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It highly embaresses and saddens me to see, so many hateful and inapproprate blogs in this thread.
One does not have to know or have heard of someone does not diminishes them , only reduces the blogger to be not informed enough.
Are the mordeators not available ?
Sharukh have not complained about this partiucular incident ! This gentleman is a very popular movie actor and director, devoted husband to his Hindu wife and to his children. In India , hard to imagine from here, actors, musicians, politicians can be Hindu or Muslims with no bounderies. They are all one...
Then there are terrorists all over the world, that is another whole thread and topic.....
That`s all folks...
My husband and I are latino heritage, I was born here and my husband came here very young and is a citizen as well. On the way back from Cabos San Lucas Mexico, we were slightly delayed with some questions at the airport as well , and I felt it was because we were Spanish and not the typical American tourist that usually travel there
You dont understand what its like to be singled out until it happens to you.
Outraged? Really?! Well, take a number and line up behind U.S. citizens who are detained because of their names. Get over it & move on.
Khan and Shah are very common muslim names that happen to appear in various forms on government watch lists. It's required by law that those surveying names to do their due dilligence to be sure it's just false positive match. Even people with christian names are stopped for security reasons. US born and bred actor/director David Nelson (of Ozzie & Harriet fame) has been stopped many times because his name appears in some incarnation on a watch list. This issue with Shah Ruhk Khan has less to do with the profiling of muslims than just he has the misfortune of having too common a name.
No one knows who this person is, at least at Newark Airport. People in India should realize that US people do not recognize their super-stars because India films for the most part do not appear in the US.
His name is a very common one, so it probably is yet another computer or identification glitch.
Is India a person? If not, does this mean every single person in India was interviewed on the topic and found to be outraged? Just wondering. Headline short-hand is sometimes too inaccurate to let pass.
Good point.
I am Indian... Forget about getting outraged, I think Sharukh should be sent to G Bay C.uba for b.ad acting. He is a drama queen.
Yes, so many Americans are vacationing in India, it will really hurt us if they start reciprocating. . There are lots of Indian illegals over here as well, no one ever mentions them though, in their haste to villify our Hispanic brothers and sisters.
If TSA has a slightest doubt about a person then I think they should detain anybody and question him/her.
This guy's a Muslim and then promoting a film which would definitely incite lots of Muslim. There you go. TSA got its doubt. So, what's the problem. Don't come. Indian people always get their latest beloved movies from the Indian-grocery stores. Why this promotion??? It's all ruse to come to US and show off.
Outsourcing of jobs... two words...
Competitive Advantage.
Read up on it
All said and done, this guy needs to cool off. An actor from another country, so what? Dont come to the US. Period.
thats a really good stand bro.. lets cut off the borders, cancel all flights, don't let anyone in. wait wait wait. why not rename it to North USA just like North Korea.
See. Here is one where I agree with you (the North Korea part was a little lame but overall it was a valid point). I would also point out that it is not Khan who needs to "cool off'". Khan is not making a big deal about this.
Sir, I think you are missing the whole point. The main issue is the stupidity of the TSA.
The TSA generally randomly samples some passengers for detailed questioning. And I believe
that is what happened to Khan. I see no problem with that. No one should be made an
exception to that.
The problem is that it took the TSA about 2 hours to figure out that Shahrukh is not a security
threat that too after intervention from the State Department. When all that was required was to
google him.
Roger Federer could also have been randomly picked by TSA. But, it would be really stupid if it turned out that it took the TSA half a day to clear him.
This level of stupidity I am sure is experienced by more regular passengers. That is why
it is good thing that a celebrity experienced it. That makes the problem all the more obvious.
Security clearances for celebrities should be the easiest of things for the TSA. And yet
it was a struggle for them.
He was held up for 66 minutes (a very generous rounding up to "two hours"). The biggest reason for the delay was because his airline had loaded his luggage on a separate flight, which arrived later.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/SRK-was-cleared-in-66-minutes-say-US-officials/articleshow/4899560.cms
No one should be subject to special treatment due to their "celebrity" status. To me it sounds like Khan and his publicity machine are making a big deal about a routine procedure that anyone arriving from a foreign country without their luggage would have to endure. The "profiling" excuse is looking very thin.
PricipalDad, I'mtarting a new thread, as the old one won't let me reply.
And I have read all ur old comments in this news item. Ur comments tend to go right, not far right, but right, they are not centre, and certainly not left. i think ur hiding behind a veil.
There was no need to start a new thread. Just reply to the last comment to which you can reply. The comment will show up below my last one.
