Originally Posted by
PVDtoDEL
Well, I know the president of Bhutan and every single football team in the country (and I assure you that the Panthers SUCK) and I would be more quick to pin the ignorance (better wording than stupidity) on the broken education system in the US (when my cousins in India told me that it was "cool" to be smart in India, I almost wish I was educated there instead of the US).
Yes, Chopra did accompany Obama and they gave a press conference together on it. However, there weren't any pictures that I could find online of them together, searching both in Hindi (language of India) and English, so I'd assume that the picture is showing that the press conference happened during a diplomatic summit in India. It really did need a caption though
Yeah, the American anti-intellectualism is ridiculous, but fortunately is uniquely American. India, Europe, and Asia rightly prizes intelligence.
In America, it's cool to be smart only to the extent it can make you MONEY.
Bhutan doesn't really have a president, but I assume you meant King, or else perhaps the prime minister?
Very long story how I became quite familiar with politics there in travels.
Agreed, "willful ignorance" is probably the best term. ^