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Egalitarian Thug

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27. You'd lose the bet. India takes very good care of its upper caste.

Reply to Proud Public Servant (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 07:30 PM

Dec 2013

It's easy to look at the absolute squalor and deprivation in India and then conclude that everyone is poor, but that's not the case at all.

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The Rude Pundit: Photos That Show That India Should Probably Shut the Fuck Up ... [View all] meegbear Dec 2013 OP

THANK YOU nt redqueen Dec 2013 #1

54K/year ($4500/month) is minimum wage in NYC? maxsolomon Dec 2013 #2

That is something I questioned too. It appears there are two laws/rules that come into play. The okaawhatever Dec 2013 #10

24/7 job? maybe it's not a 40 hour week? AllyCat Dec 2013 #19

May be a mistake in the article. gcomeau Dec 2013 #22

that's not unusual wage for nannies in NYC.. good ones anyway. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #24

Pretty sure the Nanny was expected to work 24/7 Marrah_G Dec 2013 #30

Wish I got paid to eat, sleep and shit joeglow3 Dec 2013 #36

Then you want to be a fireman. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #38

That's not what the post said. ctsnowman Dec 2013 #51

Excellent Rudie malaise Dec 2013 #3

I went to India once. Women there are (mostly) like mistreated pets. What can I say?? BlueJazz Dec 2013 #4

Worse, they're servants to their inlaws Warpy Dec 2013 #6

I asked 2 women when I was there about various things...like you speak of.. BlueJazz Dec 2013 #9

i was there once. might get to go back in march. mopinko Dec 2013 #56

EGGGXACTLY!!! Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #5

Things I've been wondering about this case Proud Public Servant Dec 2013 #7

she owns some property in india, including getting it through fraud with her father JI7 Dec 2013 #15

That answered exactly zero of the questions joeglow3 Dec 2013 #37

You'd lose the bet. India takes very good care of its upper caste. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #27

$4500 a month is minimum wage in New York? arikara Dec 2013 #8

Probably not based on an 8 hour day Whisp Dec 2013 #11

when you count overtime . i'm guessing this wasn't just some 9-5 type thing JI7 Dec 2013 #13

That's about norm for a live in position where one is on call 24/7 Kaleva Dec 2013 #33

Super K & R SoapBox Dec 2013 #12

it should be made clear that what she was doing was pretty much Slavery JI7 Dec 2013 #14

Screw the promised amount. What she actually paid is a crime. riqster Dec 2013 #16

Perhaps I misunderstand. The fact that the diplomats home country mistreats women, their diplomats pampango Dec 2013 #17

she was not mistreated , mistreated is what she did to the woman she didn't want to pay JI7 Dec 2013 #20

Please, a foreign national woman was involved. RC Dec 2013 #25

As stated in the fucking OP, there are obviously big problems with how we treat people redqueen Dec 2013 #28

Exactly! ctsnowman Dec 2013 #52

Can't we do the X-ray thing onlyadream Dec 2013 #18

Rude Pundit, you are one of the best voices calling out misogyny evar! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #21

The Rude One nails it. TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #23

spot on, as usual.... mike_c Dec 2013 #26

Rude Pundit misses the point entirely as Fred Sanders Dec 2013 #29

No she didn't Marrah_G Dec 2013 #31

+1 nt Penicilino Dec 2013 #32

Maybe Not Leith Dec 2013 #34

She had limited diplomatic immunity that did not extend to this issue. stevenleser Dec 2013 #54

Diplomatic immunity leftynyc Dec 2013 #59

Bam! All the way to point! TRoN33 Dec 2013 #35

Dear India; lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #39

harsh - the status of women in a country should not exempt them from complaining Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #40

+1 nt Bonobo Dec 2013 #43

K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2013 #41

The Rude Pundit fujiyama Dec 2013 #42

having slaves is not a non violent offense JI7 Dec 2013 #44

+1 XemaSab Dec 2013 #45

Exactly right: slavery is a form of violence. marble falls Dec 2013 #46

No, you really don't get it. redqueen Dec 2013 #55

The only issue involving her arrest is Did She Have Diplomatic Immunity? rpannier Dec 2013 #47

Wow Hekate Dec 2013 #48

The issue though atm isnt the treatment of women in india or if this women is or was a douchebag its cstanleytech Dec 2013 #49

Apparently she only had consular immunity. redqueen Dec 2013 #57

If thats true then hopefully this can be used to push for better treatment for more cstanleytech Dec 2013 #58

Hell yes, Rude. 99Forever Dec 2013 #50

Recommend jsr Dec 2013 #53

They should be protesting the low wages paid to the nanny, not the arrest. gtar100 Dec 2013 #60

So the strip search and body cavity search were justified? Is that the point here? Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #61

No, that's not the point. redqueen Dec 2013 #62