Andrei.Hicks wrote on Dec 14^th, 2010 at 3:59pm:





The Amritsar Massacre, also known as the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, is an extremely dishonorable and disgraceful event because of the kind of brutality that was practiced by the British on the helpless Indians. For a long time, the soldiers unloaded the bullets ruthlessly and brutally on the crowd that was trapped to death. Nearly four hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were severely injured.

This appalling and horrifying event of the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar resulted in the mass Indian uprising and insurgence and ultimately led to the Indian Freedom. But, the tragic day of the massacre in Amritsar will always bring a bloodcurdling and terrifying memory in the minds of all Indians.

http://www.mapsofindia.com/amritsar/massacre.html

Please delete wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 4:05am:


None that WOULD, but all of them SHOULD.

"If we want to help them, instead of giving them cash, fund and build the technology ourselves," - gizmo.

So I keep asking - how are you going to do this?

Please delete wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 7:09am:


With who's permission do you think????

Please delete wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 7:16am:


No ernie, you're just being deliberately obtuse......

I've never said anything other than that to OFFER to teach and help build the power systems is a better idea than just throwing cash at the countries to keep them quiet......

"No ernie, you're just being deliberately obtuse......"

No, you've lazily proposed and argued as if your idea is achievable.

It isn't.

You're sayig that we should build things ourselves, with aid money, to prevent the money getting into the hands of tinpot dictators.

So how are you going to do it?

buzzanddidj wrote on Dec 14^th, 2010 at 8:31pm:


Completely and totally off-topic.
I know you are not trying to link in a massacre to someone I was referring to - who incidentally was decorated twice for service to his country in India.

Anyway, off topic.

Let them all crowd around a black and white set by the 100 as per usual.

When we outsourced at my last place to India, people thought we were taking advantage by paying them $500 per year instead of the $40k to Aus staff.

Now $500 per year is EIGHT TIMES the cost of living in Chennai.

Hence my point, they don't need to be on the same footing as us, they never have been so they don't miss it.

The problem I have with so many people on the Left is that they seem incapable of looking at matters economically - they seem always without exception to being in social equality.