Pepsi president likens U.S. to middle finger (Food giant now doing damage control in wake of speech)

The remarks by Indra Nooyi, an India-born woman who also serves as PepsiCo's chief financial officer, came during a speech Sunday to graduates at Columbia Business School. Nooyi then went on to say the five major continents in the world can each be represented by a finger on the hand. She said Africa was the pinkie; She said our thumb is Asia; Europe was compared to the index finger; South America, including Latin America, was likened to the ring finger; She said her analogy "leaves the long, middle finger for North America, and in particular, the United States.

I stopped reading at "you" because it is sophomoric to so start a sentence, I do not debate the immature -- and, especially, because I am not the subject of this thread.

Oh yeaah? Really? I may be "sophomoric" (I was a sophomore only about 3 years back) but I am not stupid. You did read my whole post or you would have had no idea what I was talking about, immature or sophomoric. For all you know I could be praising you with the "People like you....." comment (and you would have had no problem with that).

If you bother to read the thread and have a point to make relative to it, get back to me and I shall see if I might spare a minute to read what you have to say.

Meanwhile you might also read FReeRepublic's purpose and decide if you will ever contribute to it rather than continue to be a disrupter and bent, it is apparent, upon attempting to create dissent.

Disrupter? Well sorry but I dont intend to join you in your anti-India/ anti-Hindu tirade which seems to be your part of the contribution to FR among others. And I have no interest in reading your thread because I feel it is at best juvenile to react over something so silly akin to Muslims in my country reacting to the "Newsweek fiasco". Nope I dont join fools in their emotionally charged agitation.

The only reason why you had to ping me to the thread was so that you could demonstrate your rage/hate for Indians/Hindus. Let me tell you I am a Hindu-Brahmin-Indian and everything you would love to hate and I dont think you can/should expect support from me for your anti-India/anti-Hindu cause.

And further more you may be unique in you stupidity but not unique in you prejudice.

And finally, I will continue to pray that you find your way to spiritual enlightenment and salvation in Our Lord.

Comming from you I should consider that a kind gesture but we have "Our Lord" to take care of our spiritual enlightenment and salvation. I dont suppose "spiritual enlightenment and salvation" are exclusive Christian monopoly.

"We disrespected local aristocracy which kept our families run into the ground by virtue of birth"

This is what you stated and this is what I replied to. Probably the greatest American to live, George Washington, would surely be called "local aristocracy".

I don't see the connection of disrespecting a group of people because of their wealth or status.

BTW, I'm sure the "Native Americans" could come up with similar facts to which you have linked to.

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