--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > From The Onion April 12, 2006 | Issue 4215 > > > > MUMBAIAir India, the subcontinent's largest airline, announced it > > will offer upgraded Business Caste seating on all flights starting in > > July. "More legroom, wider seatsand no need to associate with the > > manual laborers," a spokesman for the airline said Tuesday. "Our > > business travelers must have lived good past lives to deserve this." > > Air India still ranks at the bottom of the airline industry in > > customer satisfaction, with a high volume of complaints about cooking > > fires in the climate-uncontrolled cabins, wandering cows that flight > > attendants refuse to remove, and the "Untouchable" Coach Caste, which > > is towed behind Air India jetliners in a giant burlap sack. > > Does this strike anybody as just a wee bit racist?
The Onion is poking fun at the belief in the caste system, not a race of people. While beliefs may permeate a culture for some time, but it does not define the race. Ammachi, who has represented Hinduism at the world parliament of religions, has spoken out against the caste system, saying it is not scripture, but was added to the scriptures later on by powerful men wanting to preserve power. IT may take a long time to dissolve, but the caste system belief will probably decline in influence as India continues to develop technologically. Were cartoons in 19th century Boston that poked fun at slavery racist against whites? or southern baptists?? Anyway, I'm glad those cartoons were published then and that the Onion is doing what it does now. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
