Comments on: A to Z of the CWG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/ 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: Varun Shekhar http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-279175 Varun Shekhar Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:22:03 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-279175 <p>28 reasons why the Commonwealth games shouldn't be held in Australia:</p> <ol> <li>Genocide against indigenous people</li> <li>War crimes against Japanese POW's</li> <li>Proliferation of alien rabbits across pristine ecosphere - destroying native habitat and species</li> <li>Deadly snakes</li> <li>Biological warfare against rabbits using myxymatosis virus</li> <li>Deadly spiders</li> <li>Baby eating wild dog packs</li> <li>Deadly jelly fish</li> <li>Gangs of racist murdering thugs</li> <li>Gangs of Lebanese thugs</li> <li>Mistreatment and human rights abuse of Vietnamese boat people</li> <li>Serial killers preying on tourists</li> <li>Racist yahoos shooting defenceless kangaroos using spotlights on jeeps</li> <li>Deadly lizards</li> <li>Participation in illegal foreign wars (Vietnam, Iraq…)</li> <li>Deadly rodents</li> <li>Enforced drought through abuse of natural water resources</li> <li>Xenophobic attitude in average citizens</li> <li>Violent and abusive police force</li> <li>Deadly crocodiles 21.poor air quality due to excessive mining of radio active materials. Danger to athletes' health.</li> </ol> <p>22, residue from atmospheric nuclear tests by the British govt 23. wildfires 24. tsunami risk 25. failed project managed on collins sub program reveals aussie weakness in managing large projects on their own 26. poor 2 lane road infra in the interior, crawling with high speed "road train" trucks ignoring all norms</p> <ol> <li>Racist Police</li> <li>Racist Media </li> </ol> 28 reasons why the Commonwealth games shouldn’t be held in Australia:

  1. Genocide against indigenous people
  2. War crimes against Japanese POW’s
  3. Proliferation of alien rabbits across pristine ecosphere – destroying native habitat and species
  4. Deadly snakes
  5. Biological warfare against rabbits using myxymatosis virus
  6. Deadly spiders
  7. Baby eating wild dog packs
  8. Deadly jelly fish
  9. Gangs of racist murdering thugs
  10. Gangs of Lebanese thugs
  11. Mistreatment and human rights abuse of Vietnamese boat people
  12. Serial killers preying on tourists
  13. Racist yahoos shooting defenceless kangaroos using spotlights on jeeps
  14. Deadly lizards
  15. Participation in illegal foreign wars (Vietnam, Iraq…)
  16. Deadly rodents
  17. Enforced drought through abuse of natural water resources
  18. Xenophobic attitude in average citizens
  19. Violent and abusive police force
  20. Deadly crocodiles 21.poor air quality due to excessive mining of radio active materials. Danger to athletes’ health.

22, residue from atmospheric nuclear tests by the British govt 23. wildfires 24. tsunami risk 25. failed project managed on collins sub program reveals aussie weakness in managing large projects on their own 26. poor 2 lane road infra in the interior, crawling with high speed “road train” trucks ignoring all norms

  1. Racist Police
  2. Racist Media
]]> By: Funny? http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278881 Funny? Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:45:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278881 <p>Here is what new Zealand thinks of Indians : http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/nz-television-host-does-it-again-this-time-ridiculing-dikshit-20101006-16753.html</p> <p>My question to you negativity-spewing Indians is : If the rest of the world is already ridiculing you and has no respect for you, why would you help them in that regard?</p> <p>Think about it – it’ll come to you.</p> Here is what new Zealand thinks of Indians : http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/nz-television-host-does-it-again-this-time-ridiculing-dikshit-20101006-16753.html

My question to you negativity-spewing Indians is : If the rest of the world is already ridiculing you and has no respect for you, why would you help them in that regard?

Think about it – it’ll come to you.

]]> By: Sceptical http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278867 Sceptical Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:04:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278867 <p>Frankly, anyone who claims to be an NRI or an Indian and argues that colonialism was a good thing, makes me sceptical that they are an NRI or an Indian at all. If you have any connection to India (or any pride or self-respect for that matter) at all, this argument is just ridiculous.</p> <p>Anyway, India is still number two to Australia in the medals table, ahead of England, no less! Let's see if they can keep it up!</p> Frankly, anyone who claims to be an NRI or an Indian and argues that colonialism was a good thing, makes me sceptical that they are an NRI or an Indian at all. If you have any connection to India (or any pride or self-respect for that matter) at all, this argument is just ridiculous.

