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_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> so
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> too.
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> In all history, all nations demonstrated stereotypical attitudes
> towards one another but only dominant nations add arrogance to the
> equation....
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:38:14 GMT
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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:
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>>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
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>>>>>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
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> too.
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>>>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.
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> 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
Your assertion is unempirical. America hasn't bother to pound down
France or 90% of the other Islamic nations of the world.
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> the equation...
> and promptly gets pounded down by the dominant nations. This happens
> quickly enough so that most of us forget.