Originally Posted by anshuk

This is completely uncalled for! An illiterate bunch of people? Run by leadership who bribe to get their jobs? What is wrong with you, huh? Do you know anything about the Indian Civil Services? You have absolutely no idea how competitive that exam is and how hard these people work to get into the services. Corruption is rampant, yes, but you have no right to level baseless allegations! How many Prime Ministers get assassinated, huh? Do you know completely incorrect your post is? Out of India's 13 Prime Ministers, only one has been assassinated. Rajiv Gandhi wasn't the PM when he was assassinated. If the entire security thing is complete nonsense, how come no plane in India has been hijacked since IC 814? How come no plane has been crashed into crowded cities?

And with regards to the "slovenly intrusive neoliterate security arrangements", you obviously have never boarded a flight to America from a high risk country. Heck, try flying from Amsterdam. Forget checking your baggage for a rubberstamp, they screen your hand baggage all over again. You take out laptops and stuff, all over again. You go through a full body scanner. You get hand frisked. And this is while you're in a sterile area. Its saddening that you have such an image of India in your head. You may not face a constant terror threat where you live, but not everybody is that lucky. I'd rather go through all of that, than have my head blown off by you carrying your Uzi onto my flight.