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Irene007 
| #1 posted June 16, 2008 at 7:24am (EST)
edited June 16, 2008 at 1:26pm (EST) |
It seems that every time I find an article with a freak birth, or something unusual; it's always from a family in India....
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080615/health/india...
Is it because the place is so over populated that these freaks of nature occur that frequently?? I certainly don't believe that it's genetic and it's certainly not racial as we're all part of the same race which is HUMAN and ethnicity has no bearing in such things - maybe it's inbreeding... Is India such a closed community? If so, that's too bad. Indians mixed with caucasians make the most beautiful babies...
Uh oh! My baby radar is on! I saw some real sweeties yesterday at the blues fest... Ya just want to run out and hug all the love you can out of them! You should have seen these twins - 2 little boys (Mom black and Dad white) and they were the most adorable little tykes present! No more than 2-3 yrs old - Dang they were cute! I wanna chew them up!
Down girl! Down Girl!! But Jeezum they were so cute! |
they  
| | #2 posted June 16, 2008 at 7:28am (EST) |
I thought you were gonna post about the alleged misplaced penis:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1...
I don't know for sure, but I think the Sun is bullcrap. |
Irene007
| | #3 posted June 16, 2008 at 7:58am (EST) |
Oh yeah... That's weird alright and China is another really overpopulated place but, like you, I doubt the Sun.... Who knows really? |
Melf 
| | #4 posted June 16, 2008 at 8:02am (EST) |
British tabloids are scum. |
Biggles
| #5 posted June 16, 2008 at 8:06am (EST)
edited June 16, 2008 at 8:07am (EST) |
The Sun certainly is bullcrap. I wouldn't be caught dead reading it. But it's certainly within the realms of possibility that a baby could be born with a penis on his back. As for India having high rates of "freak births" - it probably has a lot to do with the high birth rate and high levels of poverty which means that many women have poor diets (linked, for example, with spina bifida) and no access to prenatal care. In the West, a lot of these "freak births" are probably quietly terminated after the problem is recognised at an early scan, but most Indian women won't have any idea that their baby hasn't developed normally until they give birth. Confidentiality is also virtually non-existent in Indian hospitals - especially for those so poor they have to rely on hospitals that are also charitable foundations - so the doctors working there are more likely to publicise an "interesting" birth in the hope of raising more funds or being able to boast about their expert care. In the West, a lot of parents would be horrified by such publicity, especially so soon after they've had the upsetting experience of producing an "imperfect" baby. |
Irene007
| | #6 posted June 16, 2008 at 1:26pm (EST) |
I thought we were freaky too... |
Iseult  
| | #7 posted June 17, 2008 at 8:54am (EST) |
I always thought it was simply the matter of numbers - India is a home to roughly 15-20% of world population, so it's bound that lots of weird things happen there. |
CarolL
| | #8 posted June 18, 2008 at 12:01am (EST) |
aren't we all freaks of nature? |
kirst
| | #9 posted June 18, 2008 at 9:37am (EST) |
I'm not so sure about Indian women not knowing that their baby isn't developing normally until birth. Like people in China, many in India get scan done to determine the gender of the baby and then abort if it's a girl. China already has a huge issue issue with sex-ration imbalance. India also has this problem.
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-selective_abortio...
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Biggles
| | #10 posted June 18, 2008 at 11:22am (EST) |
Unfortunately, a lot of sex-selection is done immediately after birth - certainly in India, and I thought China too  |
Melf
| | #11 posted June 18, 2008 at 12:52pm (EST) |
In more rural areas, Chinese families are sometimes allowed another child if they have a girl, because she will be less help. Bully for them if they have another girl, I suppose. |
Richard47
| | #12 posted June 18, 2008 at 6:48pm (EST) |
Irene007 wrote:
> It seems that every time I find an article with a freak birth, or
> something unusual; it's always from a family in India....
> http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080615/health/india...
>
> Is it because the place is so over populated that these freaks of
> nature occur that frequently?? I certainly don't believe that it's
> genetic and it's certainly not racial as we're all part of the same
> race which is HUMAN and ethnicity has no bearing in such things
> - maybe it's inbreeding... Is India such a closed community? If so,
> that's too bad. Indians mixed with caucasians make the most beautiful
> babies...
