Why I never considered being an immigrant...
By vanny
@vandana7 (101327)
India
February 4, 2025 2:04am CST
Of the many reasons, some of which are age related, I could say it is culture.
For example, somebody yesterday said
All stray dogs should be killed because they are rabies carriers. (well something to this effect).
I replied
All STD and HIV carriers should be killed too, because they can cause those infections.
Now, this would get me a lot of bashing in the Western world, because it seems to isolate a group.
But in my world, the comparison would be understood exactly as it was meant....meaning...having a disease or likelihood of passing on a disease does not warrant killing the person or animal.
See?
Therefore, there is danger of language and culture that can cause serious issues.
How would you have interpreted it?
Yes, same thing could have been phrased more pleasantly but then, we are humans...mistakes happen...HIV or STD folks were not the target...target was the person's thinking and inability to view the animal on the same plane as the human being.
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8 responses
@DaddyEvil (142152)
• United States
4 Feb
@vandana7 No, Dearheart, I'm sorry, but once a dog is infected with rabies and showing any symptoms, the dog's immune system can't beat it.
I HOPE "your" stray dog never gets rabies but you need to be more careful. Any scratch or bite, even playful nips can still infect you. If you get too comfortable with strays, you can get rabies from them.
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@vandana7 (101327)
• India
4 Feb
@DaddyEvil ..check for the word "load" the first green indicator under Global Epidemiology and Genetic Variability of Rabies Viruses.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/rabies-transmission
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@vandana7 (101327)
• India
5 Feb
@wolfgirl569 There...your lawyers would make a big issue about it...to extract money from me, or send me away...LOL
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@wolfgirl569 (112064)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Feb
@vandana7 Some would not. I am not an immigrant I just have some sense 
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@DaddyEvil (142152)
• United States
4 Feb
You DID consider becoming an immigrant. 
And, after considering it, you decided you didn't want to go to the trouble and expense of moving to the US. 
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Okay...
@BarBaraPrz (48668)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Feb
I understood what you meant. I could add that rabid muskrats should be deleted too. 
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@vandana7 (101327)
• India
5 Feb
Actually feeding stray dogs reduces the probability of them getting infected simply because dogs tend to be territorial, and will confine themselves to an area if they can find food there. This reduces the possibility of them being infected by others or infected food. Just a thought....I am for putting anti bite contraptions after feeding and making the dogs drink. Once the prevalence is reduced......it can actually disappear completely from the dogs. A similar measure in cats too would help, but cats are less prone to rabies.
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@Pankaj365 (26)
• India
21 Feb
My roots are in India. So I prefer to stay in India.
It is foolishness of our people to believe fhSt the west is paradise.
People here have no idea how many people live depressed lives. Of course, psychiatrists are quite popular in the west.
Yes, for psychiatrists, western countries are good.
And those people use toilet paper which is great disadvantage because water is best and healthy to use .
Many children in the west are the victims of bullying in school.
Ultimately I guess it is about where we are born and brought. For an American his roots are there in America
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@vandana7 (101327)
• India
22 Feb
The converse of Andhon mein kana raja holds good there. LOL. (the person with one eye is the king among the blinds). So when our kids go there.....we may face discrimination, which we have to take in our stride, simply because the country has too much of litigation, and it is expensive.
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