[Assam] Obama : Anti-Immigrants ? Should go back home in a box?

[Jyotirmoy Sharma]

"Can't a raging racist country be a a terrific democracy too?"
I don't see  how. Any examples?
Another definition of democracy besides the obvious one of being able to
elect our own representatives - "a state of society characterized by formal
equality of rights and privileges; political or social equality; democratic
spirit."
JS


On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

> >  >..So much for the "greatest democracy in the
> world".
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> What does democracy have to do with racism?  Can't a raging racist
> country be a a terrific democracy too?
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> Or is democracy synonymous with all things good?
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> At 8:39 PM +0800 6/12/08, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote:
> >It is usually the old and the senile who refuse to change with the times.
> >Probably you could tell the old man that it's most likely that he would be
> >in box before Obama. That would be dangerous actually, that old person
> could
> >be carrying a gun :-)
> >Maybe colour is still a big issue in the US. A black man standing for the
> >White House is a big news there..So much for the "greatest democracy in
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> >world".
> >JS
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> >On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> >wrote:
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> >>  Hi,
> >>
> >>  Since many of us seem to be Obama fans amongst us or atleast Democrats
> >>  (those in the USA - NRAs) and are always criticing Iraq War etc and
> blaming
> >>  Bush, I have a question.
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> >>  The question is not mine. Actually, it is from a couple of students of
> mine
> >>  , who are now in the US. During our dinner conversation at their first
> >>  Indian (NRA) the students  started discussing politics, one worried
> that if
> >>  Obama wins the election then he would stop all H1B work visas which
> they aim
> >>  for and I am on right now. They seemed to have followed tha race pretty
> >>  closely. I do not access to TV.
> >>
> >>  However, yesterday I was at McDonalds sipping by iced coffee waiting
> for my
> >>  job to start and then came Obama on CNN tv channel. Saying all sorts of
> >>  stuff about healthcare, tax and what not, blaming the Bush govt for
> giving
> >>  millions to corporations etc. Along came an old guy (perhaps from an
> >>  assisted living housing nearby), might be eighty, shaking and walking.
> He
> >>  just looked at Obama on the TV and said, "He should be put in a box and
> sent
> >>  home."  Then the gentleman looked at me for approval and and nodded
> along.
> >>  Again he looked up at the tv at ceiling level and  repeated ,   raised
> in
> >>  hand , pointing with his fingers as if taking aim. And said , "shoom!!"
> >>   blew him away. I merely smiled and wondered if realized that Obama
> >>   couldn't be sent home (I could). Obama was born the USA.
> >>
> >>  any comments?
> >>
> >>  umesh
> >>
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> >>  Umesh Sharma
> >>
> >>  Washington D.C.
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> >>  1-202-215-4328 [Cell]
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> >>  Ed.M. - International Education Policy
> >>  Harvard Graduate School of Education,
> >>  Harvard University,
> >>  Class of 2005
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> >>  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)
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> >>  www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )
> >>  http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/
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