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impik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:15 PM
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Members of Indian Parliament ordered not to jump on Obama...

The president will address the Indian Parliament in few hours (7 am, ET), and thousands of Indians Politicians were denied invitation because of limited space. Those who will get in - were asked to behave and not jump on Obama to shake his hands etc. :)

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:18 PM
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:21 PM
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2. Why, 'cause they want to shake Obama's hand?
Look, I know it's fashionable to hate the guy on DU, but that's just a bit much.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:25 PM
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6. Where did the suggestion of hating Obama come from?
Not me!
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:22 PM
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3. By what standard?
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:23 PM
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Crowds and pushing through to get to the front
That and the way people move through streets in both civilizations.

Driving in either country makes diving in New Jersey easy.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:30 PM
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8. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Edited on Sun Nov-07-10 10:30 PM by Starbucks Anarchist
As if that's unique to them (both civilizations far older than us), let alone that your hypothesis makes no sense whatsoever. By your logic, Vatican City is the height of civilization.

Jesus Christ, DU is fucking stupid sometimes.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:41 PM
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:42 PM
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10. Yep.
All of America is like Montana. :rofl:
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:46 PM
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11. nah, Vermont
Too many injuns like me up in Montana. They oughtta go back where they came from!
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:29 PM
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7. Sounds like you truly have some ill feelings about your recent trip to Asia
What is civilized? Have you been reading Malthus or Spengler?
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 11:16 PM
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13. Wow, what a bigoted post.
The 1800s called, they want their racist derision towards The East back.
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Duke Newcombe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:23 PM
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4. Is it "normal" in Indian culture..
...to literally "jump" on someone who you wish to meat, or who's hand you want to shake?
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smitra Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 11:41 PM
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14. No, the normal greeting in India is a 'namaste', done from a distance with folded hands...
...'jumping' on someone you would like to meet is usually what happens to rock stars, or those in equivalent celebrity status. Seeing movies of the way the youth of the 60s 'jumped' on the Beatles tells me it is a long-standing tradition in the West too (ref: the racist sub-thread above).
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:23 PM
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5. What a rock star!
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-07-10 10:51 PM
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12. He may need that same rule at the next State of the Union...
... albiet a different KIND of "jumping on him."
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