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Re: The tribesman who Facebook friended me

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What a delightful story!

I feel bad for the commenters that feel they need to step on it, just because it's a bit heavy on the "noble savage" meme here and there.

A culture very different from ours is always like a mirror. And it's much more virtuous to describe the difference in terms of what is good, than how we are better. That doesn't mean you'd immediately want to switch places with them.

"If you like X so much, why don't you go live there?" is the reaction of a small-minded person that feels threatened just because something very different and alien to them is described as "also very beautiful".

I even see this reaction happening between two different Western cultures.

And yes, "we" also got quite a few really good things compared to them. More than just feathered arrows, even :-)

Re: The tribesman who Facebook friended me

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For anyone who hasn't seen it, the documentary he talks about is mesmerizing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS7a-OJ7IVw Two standout scenes for me. First, gazing out from the London Eye over a skyline filled with incredible feats of engineering, the chief is bemused - because our money houses are so much bigger than our spirit houses. Second, entering the main spirit house itself (St. Paul's cathedral) - after estab…

Thanks for the link. Amazing show.

Re: The tribesman who Facebook friended me

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post #5

For anyone who hasn't seen it, the documentary he talks about is mesmerizing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS7a-OJ7IVw Two standout scenes for me. First, gazing out from the London Eye over a skyline filled with incredible feats of engineering, the chief is bemused - because our money houses are so much bigger than our spirit houses. Second, entering the main spirit house itself (St. Paul's cathedral) - after estab…

- They need to be vaccinated agains mumps, measles and chichenpox. - "Too many diseases in England!" :)
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