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Abashiri · Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Posts: 7

Wow, there're a lot of things to complain about with Arabic culture!

Have you bought your ticket yet?

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:54 am Post subject: Re: Too true

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:09 am Post subject:

Hey SnB, thisun's afraid of guns being pointed at her by animations! To say that she's gotta lot to learn is an understatement...PC gone WILD!

You talk of "nanny states"...she's the ultimate "nanny"...

NCTBA

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I have to say that I have never been a fan of either of your avatars NCTBA and SnB. (not to mention Trapezius bashing his poor little head over and over - though it often matches the topics Cool

)

I'm sure all three of you will manage to carry on even though someone doesn't like your avatar.

VS

eslgypsy · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 11 Location: North of 60

[quote="Never Ceased To Be Amazed"]Ya know...we discussed the "losing (of precious) identity" ad nauseum when ADEC first came out with the idea and came to the conclusion that it was unadulterated bull$hit. In order for Emiratis (and probably ALL other Gulf Arabs save Yemenis and, possibly, Omanis to "lose" their "identity", they'd have to:

-stop driving like lunatics

-buckle up their kids

-stop polluting like all get out]

...and on and on...

This is nothing more than a racist rant. Shame on you. Very odd for an EFL teacher.

trapezius · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject:

Learn the definition of 'racist', 'racism', etc.

And then also look up 'realist', 'realism', etc.

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

It's all about culture. Racism often gets confused with a distaste for elements of a given culture. Personally I don't care for Japanese social culture very much, and for many reasons I won't bore you with, I would never enter into a relationship with 99% of Japanese women. On the other hand, I'm crazy about Vietnamese and Chinese women..and generally like their cultures. SO...is that racist? Because in race, there's barely any difference between the three cultures I just mentioned.

It would be like someone from Vietnam in the USA preferring northern Anglos over Southern Anglos, because there is a definite cultural difference. . As Trapezius pointed out, some of us need to look up things up and not be so damned PC.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:10 pm Post subject: