Originally posted by: Descartes
	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by: 91TTZ
	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by: Descartes
Thanks for the insult, but I don't support xenophobia no matter what the culture.  I've traveled enough to realize to know that just about every culture will have something that insults your petty sensibilities; that's largely the point of traveling in the first place.
		
		
	 
I don't think it's unrealistic to expect people to bathe and not stink like an animal. India is one of the last places on Earth where the bubonic plague still exists outside of a laboratory. They do not seem to employ the basic, "common sense" hygiene methods that other countries discovered hundreds of years ago.
		
 
		
	 
The reasoning for plague has a lot more to do with the fundamental culture surrounding Ahimsa than it does hygiene.  I agree with you on that though.
How many Indians have you actually been around?  I work with dozens of Indians, many are close friends and none of them smell.  True enough, some do, but I've met plenty of rank Americans as well.  
Americans are obsessed with hygiene, and while being American I certainly appreciate it and prefer it, it's not my place to use it as a standard to judge others.
imo.