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Skriven 2006-01-10 15:52:16 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
  Kommentar till text 21358 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
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FS>> I don't *claim* to "represent" anyone specifically.  However my ideas
FS>> *are* Main-Stream American ones.  I realize if it were possible to group
FS>> *all* thoughts of *all* Americans the

 CS> Now you are doing it again.  You are assuming you are mainstream and the
 CS> rest of us objecting to you are not (implied).

That is dangerous to do. We should all only speak for ourself.

 CS> In Japan, we teach as best as we can to all our troops that we have to be
 CS> 'ambassadors' as that one meeting with one of us, may the the only one
 CS> some person from another country may have to base an opinion on.  In this
 CS> echo, we need to keep that in mind as that is all some of the people
 CS> reading us, will ever know.

On my trips I try to be an "ambassador" for Sweden and show them that there
isn't any problem between the countries as well.

FS>> Thank you.  I think of myself as a true American, as an American
FS>> Nationalist ... furthermore with that statement you reveal more of
FS>> yourself than you might realize.  Let me explain.

 CS> Frank, that doesnt mean you are 'right' by weight of age.  Notice
 CS> something? No one seems to find me awkward or objectionable.  I discuss
 CS> ideas and like you mostly do, avoid attacking people (but will discuss the
 CS> ideas they espouse).

"Discussing" with Frank is a monolog where evetone else is wrong and then,
at least I, get tired of listening and give up. It should be a dialog like he
does
in all the other echos.
And I totally agree about that no one is right by just age.  Life experience is
SO
much more than just age. Having been to both east, west and south have
given *me* a better insight in how other people live their life and have made
me
more thankful to what I have at home.

 CS> I too have lived many places in the US thougfh obviously I cant claim 80
 CS> years of it nor am I trying to.

I have a neighbour at home that haven't even been further south then 100 km
but he's older then me. Who have the best life experience?

 CS> As well as more extensive experience overall in just dealing with people
 CS> from other cultures than you have.  There's a term for a person who speaks
 CS> only one language.  Mono-lingual.  I'm coining a new one.  Mono-cultural.
 CS> Most Americans are mono-cultural and in this, you probably are main-stream
 CS> while i think perhaps, I am not.

In that way we have more life experience.

 CS> Definately, and thats because you can have more fun talking with people
 CS> than hitting them over the head with a brick.  I dont know about you, but
 CS> I'm here to have fun chatting with people and learning about them if they
 CS> come from 'far away' and see no reason to fight over our diferences.  I
 CS> just discuss them and learn how others feel.

That's how it should be and you tought me to drink Singha....

 CS> Your general threads are a bit less accepting of other cultural biases
 CS> which is why some folks have stopped talking to you.

Me fore one.

 CS> Thats because I accept their culture as a valid one and after talking with
 CS> some of them over 10 years, they just know that.  Watch, I can pick on
 CS> Dave Drummond and he will pick back and we will both have *fun* because I
 CS> have a clue as to where his mind is coming from after all this time as
 CS> well as several trips to Darwin (wish I could another place next time but
 CS> I like Darwin too).

As I said. Move your sail-boat to Bangkok and I'll show up and pay for the
beer.

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