Tejek, RE: "Its normal enough that it got the attention of Dateline or 60 Minutes."
Since when has Dateline covered normal everyday things?
Sorry, I meant 'common enough', not normal.
Normal is "boring", while sensationalism sells.
American news, including Dateline, is based upon sensationalism.
Given that I've met more than a thousand Indians at this point in my career, am reasonably certain none of them dumped oil on somebody. What you describe is not normal, even by Indian standards.
There are nearly 1 billion Indians. What makes you think your sampling is anything but anecdotal?! On that show, there were any number of examples......whole sections in hospitals were reserved for these disfigured women. Z first heard about it over ten years ago. How many women do you think have been disfigured...hundreds? thousands? tens of thousands? The fact that there is even one is one too many.
And what kind of country is India that requires the parents of the bride to come up with huge dowries.......appliances even cars? I too have met some very nice Indians but they too have told me of other unpleasanteries in India. Its why they have emigrated to the States.
edit: And of those thousands that I know, they have never indicated this is the norm. My contacts include a Mayor in one of the most largest cities in India, people that originated from villages, engineers, and the humanitarian workers who are plugged in. It is incorrect to say this is the norm of the country. It is correct to say it is practised in certain villages by some family systems. If it was considered normal behavior, India's laws would not have made it illegal.
Come on, Amy, do you think I am naive enough to believe all Indians are bad. Unfortunately, there is enough bad going on that its disturbing. Not all men rape women but is it wrong to discuss the issue and say you do not like those men who do?
On another note, does anyone know the economic policies of Edwards and Kerry? Or, is that too boring of a topic? Maybe people would prefer to discuss political dirt, rather than economic solutions. And maybe the news media is forced to echo their readers' interests.
Why the sarcasm? If you want to talk about their domestic programs on the thread, then do so. Here's a link to a question and answer session with Edwards on the economy:
issues2000.org
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