re: #60 Uncle Obdicut

Now you’re getting all jingoistic. Let’s not ruin a nice moment of the US standing up for human rights by saying that the point here is not letting foreigners tell us what to do. That’s not what’s going on here.

Also, from what I’m reading it appears the ‘blackmail’ may have been an attempt by the maid to get the wages she was promised, threatening to otherwise go to the authorities. Which isn’t blackmail.

Obdi, I’m only suggesting we take further action if India does first. I’m not suggest anyone in the government threatens them before hand. But in demanding that the US accept its interpretation of a treaty and its interpretation of a criminal case, India is indeed telling the US what to do. Americans typically don’t take that sort thing very well, and large numbers of Americans can always be found supporting hurling defiance at the other nation.

I don’t want things to get ugly, but if India starts wrongfully jailing Americans, then by jingo it’s going get ugly.