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Re: roiled!
Dec 23, 2004, 07:56
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Re: roiled! Dec 23, 2004, 07:56
Dec 23, 2004, 07:56
 
Oh yeah, That colony thing, in the British Empire, the biggest empire there ever was on this planet!
Oh those were the days

Not really.

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roiled!
Dec 22, 2004, 22:53
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roiled! Dec 22, 2004, 22:53
Dec 22, 2004, 22:53
 
<stir>
"and they insist on referring to that language as English"
Hmmm, "Aluminum", just like calcum, sodum, potassum, , strontum, uranum etc?
Trying to get me Royally roiled again? ;-)
Oh yeah, That colony thing, in the British Empire, the biggest empire there ever was on this planet!
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Re: Sex tape
Dec 22, 2004, 16:51
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Dec 22, 2004, 16:51
 
I think it's a British thing. They call private schools "public" over there. I believe India was a former British colony.

Christ! It figures that British shenanigans are to blame.. and they insist on referring to that language as English


Ahh ok.

Yes, it is poorly worded. In fact, going back and reading the article, I still would have came to the same conclusion. The ONLY thing that tells you different is the caption under the picture!

Yeah, it's a mess all the way through. I think this paragraph is the real culprit:
Caught in the scandal's stinging sweep is Avnish Bajaj, the Indian-born American who heads eBay's Indian subsidiary Baazee.com, where the video clip shot by the schoolboy himself using his cell phone camera was put up for sale.
I mean, how could you not read that and assume Bajaj was "the schoolboy himself"? I sure did.

Then WAY-on down the page (stories like this are usually 'ordered' with the most important details appearing as early as possible so as to avoid confusing the reader.. NTS, explaining who was involved in a story is usually considered pretty frikkin' crucial) I came upon this little crumb:
Observers like Kumari think a variety of people share the blame for grossly amplifying this sex scandal including the authorities who arrested Bajaj and the boy, who remains unidentified because of his age;
Still a terrible piece of writing, but was enough of a cryptic clue to fill me in..

Didn't even look at the caption, but you're absolutely right -- it's almost as if that's all they ever expected anyone to read GG journalism!


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Re: Sex tape
Dec 22, 2004, 15:57
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Dec 22, 2004, 15:57
 Enahs
 
The article is poorly worded, but the 17 year-old kid getting the blowjob and the dude heading up eBay's India branch (Avnish Bajaj - they guy with the $50 million) are actually two separate people who are now both in some form of custody over this.
Ahh ok.

Yes, it is poorly worded. In fact, going back and reading the article, I still would have came to the same conclusion. The ONLY thing that tells you different is the caption under the picture!


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Re: Sex tape
Dec 22, 2004, 15:42
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Dec 22, 2004, 15:42
 
They have a real knack for giving things completely bizarre names in India

I think it's a British thing. They call private schools "public" over there. I believe India was a former British colony.

http://english2american.com/dictionary/p.html

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Re: Sex tape
Dec 22, 2004, 14:18
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Dec 22, 2004, 14:18
 
He is 17, he sold his website for 50 million this year, but he is also recording video of him self getting a blowjob to sell?

No no.

The article is poorly worded, but the 17 year-old kid getting the blowjob and the dude heading up eBay's India branch (Avnish Bajaj - they guy with the $50 million) are actually two separate people who are now both in some form of custody over this. The kid sounds like a little rich shithead, but I don't think he was ever interested in making money off the clip.

I like this line from the article though:
Many are outraged by the arrest of the schoolboy, who along with the girl attended one of the capital's best known private schools, The Delhi Public School.

They have a real knack for giving things completely bizarre names in India

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Sex Tape on Internet Roils Indian Public
Dec 22, 2004, 14:04
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Sex Tape on Internet Roils Indian Public Dec 22, 2004, 14:04
Dec 22, 2004, 14:04
 
I've been Roilly roiled, roilly i have ;-)

(That'll roil somebody)

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Re: Sex tape
Dec 22, 2004, 13:40
Tim
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Dec 22, 2004, 13:40
Tim
 
Everything about that seems wrong.

yeah

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Sex tape
Dec 22, 2004, 10:59
Enahs
 
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Dec 22, 2004, 10:59
 Enahs
 
About the “Sex Tape on Internet Roils Indian Public”
So…wait…let me get this straight from that article.

He is 17, he sold his website for 50 million this year, but he is also recording video of him self getting a blowjob to sell?

Everything about that seems wrong.


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