well received on HN, still there's just one thing I've to say about this article - "the author has no idea wheat he is talking

by fakeer 14y ago

Judgemental comments are not very well received on HN, still there's just one thing I've to say about this article - "the author has no idea wheat he is talking about". He seems to be ignorant of India[1] has a democracy, a republic and he also seems to be a regular reader at those forums which often churns out hate comments and incorrect and whimsical outbursts. [1]I cannot say the same about Pakistan as I do not live there.

daliusd 14y ago
I'm not sure how you have made such conclusion about author. Actually it looks like you have read up to the sentence ending with "big, big deal" and have not bother to read further. Or I should pretend that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings has not happened? I'm not sure how you are contributing to discussion.
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danmaz74 14y ago
Why are you saying this? The author looked very appreciative of Indian democracy.
- fakeer 14y ago
  >>Hope this clarifies your query. No, it's not. This can only result from proxy or shallow journalism. >>It would be like Egypt appointing a Coptic Christian to be its army chief of staff. Really? >>We will know that Egypt went the route of Pakistan and not India. As far as I can see socio-political and socio-religious situation in my country and whatever I can gather the one in Egypt from a distance and through news media &c, I would say that the comparison is absurd, if not worse. The two countries are so different in these aspects that I don't really think Egypt ever started this way. I never said he didn't appreciate India's democracy. That's not even the point. I've nothing personal against the author. His son never ate my lunch in school. It's just the incoherent nature of article that annoyed me and the fact that NYT published it.
yati 14y ago
I agree that at the grass root level, things are not as pleasant in India as they are portrayed in the article. But at least we have a way to challenge the government(which has been happening quite a lot these days). But imagine living in a country where a extremist clan decides what you wear and how you live. Most of us do not appreciate what we've had since birth.
aaronbrethorst 14y ago
In response to everyone who has responded (or will respond) to you, Thomas Friedman is an idiot[1]. The only logical conclusion I can come to about why he is still a regular op-ed columnist for the NYT is that he has some blackmailable material on a member of the Sulzberger family[2]. [1] "he displays a stunning lack of basic cognitive function" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/an-idiots-guide-to-tom-fr_b_298371.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/an-idiots-guide-t... "You wonder why people have stopped thinking for themselves? Maybe because verbose gasbags like Thomas L. Friedman will do all their thinking for them, no matter what the subject." http://bradfordschmidt.com/bitf/thomas-friedmans-brain-is-hot-flat-and-crowded/ http://bradfordschmidt.com/bitf/thomas-friedmans-brain-is-ho... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
arrrg 14y ago
I don’t understand, but what exactly is your problem with the article? I couldn’t find anything where he so much as indicated that India isn’t a democracy or a republic. He speaks very highly of India.
- fakeer 14y ago
  I didn't question whether he question that. It's the way he describes India as a "democracy" and a "republic". Please note italicized phrases. Those are my peeves. You can go through my comments again, of course.

by fakeer 14y ago

daliusd 14y ago

I'm not sure how you have made such conclusion about author. Actually it looks like you have read up to the sentence ending with "big, big deal" and have not bother to read further. Or I should pretend that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings has not happened? I'm not sure how you are contributing to discussion.

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danmaz74 14y ago

Why are you saying this? The author looked very appreciative of Indian democracy.

fakeer 14y ago
>>Hope this clarifies your query. No, it's not. This can only result from proxy or shallow journalism. >>It would be like Egypt appointing a Coptic Christian to be its army chief of staff. Really? >>We will know that Egypt went the route of Pakistan and not India. As far as I can see socio-political and socio-religious situation in my country and whatever I can gather the one in Egypt from a distance and through news media &c, I would say that the comparison is absurd, if not worse. The two countries are so different in these aspects that I don't really think Egypt ever started this way. I never said he didn't appreciate India's democracy. That's not even the point. I've nothing personal against the author. His son never ate my lunch in school. It's just the incoherent nature of article that annoyed me and the fact that NYT published it.

yati 14y ago

I agree that at the grass root level, things are not as pleasant in India as they are portrayed in the article. But at least we have a way to challenge the government(which has been happening quite a lot these days). But imagine living in a country where a extremist clan decides what you wear and how you live. Most of us do not appreciate what we've had since birth.

aaronbrethorst 14y ago

In response to everyone who has responded (or will respond) to you, Thomas Friedman is an idiot[1]. The only logical conclusion I can come to about why he is still a regular op-ed columnist for the NYT is that he has some blackmailable material on a member of the Sulzberger family[2]. [1] "he displays a stunning lack of basic cognitive function" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/an-idiots-guide-to-tom-fr_b_298371.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/an-idiots-guide-t... "You wonder why people have stopped thinking for themselves? Maybe because verbose gasbags like Thomas L. Friedman will do all their thinking for them, no matter what the subject." http://bradfordschmidt.com/bitf/thomas-friedmans-brain-is-hot-flat-and-crowded/ http://bradfordschmidt.com/bitf/thomas-friedmans-brain-is-ho... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

arrrg 14y ago

I don’t understand, but what exactly is your problem with the article? I couldn’t find anything where he so much as indicated that India isn’t a democracy or a republic. He speaks very highly of India.

fakeer 14y ago
I didn't question whether he question that. It's the way he describes India as a "democracy" and a "republic". Please note italicized phrases. Those are my peeves. You can go through my comments again, of course.