Comments on Out came a thought and then another...: It is the moral policing virus again!

@Vimal - do you know what appalled me? The manner ...

2005-12-02T08:14:00.000+05:30

@Vimal - do you know what appalled me? The manner in which the guideline was framed.
Each country / area has its local rules, mostly unwritten, and it likes its people and its visitors to respect those rules. That is fair enough. But if the guideline has just said that display of excessive intimacy and wearing skimpy clothes in public is not appreciated in that area, I am sure the tourists would take their cues from the locals. Why make it sound so ridiculous?

@Calm&Serene: I agree that I was appalled to read such a guideline though I think a well-framed guideline will be useful to visitors.

It is appalling to read this in print - when it wa...

2005-12-02T06:21:00.000+05:30

It is appalling to read this in print - when it was always an unwritten accepted norm, it did not bother me as much as seeing this in print.

"British tourists Jackie and Wayne, on their th...

2005-12-01T21:00:00.000+05:30
"British tourists Jackie and Wayne, on their third visit to India since 1999, would like such guidelines to be extended.

"Why just Rajasthan? Such guidelines should be made available for other places in India too. Tour operators often do not tell tourists about local culture," says Jackie.

"It is quite important to know things beforehand about local sensibilities, like covering your arms and not getting too close to your partner in public."

Her partner, Wayne, says: "We do not kiss or embrace each other in public because I know it is not liked here. When you open up a bottle of beer you can make out from the looks around you, it is not liked," he says."

Even foreigners understand and like to learn and respect our culture...but we...?

is it like that?

Isn't drinking in public places bad? It's banned even in america.