One more point on Kashmiris:
I think it is important to remember that the Kashmiri
people started acting like "cheats" well before the ravages
of polical warfare affected the region. Here is a quote
from Frederic Drew, written in 1875, attesting to this
very sad reality:
"In character the Kashmiris have many failings and faults,
but they also have qualities which make one to be
interested in them and to like them. They are false-
tongued, ready with a lie, and given to various forms of
deceit.
This character is more pronounced with them than with most
of the races in India. They are noisy and quarrelsome,
ready to wrangle but not to fight, on the least exercise of
force they cry like children. They have indeed a wide
reputation for being faint-hearted and cowardly....." -
taken from the LP Kashmir, Ladakh, and Zanskar 1989
edition, pg. 50.
Unfortunately, it still holds true to this very day. How
many "houseboat" victims exist out there???
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I agree with everything you say here. As I've mentioned
before, I was subject to a scam. I was forced to purchase a
carpet from a "cousin" of a the houseboat owner where I
lived. The sold me a nice silk carpet, which was
packed and mailed to my home directly. On geting there, I
realized that they had done the famous 'bait and switch' and
switched it for an inferior woolen carpet that was fraction
of the cost. (They were all involved in the scam because
the houseboat owner was the one who mailed it to me.)
Additionally, whenever I went out for a walk, a couple of
them would start walking with me and ask me to come with
them to see some handicrafts. I'd ignore them, and they
would persist. Couple of times I started to run away and
they started chasing me. I just could not get away from the
assholes. It's a pity that such a beautiful place is
littered with such asshole of a population. And to those
who blame it on the security condition, give it a rest. I
was there before and the people were the SAME. After this
political problem started, every other day there was some
protest or other and everything would be closed. In my
opinion, the Kashmiri's are just whiny bastards who blame
everything wrong on India.
I agree with everything you say here. As I've mentioned
before, I was subject to a scam. I was forced to purchase a
carpet from a "cousin" of a the houseboat owner where I
lived. The sold me a nice silk carpet, which was
packed and mailed to my home directly. On geting there, I
realized that they had done the famous 'bait and switch' and
switched it for an inferior woolen carpet that was fraction
of the cost. (They were all involved in the scam because
the houseboat owner was the one who mailed it to me.)
Additionally, whenever I went out for a walk, a couple of
them would start walking with me and ask me to come with
them to see some handicrafts. I'd ignore them, and they
would persist. Couple of times I started to run away and
they started chasing me. I just could not get away from the
assholes. It's a pity that such a beautiful place is
littered with such asshole of a population. And to those
who blame it on the security condition, give it a rest. I
was there before and the people were the SAME. After this
political problem started, every other day there was some
protest or other and everything would be closed. In my
opinion, the Kashmiri's are just whiny bastards who blame
everything wrong on India.
These racial slurs are common in the English (british)
travel literature of the nineteenth century, and are
meaningless because you can find such slurs about
practically any group other than the English themselves. Try
looking for 19th century quotes about about the Irish, the
French, the Italians...
Chuckles,
You've obviously never dealt with Kashmiris or visited
Kashmir, or you wouldn't be making such an uninformed,
ignorant statement. Kashmiris are a disgrace to
Islam!!!!!!
All of this sounds like racism to the nth degree--how can
anyone be so judgmental of a whole society, based on a few
bad experiences? I've been to Kashmir, stayed on
houseboats, been "chased" by Kashmiri salesmen, confronted
them in all parts of India, and have not come away with a
bad taste in my mouth--those who want to be "scammed" will
be scammed--you cannot judge someone's culture by the way
YOU react to their advances--learn about their lifestyles
and problems before you accuse them! They react the way
they think you expect them to--have you ever tried laughing
with them? Try reacting to them with a different attitude--
you might be surprised.......
Five fingers not all the same... Did you here that sentence
more than 500 times, always pronounced by the one, the
Kashmeri that was supposed to be the only honest one ( I
mean, just before he cheated you, and me, and the others...)
Just a big warning to women only travellers: Dont go to
Kashmir alone , or unaccompanied by a man or several of your
own culture: it is not a safe place, a japanese has been cut
in Delhi in eight pieces, after having wanted to make a
complaint against the Kashmiri Travel Agency... These guys
are good guys, said a Kashmiri, speakink of the Barbaric
Killers...
Come On ! Get away from that place, that is not Paradise,
but entrance to Hell !!! And this is absolutely not as
beautiful as many places of India!!!
Sincerely yours
Victim # 999
Why, if the Kashmiris are cheats, preyers of women,
murderers etc have so many thousands and thousands of people
visited and revisited Kashmir since before the time of the
British raj? Unless they were gluttons for punishment I
guess they went there as I did because it had a well
deserved reputation as a wonderful holiday and or travel
destination. I had a fantastic 4 weeks there - which I
considered a rest from some 4 months travelling in India.
Admittedly I was in Kashmir before the current crisis.
I don't believe you should target Kashmir. Scam merchants
are a fact of life in most popular travel destinants -
tourists who are less than alert also get ripped off in
South America, Asia, the US and in just about every capitol
city of Europe.
"... (the black race)have a natural tendency towards savage
life and a civilization incapability" Robert Lansing USA
Segretary of State 1920's
*
"Blacks of Haiti are an inferior race, incapable of
maintaining the civilization the French colonizers left in
their country (Haiti)" William Philips, one of the brains
behind the Haiti invasion of 1915
*
"....black slaves have such flat noses that it is almost
impossible to feel pity for them. It's unthinkable that
wise God had placed a soul, and especially a good soul, in
a body entirely black" Montesquieu, France
*
"... blacks have a small brain compared to the entire size
of their bodies" Encyclopedia Britannica, until 1964 edition
*
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good enough??? .. just remember the "white men's burden"
philosophy abound during last century and part of the
1900's (but it looks alive in this posting)... the white
colonizers had the duty to bring civilization to the
inferior races: indians, blacks, native americans, chinese
... so exploting their labour and natural resources was the
obvious payment these ⁿntermensch had to rightfully give to
their wise masters
para el pueblo lo que es del pueblo
Tomßs el Sudaca
bravo! tomas