DISQUS

> if you selectively put up certain types of images of course you are going
> to piss people off.

Oh, I see. So Derek's the fountainhead of some sort of Anti-India Conspiracy?

My first thought was move it to where?

I thought exactly the same thing... followed by "what, they should take it all indoors?" :)

This post is resonant with me, in terms of having a big "whoa, this is totally not what I'm used to... why am I responding the way I am to this?" moment. I've never been to India, but what Derek is describing here is very similar to my experience in Hong Kong/ Shanghai/ Beijing. I kinda summarized my experience as being "getting a sense of the fact that I'm an ignorant American and the world is incomprehensibly huge and there's no 'universally right' way to live."

I've never seen traffic like what traffic's like in Shanghai/Beijing. The seas of bicyclists, the constant honking (at all hours), huge boxes being strapped to ad-hoc carts which look like they might topple at any moment, the whole thing... totally different from in the U.S., where you can be ticketed for not staying between some painted lines, or coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. From what I understand/have heard, traffic in India is a degree of intensity greater than in China. Since I'm a wuss American, that just sounds scary to me. :)

It looks to me that one of the only folks who seem to have really gotten the point of Derek's post was Tracy, up there near the top.

Derek's not making any judgements about anything other than his own preconceptions... and is bold enough to admit that his thinking was narrow and has thankfully broadened. I think we should be applauding that instead of feeling maligned or defensive because he's not posting pictures of the beautiful areas of India.

Derek, you might want to put a "OMFG, I'm NOT Summarizing the Whole of India in a Single Blog Post!!!" disclaimer at the top or something. :)

Thanks for the pointer!

I stumbled across this post and ended up installing and checking out HAML. It's suh-weet!