> Uh oh! My baby radar is on! I saw some real sweeties yesterday at
> the blues fest... Ya just want to run out and hug all the love you
> can out of them! You should have seen these twins - 2 little boys
> (Mom black and Dad white) and they were the most adorable little tykes
> present! No more than 2-3 yrs old - Dang they were cute! I wanna chew
> them up!
>
> Down girl! Down Girl!! But Jeezum they were so cute!
I agree that geographically the land is very unstable but there are the highest mountains, deserts, metropolitan cities, oceans, tropical terrain. It has everything. And it is a huge country. It was recently explained to me by a notable historian that the world will eventually be divided by three races. Black, Caucasian and oriental. All characterized by skin type and facial features. If China and Japan join forces, they may be able to strong arm Russia (which is much weaker now) into their alliances. Africa and the US have Negro skin types. The US has Caucasian, Europe, and the Middle East (which is why we are so interested in it). Also, most tech support networks are moving to India (though dark skinned, they have Caucasian features). So, we want India on our team and we are slowly obtaining it for Eastern World representation.
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Melf
| | #13 posted June 18, 2008 at 7:50pm (EST) |
Hello! |
Richard47
| | #14 posted June 18, 2008 at 9:08pm (EST) |
Melf wrote:
> Hello!
I still  you!!!!!!! |
southernyankee
| | #15 posted June 18, 2008 at 10:57pm (EST) |
"If so, that's too bad. Indians mixed with caucasians make the most beautiful babies..."
Perhaps, but unfortunatly the Indians are really big into that whole "marry whoever the hell we have arranged for you or we will disown you" thing, and in which case they tend to really, really, really hate white people (or black, or pretty much anyone who isn't Indian, and preferably from their village). Hell, they make LJD look like Frostband. |
southernyankee
| | #16 posted June 18, 2008 at 10:58pm (EST) |
"Uh oh! My baby radar is on!"
Yep. Typical female. |
Melf
| | #17 posted June 19, 2008 at 5:35pm (EST) |
Richard47 wrote:
> Melf wrote:
>> Hello!
>
> I still you!!!!!!!
 |
Richard47
| | #18 posted June 19, 2008 at 5:46pm (EST) |
southernyankee wrote:
> "If so, that's too bad. Indians mixed with caucasians make the most
> beautiful babies..."
>
> Perhaps, but unfortunatly the Indians are really big into that whole
> "marry whoever the hell we have arranged for you or we will disown
> you" thing, and in which case they tend to really, really, really
> hate white people (or black, or pretty much anyone who isn't Indian,
> and preferably from their village). Hell, they make LJD look like
> Frostband.
The point that I was making came from an Indian in India. They have Caucasian facial features but darker skin. Like a super sun tan. They identify as Caucasian opposed to black or oriental. That is why they allied themselves with England and the USA....whereas Cambodia (just as an example) identify with Orientals. This entire separation of sects is very futuristic but the seeds are being planted now. (You still oppose poor LJD)
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Richard47
| #19 posted June 19, 2008 at 5:48pm (EST)
edited June 19, 2008 at 5:48pm (EST) |
southernyankee wrote:
> "Uh oh! My baby radar is on!"
>
> Yep. Typical female.
*
I ALWAYS knew you were female but no one believed me! Don't you feel better now?
** |
southernyankee
| | #20 posted June 22, 2008 at 11:52am (EST) |
> southernyankee wrote:
> |> "If so, that's too bad. Indians mixed with caucasians make
> the most
> |> beautiful babies..."
> |>
> |> Perhaps, but unfortunatly the Indians are really big into that
> whole
> |> "marry whoever the hell we have arranged for you or we will
> disown
> |> you" thing, and in which case they tend to really, really, really
> |> hate white people (or black, or pretty much anyone who isn't
> Indian,
> |> and preferably from their village). Hell, they make LJD look
> like
> |> Frostband.
>
>
> The point that I was making came from an Indian in India. They have
> Caucasian facial features but darker skin. Like a super sun tan. They
> identify as Caucasian opposed to black or oriental. That is why they
> allied themselves with England and the USA....