I actually think about things before I form an opinion. That results in a left lean in most cases. There are very few ideas where I lean conservative. This is really not one of them. I expect out of the US exactly what I expect out of any other country (actually I expect a bit more out of the US). In this case I see those quoted in the story asking for special treatment for Khan.
Liberal does not mean that America is always wrong and everyone who disagrees with America is always right. I know there are a few liberals who think that, but they are no better than the far right wingnuts. In this case, the American critics (such as yourself) are actually arguing a more typically conservative viewpoint
In this case a man was questioned for about an hour (not even constant questioning). The man had his baggage lost by the airline and his name was apparently on a watch list. Yet the man was still allowed to go on after a short while. This type of delay happens every day to many people (it has happened to me). If there was some sort of profiIing, then that would be wrong, but there has been no indication of that yet.
Wouldn't know this guy if you had told me who he was....never heard his name....
so this must be some publicity stunt, so we all know his name now.
Naw, I've seen him. I'm not even Indian, but he's in nearly all the current Indian films, usually as the love interest, sometimes as the villain. He's actually really charming on camera. Hard to avoid him if you walk through an Indian neighborhood. He's on nearly all the posters.
But it's ok for India to rape the United States of it's jobs?
Outsourcing is a purely business decision.
Taking into account all the costs involved, it makes more sense to get in done in India.
If or when the skill sets in the US get upgraded to the point where the current
salary structure is profitable to the US corporation, the jobs will return.
The corporations loyalty is to the bottom line and shareholders; you don't have a God given right
to your job just because the company is American and so are you.
Regards,
Andrei
You lost me at "skill sets". You are not actually arguing that the skills exhibited by call centers in India is in any way competent, are you?
Yes, actually we do.
FACT: A corporation has the legal right to exist only insofar as it serves the American community. At any point, the federal government has the legal right to shut down a corporation if it deems that said corporation no longer serves the community interest. That means that right now, today, the federal government could shut down any corporation that sacrificed the good of the community to outside interests.
I don't where non-Americans get the idea that the have as much a right as an American to work for an American corporation.
Honey, when you take off your clothes, lie in bed with someone, and tell them to go for it, it is not rape. Indians are not raping America of its jobs, corporations and the government willingly gave them those jobs. You might want to choose your representatives more carefully in the future.
Indians arent raping us out of our jobs. Bill Clinton and the traitors we put in our government did. Corporations will always look for ways to increase their bottom line by any means possible. it is up to the government to protect us from their shenanigans. Unfortunately since our government is run by prostitutes, we might as well assume the position.
Huh? What about republican and their corporate buddies a$$ kissing china for money and the outsourced jobs?
it was also bush - and the republicans are in favour of cheap cheap labour - irrespective of the human cost.
they favour cheap labour /even open bordersbecause it is what corporates want - that is to keep down costs.
now how does this news relate to jobs, on the contrary one can argue Khan has acted in various movies filmed in NY, PA, LA etc...so just find out when a movie is being filmed what does this mean for the local economy?
try to take your he.ad out of the s.and once in a while and stop watching l.ou d.obb for a change...
Part of the out sourcing philosophy is to create a middle class in India so that they have the money to BUY OUR PRODUCTS. I doubt you lost telephone product call in job.
shahrukh khan may be king khan in india but in the US not many know him except hindi speaking descendant population. he is clearly under the delusion. There wasn't enough outrage when indian defence minister was forced to strip for security check. now I dont understand why India is asking usA to explain this. Oh I forgot now congress is in power and shahrukh khan knows people in high places in congress party ;).
some news reports were quite retarded. they wrote , shah rukh khan was detained and was questioned while there was a large indian contingent of passengers watching it. Think legally would the customs listen or entertain some nobody as evidence to let go another person ? EVen if some minister of india came and said he is shah rukh khan let him go , it won't be possible, the right route was to go thru embassy or just let them finish their questioning. if he has no baggage the usual time is 20 minutes to 2 hours minimum. too much is being made out of nothing.
So you are telling me they cannot google him?
Are you telling me that customs officials should reference Google in their attempt to keep the U.S. secure?
This might be the funniest thing I've read all day.
complain about being "detained" at a US airport and get a free publicity for your upcoming movie..what a classic move..get real! This is America where everyone is treated equally regardless of class or social status.. millions get screened everyday and no one should be above it.
haaaaaaaaa ... hahaha . plz stop ... im getting muscle aches with excessive laughter.
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First Posted: 08-16-09 08:58 AM | Updated: 08-16-09 09:04 AM