There might be at least partial solace in knowing that insanity from world leaders isn’t specific to America.

If you think we have it bad in this country, with all the overarching dip-shittedness of politicians’ and their wackadoodle thoughts, there may be at least partial solace in knowing that insanity from world leaders isn’t specific to America — India is fucked up too …

In a collection of quotes taken from the mouths of Indian authorities by GlobalPost.com, author Nimisha Jaiswal points to some of the more absurd reasons they think rape is happening. From blue jeans to commercials, cell phones to Chow Mein — even claiming “such incidents are just an accident” — it looks like India is giving our country a run for its money in a category nobody wants to be a part of.

Things like advertisements and their nourishing of the root of immorality are just one of the recent "causes of rape" the country has been in an uproar over after an ad featuring ex-porn star Sunny Leone, a Canadian-Indian, came to light. Leone’s commercial boiled the blood of senior CPI leader and national secretary of the Communist Party, Atul Anjan, so much so he says the commercial is  "a dirty and disgusting advertisement. It develops sexuality, and destroys your sensibility,” adding the spot encourages harassment and rape.

Here’s the commericial …

Feel rapey yet? No? Maybe we’re all immune to sin here? We knew we ran with a good crowd …

One of the more bizarre acts in the circus of blame coming from India is that men apparently rape because of what they eat. Or so claims multiple (multiple, what the fuck?!) sources.

“People who eat more non-vegetarian food like chicken and fish are inclined towards carrying out molestation and rape,” says Vinay Bihari, a state minister, saying so because he thinks eating meat leads to more aggressive behavior.

and, AND …

“To my understanding, consumption of fast food contributes to [rape], Chow Mein [in particular] leads to hormonal imbalance evoking an urge to indulge in such acts,” says Jitender Chhatar, a leader in the “khap panchayats” — a group that polices morality and often calls for honor killings.

What in the unbelievable ^%$!?

It’s understandable when other countries blame things like “Western cultural invasions” and “violent media” for what happens in their world — they might actually have a point some of the time. But outright blaming crappy behavior on anything other than the perpetrator? That’s just insulting to human intelligence.

Men and women commit heinous acts of violence towards others because they’re shitty people, period. If someone in this world can look around that undeniable fact, so be it, but why in the ever-loving holy casbah are these asshats in positions of power?

There’s more to Jaiswal’s research in her article "India's politicians blame rape on Chinese food, cell phones, jeans" if you need a good laugh — but lest we forget these things come voting season. It isn't a national epidemic of stupidity we're in, it's worldly. Jeebus help us all …