I wonder if Bugs Bunny's "Swami" character was based on this guy.
Posted on 04/12/2026 10:35:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A monument honoring Indian spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda was unveiled Saturday at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, marking a milestone event for the city and its growing Indian American community.
The ceremony took place Saturday afternoon at the park along 1900 Westlake Ave., across from the Westin Seattle. The statue is a gift from the Government of India to the City of Seattle.
Swami Vivekananda, who lived from 1863 to 1902, is widely recognized for introducing the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to Western audiences. His address at the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where he spoke on universal brotherhood and religious tolerance, remains influential more than a century later.
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More Indian idols.
I hope all goes well.
Hindus I’ve met are really intelligent and peaceful people. Not sure about home grown Hindus, just met a few from India. I even like Indian food, but hard to find where I live. You can always enjoy other peoples cultures and cuisine without joining their religions.
I wonder if Bugs Bunny's "Swami" character was based on this guy.
You can enjoy those things without their people being here too.
As if we didn’t already have a surplus of those.
Perhaps.
I posit that the appropriate amount of statues of Indians and their deities in America is...zero.
Swami, how I love ya, how I love ya
My dear old Swami...
Just doin’ what the Hindu.
Is it them again, Yogi? (Wrong Yogi.)
“Diversity is our strength.”
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They said...
“Diversity is our strength.”
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Plus, Indian, Haitian, Somali, Guatamalan and Mexican FOOD makes having millions crossing our border ILLEGALLY completely worth the cost...!
:-/
I was in a Costco in a Seattle suburb to pick up eggs for my wife - she couldn’t find them in any stores. I grabbed my one item and headed to the line. We were right on the cusp of a snow/ice storm so the place was packed. Every counter had a line that extended 50 feet or so back through the aisles.
The guy in front of me had three large packages of chocolates, so I made some quip about our odd preparations for the storm.
He laughed, and said that he was traveling to visit his family in India, and they love American chocolate. We engaged in other conversation - his American English was remarkably good. He had gone to some university in the states. “I spent most of my spare time watching TV and cartoons - pretty sure that’s where I figured out how to speak American.”
I commented with all the people in the store it must remind him of India - being so crowded at all. He looked around “Well, in more ways than one!”
I looked out - it was most brown people that had crowded the store. “Oh yes - I can see that!”
I just wish that so many of them wouldn’t take their entire extended family, walk 5 people abreast, and stop at every food cart.
45% of my suburb is foreign born. I’m waiting for it to hit 51% so I can apply for all the minority benefit packages. (Well, that 45% isn’t counting their children born in the states, so I guess I should head down to City Hall tomorrow.)
You’re the one going to extremes. I never said or even thought any of those weird things.
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