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[rusmeister]

This looks like a tempest in a teapot to me. Everything worth saying about it was said by the eighth post.
One side seems to be saying, "I want to give myself a title!"
The other side seems to be saying, "Titles should be reserved for the aristocracy!"
Big deal. The fact remains that locals will see you as a representative sample of your country, but probably won't think of you as "an ambassador". However, if you are a fairly isolated sample, they might judge your country by you and your actions.

[Justin Trullinger]

+ 1, Rusmeister.

I'd add- wanting a title isn't really a thing for me. Here in Ecuador, they hand titles out like balloons at a birthday party anyway.

But being seen as a representative of your culture isn't a voluntary act- it's just a consequence of being a foreigner in many parts of the world.

If any of you are in places so cosmopolitan that this doesn't happen, fine. But those of us who aren't are always going to be seen as our nation first, and the individuals we are second, at least by strangers.

Just trying to do the best I can with it.

Justin

[gaijinalways]

rusmeister posted