Posted on 09/18/2013 8:56:08 AM PDT by newb2012
Some stuff still leaves me puzzled here. How can a 'Bollywood 'dance sequence be considered 'Miss.America's' talent? If someone’s born an American and claim to be all American, wouldn’t they have some original American talent to show and win the prestigious Miss.America title? Does a nation have to become so diverse that it'd loose its own identity? The most sad part is the dance number the winner performed - in no way shows how beautiful Indian fine arts are either. I find the performance to be more of mockery of classical form of the art.
I don't honestly think that any girl of non-Indian descent would have been crowned Miss.India in India or for that matter in any other country. Sonia Gandhi is from the Gandhi family which is still India's first family. Gandhi’s family had been loved and kept on high pedestal by the people of India through her fight for independence and thereafter. They celebrated the family's political victories and mourned each time they lost a Gandhi to extremism through generations. And each time they elected someone from the family to succeed their deceased leader. Yet, because of her Italian origins, Sonia Gandhi is taking a back seat when it comes to leading the country unlike any other person from that family. And that decision is expected and respected by the nation and most leaders.
Each country has its own talent and people capable enough to represent and lead the country. It is important for America to remain America and India to remain India. It’d be lovely see people from any country to stand their ground and take pride and humility in what and where they are from and represent their own country in its originality with its strengths and setbacks. We dont want to see ‘Miss.The Most Diverse Nation On The Planet”, but certainly love to see Miss.America without having to miss America.
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Careful, you’ll end up getting a lecture from ‘justlurking’...
You didn't have to. You used all the common "code words", like "loyalty to your own kind", and "your own people", "your countrymen". I'd provide you some links where you'll find that theme repeatedly, but it would get me banned.
Using Japan's restrictive immigration policy -- which discriminates against non-Japanese Asian ethnicity like Korean and Chinese -- as a positive example, it was a dead giveaway. There, gaijin is translated as "outsider", but is used to refer to foreigners with a negative connotation.
Try to progress Progressive. It’s a new world.
When you resort to name-calling, you've conceded that you lost the argument. Have a nice day.
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Name-calling? You mean like calling someone a racist? The fact that the word countryman is so offensive to you or implies wrongdoing says everything there is to know about you. You and I will never see eye to eye as we are far different people.
I see some exposed skin on the middle one. Stone her.
I have no problem with her performance, nor her heritage. But of all the things to get worked up about. Really?
Of all the things I have to worry about at the moment, the Miss America talent competition is pretty far down the list.
Okay, NOW you’re just baiting him!
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Just trying to be helpful.
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