Re: OT: Where? and What?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:38:14 GMT
Message-ID: <qxZBh.7934$R71.121410@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Walt wrote:

> "Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171726482.106996.123680_at_m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> On 16 f�v, 23:02, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>

>>Cimode wrote:
>>
>>>On 16 f�v, 14:42, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>>
>>>>Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>>>>I would not be comfortable in SA or Asia. For one, I am allergic to
>>>>>tobacco smoke. For another, market dominant minorities tend not to do

>
> so
>

>>>>>well in the long term.
>>>>>...
>>
>>>>I'm not sure I understand what "market dominant minorities" means,
>>>>guessing it has to do with economics but I'm pretty sure we're all
>>>>allergic to hydrocarbons.  Africa and Asia are fond of leaded gasoline

>
> too.
>

>>>As most Americans, he means that he has no clue what's happening in
>>>the rest of the world and pretty much relies on nothing else than a
>>>limited distorded stereotypical perception of it.
>>
>>Well, I suspect he's not a Yank.  I've lived in a few places in Europe
>>and Africa and noticed limited distorted stereotypical perceptions in
>>those places too.  Suspect it's the same in the rest of the world.  Must
>>be a bunch of reasons but human nature and the generally flunky press
>>are two.

>
> In all history, all nations demonstrated stereotypical attitudes
> towards one another but only dominant nations add arrogance to the
> equation....

I can only assume someone has never had the pleasure of speaking to a hick muslim from any of the typical broken shit-hole countries littering Islam.

> Not true. Every once in a while, a non dominant nation adds arrogance to
> the equation...
> and promptly gets pounded down by the dominant nations. This happens
> quickly enough so that most of us forget.

Your assertion is unempirical. America hasn't bother to pound down France or 90% of the other Islamic nations of the world. Received on Sun Feb 18 2007 - 08:38:14 CST