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> People in India don't even have the reasonable expectation of riding a public bus without getting raped to death

Why so many negative votes? What was wrong about me being offended by such an insensitive statement. The statement was factually incorrect. Is it not arrogant to comment on a country like that without data?

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Because it's like me getting personally offended when people call the United States out for it's illegal surveillance programs. I'm not offended, because I didn't have anything to do with it. As a citizen, all I can do is vote in every election and raise awareness.

Presumably, you didn't rape anybody, and you probably don't have any major political/government connections that would allow you to make things better in your country. You are just a bystander in a place that has some significant problems. So am I, but that doesn't mean I get personally offended when people talk about it.

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