Originally Posted by fatbrit (Post 9750685)

For most coming to the US, they'll only become an expat in the US if they marry an American. I presume you have some right to live in Goa if married to a native. The US forum, BTW, is full of British expats who live in the US.

I've been to India twice FYI. Never been an expat there, though.

Somebody on this forum posts general interest stories. Occasionally they interest me and I post a reply. More often than not I'm then subjected to abuse from the mod and concierge. I don't actually care that much, but it might be nice if your reply was actually based on a disagreement with what I wrote rather than just hurling personal insults at those who don't holiday in Goa, or don't believe the Daily Mail is evil incarnate.

FYI, I post all over the US forums often, TIO and the Lab frequently, the Lounge and MBTTUK occasionally. Despite the fact its akin to gouging out your eyes with a rusty piece of barbed wire, I even sometimes post in Goa where the subject is of general interest.

Originally Posted by Bipat (Post 9750894)

I must say I quite enjoy your posts. (Not a great Daily Mail fan).
Also, I am often not very popular on this forum either!!!

Originally Posted by k800mer (Post 9750959)

Perhaps you should try to be less pompous and know it all especially when you are pontificating on things you obviously know nothing about.. We all know what the situation is for people who used to be or want to be expats in Goa you obviously do not.

Originally Posted by a_f_d (Post 9751177)

back on topic:
Anna Hazare loses the plot - or shows true colours?

AndyD 8-)#

Originally Posted by dreadsoc (Post 9750614)

There is no such thing as a proper expat in India - considering they have chenged the visa rules and foreigners cannot live there for 12 months of the year - they have to go into a 2 month exile from India after 180 days.

Dread - x

Originally Posted by prestonjohn (Post 9751681)

Anna Hazar is just an RSS/BJP stooge foot soldier.Same with that other so called moral leader Baba Ram Dam who sodded off back to his palatial ashram in Rishikesh when things got too hot for him in Delhi.I'm amazed any one could call Hazar a Ghandian too. Because the RSS shot him. People have short memories in India of Indians but not when it comes down to so called colonial crimes of the British and the Portuguese .

Originally Posted by Bipat (Post 9751424)

I think that is an old story Andy, he apparently got rid of alcohol in an entire village this way. I don't think he is a likeable person but if the movement suceeds it will be hopefully helpful.

Originally Posted by a_f_d (Post 9751781)

Bloody Hell luv - you really have drunk the RSS/BJP Coolaid!
This bloke has just run a massive anti-corruption campaign on a "righteous Gandhian" ticket, a campaign for an effective mechanism to allow the rule of law to effectively crack down on the corrupt. Now (and it isn't an old story) he advocates the use of illegal violence against the person by self appointed tinpot dictators (a group with which he identifies himself) to prevent something he dislikes.
OK, the 'something' is unpleasant** and, like corruption, needs to be tackled; but it needs to be tackled within the rule of law, otherwise you are in Lynch-mob territory. By proposing illegal means to tackle one ill in society Anna Hazare has lost all moral authority to demand legislative changes to tackle another ill. Corruption in India is a social evil that urgently needs to be tackled.

Domestic violence, often fueled by drink, is another.

The assumption by people in authority at all levels, appointed or self-appointed, that they can and should freely issue directives to others with or without clear legal sanction; is yet another.

** Please read the link I originally posted, including the Comments - there is a lengthy one that clearly describes the 'something' and I recognise the seriousness of the problems described. So did the Victorian temperance movement (which incidentally , together with the Vegetarians, was quick to embrace the young Sri Mohandas when he was in London), but they would never have suggested vigilante floggings! Then re-read your earlier posts where, amongst other things, you have tried to downplay the seriousness or ubiquity of domestic violence in India. Which is it? - something that is not that widespread, or something so widespread and serious that it justifies illegal lynch-mob behaviour?

AndyD

P.S. Having no 'history' to influence me, I also, approved of some recent posts by FatBrit.

P.P.S How do I stop the spellchecker flagging up my perfectly good UK English spellings? <g>

Originally Posted by a_f_d (Post 9751781)

Bloody Hell luv - you really have drunk the RSS/BJP Coolaid!
This bloke has just run a massive anti-corruption campaign on a "righteous Gandhian" ticket, a campaign for a workable mechanism to allow the rule of law to effectively crack down on the corrupt. Now (and it isn't an old story) he advocates the use of illegal violence against the person by self appointed tinpot dictators (a group with which he identifies himself) to prevent something he dislikes.
OK, the 'something' is unpleasant** and, like corruption, needs to be tackled; but it needs to be tackled within the rule of law, otherwise you are in Lynch-mob territory. By proposing illegal means to tackle one ill in society Anna Hazare has lost all moral authority to demand legislative changes to tackle another ill.

Corruption in India is a social evil that urgently needs to be tackled.

Domestic violence, often fueled by drink, is another.

The assumption by people in authority at all levels, appointed or self-appointed, that they can and should freely issue directives to others with or without clear legal sanction; is yet another.

** Please read the link I originally posted, including the Comments - there is a lengthy one that clearly describes the 'something' and I recognise the seriousness of the problems described. So did the Victorian temperance movement (which incidentally , together with the Vegetarians, was quick to embrace the young Sri Mohandas when he was in London), but they would never have suggested vigilante floggings! Then re-read your earlier posts where, amongst other things, you have tried to downplay the seriousness or ubiquity of domestic violence in India. Which is it? - something that is not that widespread, or something so widespread and serious that it justifies illegal lynch-mob behaviour?

AndyD

P.S. Having no 'history' to influence me, I also, approved of some recent posts by FatBrit.

P.P.S How do I stop the spellchecker flagging up my perfectly good UK English spellings? <g>

Originally Posted by prestonjohn (Post 9751868)

Which Godse are writing about Bipat ? The one they hanged or the his brother who got life ? Because the brother, who died about 6 years ago, was a real Khaki Knicker Wallah down to his polished brown shoes.He kept his brothers ashes near a shrine in his flat because he said he wanted to scatter them in the Indus River after India had destroyed Pakistan....He was RSS from his flat feet to his bald head.I suppose you know that the RSS was based on Hitlers Brown Shirts, they even copied the uniforms.Brown shirts and shorts and of course leather belts and polished shoes and a lathi instead of a truncheon.You can see them exercising on that park opposite Victoria terminus in Mumbai in the morning.Sheila Dikshit the mayor of New Delhi had the guts to ban them from the parks.As for colonial crimes, the police in India have since independence, murdered more people than the British ever did in 200 years.Gujarat, Punjab etc etc.....if we are so hated then why did they keep our legal system after Independence..? Ps i keep wondering why my spell checker keeps going American on me too...!