Comments on: Courage in Profiles http://donklephant.com/2005/08/01/courage-in-profiles/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim http://donklephant.com/2005/08/01/courage-in-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Jim Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:13:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=487#comment-849 "Who except the most absurdly expert physiognomist or anthropologist could tell from my face that I am not an Ali, or a Mohammed, or a Hassan; that my ancestors are all from deepest South India; " Almost anyone anywhere in India! And it's not too hard for the rest of us either. Of course there are Alis and Hassans in southern India that might look like this guy, but that is not what he was trying to say. He was trying to say someone would mistake him for a Pakistani. Hardly. “Who except the most absurdly expert physiognomist or anthropologist could tell from my face that I am not an Ali, or a Mohammed, or a Hassan; that my ancestors are all from deepest South India; ”

Almost anyone anywhere in India! And it’s not too hard for the rest of us either. Of course there are Alis and Hassans in southern India that might look like this guy, but that is not what he was trying to say. He was trying to say someone would mistake him for a Pakistani. Hardly.

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