German man living at Delhi airport since March 18

Post by paypalcust83 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 1:16 PM UTC

theklub wrote: post #58

9nGQluzmnq3M wrote: post #21

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Germany would be happy to have him board a flight to Germany, where he would be arrested on arrival, the problem is that there are (now) no flights at all. India is unwilling to let a convicted criminal in the country, but he has committed no crimes on Indian soil, so they're not arresting him. In a scenario like this there's very little the German embassy can do, it's not like they have their own private jail ready.…

At what point does living in a airport become a crime?

Post by kristopolous » Mon, May 11, 2020, 1:24 PM UTC

DoreenMichele wrote: post #9

As someone who spent years homeless, this is sort of a hoot: According to the second airport official, Ziebat has mostly spent the last 54 days reading magazines and newspapers, talking to his friends and family over the phone, eating at some of the fast food outlets still in operation within the terminal, interacting with housekeeping and security staff, taking walks within the transit area, and using the airport’s…

Post by DoreenMichele » Mon, May 11, 2020, 1:31 PM UTC

TheAdamAndChe wrote: post #60

DoreenMichele wrote: post #57

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I generally don't use those terms. I was just saying they exist for a reason. I appear to be the only woman to have ever spent time on the leader board of HN. My gender continues to prove to be a barrier to effective networking here and I have been here nearly eleven years and between my old account and this one I have over 50k karma, which would put me fairly high on the leader board if it were under one account. I'…

I understand that your perspective is vastly different from most people on this site, and I do appreciate your input. Without people like you speaking up, certain issues would never be addressed. My only request is that you avoid emotional and logical amplification of reality. Using terms like mansplaining and whitesplaining, and using phrases like "And, also, if you had any sense, you would have been born a differen…

Post by DoreenMichele » Mon, May 11, 2020, 1:35 PM UTC

kristopolous wrote: post #63

DoreenMichele wrote: post #9

As someone who spent years homeless, this is sort of a hoot: According to the second airport official, Ziebat has mostly spent the last 54 days reading magazines and newspapers, talking to his friends and family over the phone, eating at some of the fast food outlets still in operation within the terminal, interacting with housekeeping and security staff, taking walks within the transit area, and using the airport’s…

I was wondering if he could get access to the executive lounges. I'd work hard to find a connection to get in one. Some have hot showers

Post by gowld » Mon, May 11, 2020, 1:41 PM UTC

squiggleblaz wrote: post #50

billfruit wrote: post #19

Thousands if not more Indians have been stranded all over, as government suddenly closed entry to their own citizens. Even incidents like a KLM flight being not allowed to land in Delhi because it had Indians on board. Much confusing instructions from the government to airlines. Passengers from Europe were banned, but the confusing instructions meant that passengers transiting through Europe also were banned. Then se…

> Then seemingly without material change in situation, now the Government is allowing flights back to India. Well if a rule was unreasonably harsh you hardly need a material change in the situation to change it, do you? You can't complain that they weren't letting Indians into India, and then complain that they suddenly started to let Indians back into India.