Comments on: Hilarious..'cultural inferiority' http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/ Journal : Critique & Commentary: On the Human Condition Fri, 18 May 2012 11:55:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: sonia http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/comment-page-1/#comment-795 sonia Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:41:48 +0000 http://sonia.opencoop.org/?p=88#comment-795 of course you're right inquisitor re: the whole of asia as one entity - and obviously the same applies to any idea or concept of 'western' - or 'white' or whatever. the persistence of the concept of homogeneity is incredible. people seem to want to insist on regarding their 'culture' as a bounded entity which is 'pure' and hasn't been 'unsullied' - in this context any notion of heterogeneity is dismissed as that would mess with the 'purity' issue. oh we couldn't have that now could we? all this despite historical evidence to the contrary. of course you’re right inquisitor re: the whole of asia as one entity - and obviously the same applies to any idea or concept of ‘western’ - or ‘white’ or whatever.

the persistence of the concept of homogeneity is incredible. people seem to want to insist on regarding their ‘culture’ as a bounded entity which is ‘pure’ and hasn’t been ‘unsullied’ - in this context any notion of heterogeneity is dismissed as that would mess with the ‘purity’ issue. oh we couldn’t have that now could we?

all this despite historical evidence to the contrary.

]]> By: Inquisitor http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Inquisitor Sat, 22 Oct 2005 07:20:37 +0000 http://sonia.opencoop.org/?p=88#comment-756 "apparently since i’m ‘asian’ i am ‘culturally inferior’ - isn’t that brilliantly funny?" Well, 'asians' ARE 'culturally inferior' when the western idea of the sine qua non of existence and cognition is taken as the sine qua non of cultural standards worthy of emulation. Secondly, we shouldn't take the whole of asia as one entity. There is a universe of difference, for instance, between the archetypal Indian and the archetypal Chinese. One is culturally programmed to subject much thought to facts whilst the other subjects facts to imperially decreed thought. One has been culturally vibrant, dynamic and ever-changing(the present excepted), whilst the other has had its mind bound and bonsai-ed since the Qin dynasty. The other cultures in Asia are largely influenced by both the Indian and Chinese variant. A perusal of indian/chinese history, philosophies, art, architecture, religions, etc would go some way in validating these points. “apparently since i’m ‘asian’ i am ‘culturally inferior’ - isn’t that brilliantly funny?”

Well, ‘asians’ ARE ‘culturally inferior’ when the western idea of the sine qua non of existence and cognition is taken as the sine qua non of cultural standards worthy of emulation.

Secondly, we shouldn’t take the whole of asia as one entity. There is a universe of difference, for instance, between the archetypal Indian and the archetypal Chinese. One is culturally programmed to subject much thought to facts whilst the other subjects facts to imperially decreed thought. One has been culturally vibrant, dynamic and ever-changing(the present excepted), whilst the other has had its mind bound and bonsai-ed since the Qin dynasty. The other cultures in Asia are largely influenced by both the Indian and Chinese variant.

A perusal of indian/chinese history, philosophies, art, architecture, religions, etc would go some way in validating these points.

]]> By: sonia http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/comment-page-1/#comment-740 sonia Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:56:47 +0000 http://sonia.opencoop.org/?p=88#comment-740 hey Ic you poor thing, you only get as good as you give. also it wouldn't suprise me if you aren't allowed to post on the Guardian blog as frankly you were making racist comments - which you should realize its not easy to get away with - especially when its written down for the whole world to see. (even 'brown' people - why should you think that political correctness only applies to 'white' people?) Freedom of speech doesn't include incitement to racial hatred - which is what you were resorting to when you didn't agree with people's views. if you can't have a grown up debate without crying like a little boy when someone turns the table on you - thats a shame, its too bad. Aww hey Ic you poor thing, you only get as good as you give. also it wouldn’t suprise me if you aren’t allowed to post on the Guardian blog as frankly you were making racist comments - which you should realize its not easy to get away with - especially when its written down for the whole world to see.
(even ‘brown’ people - why should you think that political correctness only applies to ‘white’ people?) Freedom of speech doesn’t include incitement to racial hatred - which is what you were resorting to when you didn’t agree with people’s views. if you can’t have a grown up debate without crying like a little boy when someone turns the table on you - thats a shame, its too bad.

Aww

]]> By: Indian Capitalist http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Indian Capitalist Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:14:04 +0000 http://sonia.opencoop.org/?p=88#comment-738 The vicious attack that you launched on me at the guardian blogs was completely unjustified. First you failed to understand what I was driving at, and then you go on to attribute motives to me that I never expressed. Here is a link to a new post that I have made on my blog. Take a look, I have clarified my position: http://anoopverma.blogspot.com/2005/10/two-indian-traits-that-screwed-india.html And I am not able to post anymore on the Guardian. Maybe they have done something to their website to block my capitalist comments. ‘So much for free speech’. The vicious attack that you launched on me at the guardian blogs was completely unjustified. First you failed to understand what I was driving at, and then you go on to attribute motives to me that I never expressed.

Here is a link to a new post that I have made on my blog. Take a look, I have clarified my position:
http://anoopverma.blogspot.com/2005/10/two-indian-traits-that-screwed-india.html

And I am not able to post anymore on the Guardian. Maybe they have done something to their website to block my capitalist comments. ‘So much for free speech’.

]]> By: sonia http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/comment-page-1/#comment-722 sonia Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:25:10 +0000 http://sonia.opencoop.org/?p=88#comment-722 thank you cimurai. thank you cimurai.

]]> By: Cimurai http://shorno.net/2005/10/19/hilarious/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Cimurai Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:19:32 +0000 http://sonia.opencoop.org/?p=88#comment-702 hi sonia, nice blog. hi sonia, nice blog.

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