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2003-08-04 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-08-04 1:39:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 India's intelligence services clearly have no problems getting their hands dirty. And yet terrorist attacks occur on a regular basis. I wonder how much of it is the result of corruption among the guardians of the peace and what is attributable to demographic facts (10% of India's population is Muslim).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-4 9:56:29 AM|| 2003-8-4 9:56:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for squaring me away, Paul.

Posted by 11A5S 2003-8-4 12:01:31 PM|| 2003-8-4 12:01:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Mumbai=Bombay no? Jeez, I want Peking, Rhodesia, and Burma back!

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-8-4 4:24:45 PM|| 2003-8-4 4:24:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mumbai=Bombay no? Jeez, I want Peking, Rhodesia, and Burma back!

Actually, I don't think any of these countries has ever called us USA. The Korean name for the US is mee gook, or rice country. The Chinese name for the US is mei guo or beautiful country. I have no idea what the Indian name for the US is, but I doubt it's USA or even America. And these are just a few examples. I don't really see why we should change our traditional names for these countries just on their say-so. Would they change what they call us on our say-so (esp. Iran, which calls us the Great Satan)*?

* Israel being the Little Satan

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-4 4:53:47 PM|| 2003-8-4 4:53:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 And these are just a few examples.

The Japanese call the US beikoku. See any resemblance to either USA or America? NMM, if you have a problem with the English language, feel free to adopt another one - French, for example.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-4 5:02:19 PM|| 2003-8-4 5:02:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Zhang--I'm very happy with English and was lamenting our changing names of cities/countries to suit the whims of Third World asshats--but French is fine too! We already pronounce Niger the French way so as to avoid an appointment with the Rev Jackson!

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-8-4 10:15:36 PM|| 2003-8-4 10:15:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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