Very true, if by allied you mean fought a bitter war to gain their independance to the point where even the Muslims and the Hindus banded together to fight off the British then yeah, they're very closely allied with the British.
whereas Cambodia (just
> as an example) identify with Orientals. This entire separation of
> sects is very futuristic but the seeds are being planted now. (You
> still oppose poor LJD)**
Oh, I get it. You were being sarcastic making a joke. Ah. Alrighty then. |
southernyankee
| | #21 posted June 22, 2008 at 11:53am (EST) |
Richard47 wrote:
> southernyankee wrote:
>> "Uh oh! My baby radar is on!"
>>
>> Yep. Typical female.
>
> *
> I ALWAYS knew you were female but no one believed me! Don't you feel
> better now?
> **
 |
cloudhugger  
| | #22 posted June 24, 2008 at 2:51pm (EST) |
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southernyankee
| | #23 posted June 24, 2008 at 9:14pm (EST) |
You should have seen my un-PC comments that I accidently clicked on "private reply". Nothing boring about that. |
cloudhugger
| | #24 posted June 25, 2008 at 8:55am (EST) |
You know you can get those back now. |
they
| | #25 posted June 25, 2008 at 9:52am (EST) |
I've been thinking a lot about India lately.
I work in an American call center that has outsourced half it's workforce there... and I communicate with India almost daily. I have also worked on their help desk, taking calls from Indian agents... answering their questions.
A lot of my friends from work have travelled to India to train new agents. The stories they bring back are interesting. One friend brought back a nasty parasite  .
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Irene007
| | #26 posted June 25, 2008 at 10:16am (EST) |
Would you go to India if they asked you? |
kirst
| | #27 posted June 25, 2008 at 10:26am (EST) |
India...gotta love it. It's the one place where you can go on holiday and NOT gain any weight! I had aemobic dysentary after traveling there.
India: Where bulimics go for a guilt-free vacation. |
they
| | #28 posted June 25, 2008 at 10:53am (EST) |
Kirst: Yeah. It's really crazy how different it is... Tho, I'm sure it's not as shocking to you as it is to me.. since you are far more travelled than I am. That might be what my friend had after coming back... I don't remember what it was exactly.. she was just extremely ill.
Irene: My company has associate websites and hr websites. There is a WEALTH of information on these things. Once you log in, you can look at everything from the stock price to the dress code for the facility in Poland. While searching through it one day, I came across the employee manual for travel to India. It was fascinating! They pay extra if you go. I forget how much, but it's a lot. Also, they pay for your business class seat, but if you want to bring your spouse or friend to stay with you in the hotel... you can take two coach seats and pay the difference.
It talks about what not to do, where not to go, how and if to tip, how the money works, customs and traditions.... like a total travel guide for the call center trainer. The hotel provides bottled water and they even recommend you use that to brush your teeth.
Would I go? Yes, I think I would... if I could bring Ben (he couldn't get off work)... and if it was during a time when my kid is out of school and at her dad's. So probably not.
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Irene007
| | #29 posted June 25, 2008 at 11:42am (EST) |
It would certainly be an experience! If you're well informed when you travel, it makes things easier. No matter where I go, I always do research - maybe a little less if I know that a friend (resident) is waiting for me at the airport! One thing I always check though, is the blues scene! Gotta love the blues... |
Iseult
| | #30 posted July 3, 2008 at 9:09am (EST) |
they wrote:
> It talks about what not to do, where not to go,
> how and if to tip, how the money works, customs
> and traditions.... like a total travel guide for
> the call center trainer. The hotel provides bottled
> water and they even recommend you use that to
> brush your teeth.
Do you happen to have a link for that?
We watched a video in one of my classes last year about this Indian call centre. It talked about how its changing the society, how women now can get jobs there and fend for themselves. It was very interesting... |
they
| | #31 posted July 3, 2008 at 9:19am (EST) |
I don't -- You'd have to be logged into our HR website to see it all.
And I'm locked out of it so I couldn't even paste it for you. I used the wrong password too many times and they locked me.
Our HR has been outsourced to India, so I have to call them to get reset.... and so I've been avoiding the call. |
