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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:28 PM Original message |
Why do you suppose India is turning down relief/help from the outside? |
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commander bunnypants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. from what I hear |
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illflem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. They're smart |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Exactly! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
59. Especially when anything comes from America. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
76. Tsumani Relief as Subterfuge? Pentagon re-enters Vietnam-era Thai air base |
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juliagoolia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
84. This is right. They are a LARGE self reliant capable nation. |
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MissBrooks (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like a Pride Issue to me... |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It really is a pride issue. It is also stupid when there are thousands |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Probably the same reason I won't let my in-laws buy me a car. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yup |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Yep, stopped taking anything from mom. n/t |
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bo44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. I know what you mean very well |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. They probably have their own resources and what they don't accept |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'd heard India is actually sending help to the other countries involved |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. India is turning down releif because |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. So you're saying they are like Bush? |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I don't know |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. But Bush treats Americans just like that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Deleted message |
Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Oh really? When was the last time you were in India? |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Not recently |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Ahhhh, you were fed a line of bullshit |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I think Walt Starr is right |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
83. and NYC tore up that Saudi check on 9/12... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. Deleted message |
The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 11:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Good point in that last paragraph. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #72 |
85. Since the moderator thought to remove a poster which was not |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Ah... |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. too remote |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
87. You sound as though you think India is still in the 19th century. |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. You may have put the finger on the right button.When India is involved |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. That's a really ignorant statement |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. In Indian society, if you are poor and are also from lower caste, |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. oh please...enlighten yourself |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Here is an inkling as to what they go through |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Deleted message |
The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Why didn't India embrace Ms. Gandi? Englighten me. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. If you're talking about Sonia, her party won. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. I judge people by the way they treat me and others like me. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. being a liberal means drawing your |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. By value, I mean the dignity you expect in all human interactions. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. what...ever |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I really can't believe that |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I know it's true |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Odd...reports say India is taking care of it's own |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. You need to talk to this person |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Walt |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I was getting that drift |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. maybe |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Sorta like a sockpuppet? |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. No |
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outergeorge (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Not likely |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
70. One reason they do not want Western aid is it would become apparent |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Interesting first post |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Init though? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. We got us a winner. Exactly. Indians are a people who have a history |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
65. As an ex-commercial fishermen |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Ed!!!!! |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Thank you CatWoman |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. I believe they are asking relief to go to other countries |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe telling the world "We have arrived!" |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!! |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Same reason that the U.S. turned down foreign aid on the hurricanes |
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nascarblue (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's all just booga-booga to keep you in line! |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. The reason is that India is looking for recognition |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. see, I should have pm'd/asked you straight up |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. In the realm of medicines, I believe India already has manufacturing |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. India left third world status behind years ago. |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. pride? (NT) |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Yep, the US declined foreign assistance during the Florida Hurricanes this |
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Jesus H. Christ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. strings |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. yeah but |
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Jesus H. Christ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Are they? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Yes, they're accepting aid from the UN & NGO's |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. India doesn't need the aid |
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nascarblue (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. No, there was an article about that the other day... |
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obnoxiousdrunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. Heard that |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. India has arrived...and they see America as a meddler.... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Hi, Dennis!!! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 02:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
78. Kung Hee fat Choy...... Happy and Properous new Year. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's really a matter of pride |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
58. because they don't want to owe political favors |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
64. May I put an end to some speculation? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Thank you! |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 12:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
75. Quite right and well said. India is in no way as simple as |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
74. i believe they do have the resources |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
77. As the leader of Non-Aligned Nations |
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satori (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-04 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
79. Because they know Bush will want to start more wars |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. DR from Harvard Medical School who is a Public Health Service Physican. |
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jmatthan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
89. I posted this in another thread |
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