Anyway, India is still number two to Australia in the medals table, ahead of England, no less! Let’s see if they can keep it up!

]]> By: Dhoni http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278865 Dhoni Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:35:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278865 <p>More ignorant nonsense. The former colonies of The French and Spanish empires as a group are nowhere near as hungry and impoverished as India for example. So how do you imagine they are worse off than the former British colonies??</p> More ignorant nonsense. The former colonies of The French and Spanish empires as a group are nowhere near as hungry and impoverished as India for example. So how do you imagine they are worse off than the former British colonies??

]]> By: Abhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278864 Abhi Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:28:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278864 <p>Stick to the topic hand or your comments will be promptly deleted. Repeat offenders banned. Thanks.</p> Stick to the topic hand or your comments will be promptly deleted. Repeat offenders banned. Thanks.

]]> By: Robert http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278863 Robert Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:06:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278863 <p>The non-white nations of the Commonwealth (ex-colonies of the british empire) together constitute by far the most abjectly impoverished grouping on the planet. Coincidence? I don't think so.</p> <hr /> <p>Fake. Lies. Former Spanish and French colonies are on average worse off. At Independece, India was at the GDP/person level close to Korea--the only reason we are now so shamefully behind S. Korea is our dumb Gandhi family crazy leadership.</p> The non-white nations of the Commonwealth (ex-colonies of the british empire) together constitute by far the most abjectly impoverished grouping on the planet. Coincidence? I don’t think so.

Fake. Lies. Former Spanish and French colonies are on average worse off. At Independece, India was at the GDP/person level close to Korea–the only reason we are now so shamefully behind S. Korea is our dumb Gandhi family crazy leadership.

]]> By: Dhoni http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278862 Dhoni Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:35:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278862 <p>Ignorant nonsense. Saudi Arabia and UAE weren't British colonies. And Hong Kong and Singapore are tiny city states.</p> <p>The non-white nations of the Commonwealth (ex-colonies of the british empire) together constitute by far the most abjectly impoverished grouping on the planet. Coincidence? I don't think so.</p> Ignorant nonsense. Saudi Arabia and UAE weren’t British colonies. And Hong Kong and Singapore are tiny city states.

The non-white nations of the Commonwealth (ex-colonies of the british empire) together constitute by far the most abjectly impoverished grouping on the planet. Coincidence? I don’t think so.

]]> By: Robert http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278860 Robert Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:41:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278860 <p>The white Anglo nations are all rich and fully developed while all the colored nations, the ex-colonies of the white Anglos, are all still poor, backward and undeveloped.</p> <hr /> <p>Not true of Saudi, UAE, HK, Singapore--please don't put the ridiculous rule and impoverishment of India anywhere than where it belongs--at the feet of the Gandhi Dynasty.</p> The white Anglo nations are all rich and fully developed while all the colored nations, the ex-colonies of the white Anglos, are all still poor, backward and undeveloped.

Not true of Saudi, UAE, HK, Singapore–please don’t put the ridiculous rule and impoverishment of India anywhere than where it belongs–at the feet of the Gandhi Dynasty.

]]> By: PG http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278859 PG Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:17:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278859 <p>Awesome opening ceremony!</p> <p>Go Team India!</p> Awesome opening ceremony!

Go Team India!

]]> By: Dhoni http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/10/02/a_to_z_of_the_c/comment-page-1/#comment-278853 Dhoni Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:22:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6342#comment-278853 <p>Why is India even in the Commonwealth? A worthless legacy of the British Empire. There is nothing "common" about the wealth in the Commonwealth. The white Anglo nations are all rich and fully developed while all the colored nations, the ex-colonies of the white Anglos, are all still poor, backward and undeveloped. Proof that colonization by the brits has had long term negative consequences for their victims....</p> <p>But the opening ceremony was fun. It was a grand showcase of traditional Indian culture. The music, drums, chanting, dancing, costumes etc were colorful, diverse and entertaining. Above all the section on Yoga was by far the most memorable, the best of show.</p> Why is India even in the Commonwealth? A worthless legacy of the British Empire. There is nothing “common” about the wealth in the Commonwealth. The white Anglo nations are all rich and fully developed while all the colored nations, the ex-colonies of the white Anglos, are all still poor, backward and undeveloped. Proof that colonization by the brits has had long term negative consequences for their victims….

But the opening ceremony was fun. It was a grand showcase of traditional Indian culture. The music, drums, chanting, dancing, costumes etc were colorful, diverse and entertaining. Above all the section on Yoga was by far the most memorable, the best of show.

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