Comments on: Don’t drop the soap http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nizam of Sarakki http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46771 Nizam of Sarakki Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:41:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46771 <p>Amitabh, if "the thought of Indians going through that experience (rapes, beatings) is so horrible and depressing," I'm afraid the low rate of desi incarceration in America is cold comfort. The situation in Indian prisons is worse (in different ways, having more to do with neglect and deprivation than organized inmate violence, because prisons just arent that large). But worse, I dont doubt it.</p> <p>Abhi, "I can now guarantee you that I will never go to the big house." Did you come up with this guarantee before or after the Patriot Act was reauthorized?</p> Amitabh, if “the thought of Indians going through that experience (rapes, beatings) is so horrible and depressing,” I’m afraid the low rate of desi incarceration in America is cold comfort. The situation in Indian prisons is worse (in different ways, having more to do with neglect and deprivation than organized inmate violence, because prisons just arent that large). But worse, I dont doubt it.

Abhi, “I can now guarantee you that I will never go to the big house.” Did you come up with this guarantee before or after the Patriot Act was reauthorized?

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By: PearlJamFan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46640 PearlJamFan Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:58:46 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46640 <p>Alot of Punjabi drug smugglers are ending up in jails in Seattle, Washington. There was story I saw in which a Seattle judge said the 50% of the cases involiving drugs arrests of drug smugglers into USA from Canada are Indo-Canadians.</p> <p>So soon Desi's will have a big population in Seattle jails.</p> Alot of Punjabi drug smugglers are ending up in jails in Seattle, Washington. There was story I saw in which a Seattle judge said the 50% of the cases involiving drugs arrests of drug smugglers into USA from Canada are Indo-Canadians.

So soon Desi’s will have a big population in Seattle jails.

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By: chapathi power http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46480 chapathi power Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:27:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46480 <p>You have a small head.</p> You have a small head.

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By: Abhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46477 Abhi Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:21:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46477 <blockquote>That photoshopped pic just slays me for some reason, abhi.</blockquote> <p>Photoshopped picture?? :)</p> That photoshopped pic just slays me for some reason, abhi.

Photoshopped picture?? :)

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By: MD http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46476 MD Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:14:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46476 <p>That photoshopped pic just slays me for some reason, abhi.</p> That photoshopped pic just slays me for some reason, abhi.

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By: Gumby http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46470 Gumby Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:02:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46470 <p>No. My cousins are incarcerated and will remain for most of his life, sadly. Needless to say, this has devastated our entire family. So I tend to jump to conclusions. Hadn't seen your other post. Best.</p> No. My cousins are incarcerated and will remain for most of his life, sadly. Needless to say, this has devastated our entire family. So I tend to jump to conclusions. Hadn’t seen your other post. Best.

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By: Abhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46469 Abhi Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:55:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46469 <blockquote>Abhi, Why do I know that you wouldn't have written about Jailhouse abuses so cavalierly, had the victims been women instead of men.</blockquote> <p>There is nothing "cavalier" about my post. <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001619.html" target="_blank">I think about prison often</a>. I often use humor to broach a serious topic that, as seen by some of the comments, others think about as well.</p> <blockquote>During your visit, in order to confirm my claim, you can look up some of the boys like - Mitt, Pramo, D, Richie.. and see for yourself if they are the kind who get passed or do the passing.</blockquote> <p>I'll take your word for it although I am not sure that "doing the passing" leaves you any better off.</p> <p>Have you spent time on the inside Gumby?</p> Abhi, Why do I know that you wouldn’t have written about Jailhouse abuses so cavalierly, had the victims been women instead of men.

There is nothing “cavalier” about my post. I think about prison often. I often use humor to broach a serious topic that, as seen by some of the comments, others think about as well.

During your visit, in order to confirm my claim, you can look up some of the boys like – Mitt, Pramo, D, Richie.. and see for yourself if they are the kind who get passed or do the passing.

I’ll take your word for it although I am not sure that “doing the passing” leaves you any better off.

Have you spent time on the inside Gumby?

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By: Gumby http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46466 Gumby Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:44:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46466 <p>Abhi, Why do I know that you wouldn't have written about Jailhouse abuses so cavalierly, had the victims been women instead of men. The double standard prevalent even amongst seemingly educated people when the victim of violence is a man is truly condemnable.</p> <p>Btw, Since the Blacks are pouncing on anyone brown, the desi's almost always throw in their lot with the latino's. When shit hits the fan, nobody is taking time outs and enquiring after your ethnicity. The only thing that matters is whether you are black or brown</p> <p>And I don't know about the Los Angeles prison's, but if you were to visit the bay area jail system, you would notice that the desi's here do not get "passed" around by anybody. During your visit, in order to confirm my claim, you can look up some of the boys like - Mitt, Pramo, D, Richie.. and see for yourself if they are the kind who get passed or do the passing.</p> <p>Or, you can do some archival research in the San Jose Mercury New Paper about Punjabi/Indian Gangs.</p> Abhi, Why do I know that you wouldn’t have written about Jailhouse abuses so cavalierly, had the victims been women instead of men. The double standard prevalent even amongst seemingly educated people when the victim of violence is a man is truly condemnable.

Btw, Since the Blacks are pouncing on anyone brown, the desi’s almost always throw in their lot with the latino’s. When shit hits the fan, nobody is taking time outs and enquiring after your ethnicity. The only thing that matters is whether you are black or brown

And I don’t know about the Los Angeles prison’s, but if you were to visit the bay area jail system, you would notice that the desi’s here do not get “passed” around by anybody. During your visit, in order to confirm my claim, you can look up some of the boys like – Mitt, Pramo, D, Richie.. and see for yourself if they are the kind who get passed or do the passing.

Or, you can do some archival research in the San Jose Mercury New Paper about Punjabi/Indian Gangs.

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By: dhaavak http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46463 dhaavak Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:12:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46463 <blockquote>a <i>strapping slopeheaded unibrowed jat fellow </i>was telling me about his application to the police force... they need local rep, <i>people who look like us to go after people who look like us</i>...</blockquote> <p>i didnt quite mean that literally.</p> a strapping slopeheaded unibrowed jat fellow was telling me about his application to the police force… they need local rep, people who look like us to go after people who look like us

i didnt quite mean that literally.

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By: hd http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/12/dont_drop_the_s/comment-page-1/#comment-46448 hd Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:14:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3002#comment-46448 <blockquote>i imagine in BC punjabi prisoners (unfortunatly) are in enough numbers that its different. </blockquote> <p>on the positive side... i see it as opening desi horizons... i was in a cab the other day and a strapping slopeheaded unibrowed jat fellow was telling me about his application to the police force... they need local rep, people who look like us to go after people who look like us...</p> i imagine in BC punjabi prisoners (unfortunatly) are in enough numbers that its different.

on the positive side… i see it as opening desi horizons… i was in a cab the other day and a strapping slopeheaded unibrowed jat fellow was telling me about his application to the police force… they need local rep, people who look like us to go after people who look like us…

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