Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Shilpa Shetty racial row - interesting.
Some say an Indian film actress was racially abused on UK TV. Both Tony B. Liar and Gordon Brown claim UK people are not like that.
It appears that in order to publicise some cheap UK Television channel Shetty, 31, had been called a "dog" and other insulting names since the program started two weeks ago.
The matter appeared widely in the Australian Press. As someone born in Australia I can of course recall Sir Robert Armstrong's twisting of the truth with regard to Australian matters also, never mind India and its illustrious civilisation being marred by foreign occupiers like the British. Even now the term 'economical with the truth' applies widely to the uncultured Brits.
IMO: In the vernacular, one might well say the Brits are - metaphorically speaking - just ignorant "pikeys" who survive by living off the intellectual wealth, culture and underlying civilisation of great countries like India. But surely the whole matter is hardly more memorable than the recent Danish cartoon problems.
A second opinion suggests that Shetty, as an Indian, should have been prepared before coming about the very negative things about Britain, which has been a floating gin palace living off poor foreigners for centuries. As well as the cash she would get from the program and the ensuing publicity. The other women there just look like drunks and drug-addicts anyway. (IMO: Hardly fair perhaps, I would have just said 'cheap slags'.)
It appears that in order to publicise some cheap UK Television channel Shetty, 31, had been called a "dog" and other insulting names since the program started two weeks ago.
The matter appeared widely in the Australian Press. As someone born in Australia I can of course recall Sir Robert Armstrong's twisting of the truth with regard to Australian matters also, never mind India and its illustrious civilisation being marred by foreign occupiers like the British. Even now the term 'economical with the truth' applies widely to the uncultured Brits.
IMO: In the vernacular, one might well say the Brits are - metaphorically speaking - just ignorant "pikeys" who survive by living off the intellectual wealth, culture and underlying civilisation of great countries like India. But surely the whole matter is hardly more memorable than the recent Danish cartoon problems.
A second opinion suggests that Shetty, as an Indian, should have been prepared before coming about the very negative things about Britain, which has been a floating gin palace living off poor foreigners for centuries. As well as the cash she would get from the program and the ensuing publicity. The other women there just look like drunks and drug-addicts anyway. (IMO: Hardly fair perhaps, I would have just said 'cheap slags'.)
# posted by uv : 11:21 PM
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