>Well, lay the blame quickly! Good start. Make the Indian involvement seem almost incidental. Do you have proof that Indians caused this. The guy tried to make

>Well, lay the blame quickly! Good start. Make the Indian involvement seem almost incidental. Do you have proof that Indians caused this. The guy tried to make a point that in his view the Afghans caused this. Is he not allowed that? >Ah, cars don't really brush slightly, now do they? That reads more like "he hit the student with a car" to me. Though perhaps you believe in the stereotype of the exceedingly careful Indian driver, especially the youths... ;) Lay the blame quick. You would presume that the OP is lying especially because Indian youth are rash drivers. That is a fair stretch of the rubber band, if I may say so. >What's "some 10"? Is that an accurate estimate? I'll take your word for it. Some 10 is acceptably used in Indian English. It means around 10 people. I am sorry if the people involved could not count the exact number of attackers. But since you are being nice and taking his word for it, it should be ok. >Interesting move to the passive voice! Compare "10 of them beat him up" to "Afghans were beaten". It almost seems like it was simply circumstance. I think Indian were more than "also involved", don't you? They beat up the Afghans after hitting one of them with a car. They beat up the Afghans after the Afghans beat some of them up because one of them hit an Afghan with a car. And he says he did it accidentally. Stop distorting what he said. If you know otherwise, write about that, but being snarly is not a rebuttal. >Did they put this out on Twitter or Facebook? I think you mean, "someone spread a rumour that they were planning to beat down ever Indian". No they shouted and threatened to beat every Indian. This is most certainly an exaggeration to be sure. There were far more Indians than Afghans on the campus. >And again, more "involvement". Which he has already pointed. >Perhaps, but your story doesn't support that. Of course. Even if his story was correct, we can't make a sweeping generalization about Afghans. >Your tale sounds like a kid trying desperately not to lie, but bending the truth just about as far as possible to make it seem that "he started it and it's all his fault" :) I am glad you can make all of that about somebody. What little I could gather about you is that you knew nothing about the incident yet can be vicious and lawyerly about someone who does. Also imagine a situation when a group of Indian students beats up an American driver in LSU. We can be sure how balanced the narrative would be then.