[Leica] Jayanard's rant

[Steve Barbour]

> On Feb 4, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Does it mean that if there is racism in India, it absolves the USA of being racist, just because I am saying it? Does it not mean both are wrong?
> 
> And to answer your question, yes, I was in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, a couple of years ago.



Jayanand, sorry, but I believe that both countries are very racist. And please forgive my friend Larry who misspoke.
It wasn’t a rant Larry, you are known for occasional rants,



steve





> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On 05-Feb-2016, at 04:55, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Come off it Jayanand. Have you been to Kashmir recently. If any press lies to it’s readers it is the Indian press. I suggest you read the story of what happened after the 1947 partition.
>> http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/the-great-divide-books-dalrymple
>> At least in India the vice is institutionalized. When I lived there I was advised that the magic mantra I could use in any dispute with the authorities was “Is there any special fee I can pay to expedite this matter?” Usually there was.
>> India is a wonderful country but to accuse any other country of racism or religious intolerance is the pot calling the kettle black.
>> Larry Z
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