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revil
04-28-2003, 11:33 AM
Is it really that strange for a person to be fascinated about another culture? Or do you label them as a weirdo or freak?
Grimm
04-28-2003, 11:41 AM
No, it's not really strange... but that doesn't stop me from labeling them as a weirdo or freak.
nickel
04-28-2003, 11:46 AM
Originally posted by revil
Is it really that strange for a person to be fascinated about another culture? Or do you label them as a weirdo or freak?

why would you consider it strange? :shrug:
topane
04-28-2003, 12:56 PM
Nope.
Jabberwocky
04-28-2003, 01:22 PM
I does get kind of weird if the person is too fascinated. Like to the point where they renounce their own culture and try to join some other one. I don't think you find that often but it happens.

On a sidenote, when people are interested in other cultures as a novelty, it annoys me. Like how some natural food stores advertise ancient Chinese herbs in their diet pill. There's just something about modern society that seems to think it can take culture, bottle it,and sell it like a commodity.
Memo
04-28-2003, 01:43 PM
It's not strange but I don't really like it when people try to BECOME part of that culture. I think it's ok to admire it and study it and learn about it. But if yo'ure not black, you're not black. If you're not asian, you're not asian and if you're not mexican you're just not mexican.
InfiniteNothing
04-28-2003, 01:46 PM
Who tries to act asian?
Just wondering.
Memo
04-28-2003, 02:33 PM
White people with lots of asian friends.
revil
04-28-2003, 03:07 PM
Originally posted by UT Memo
White people with lots of asian friends.
:hmm: that doesn't mean anything unless they are specifically trying to make only asian friends; it could just be coincidence that they have lots of asian friends.
revil
04-28-2003, 03:09 PM
what the hell.....
Memo
04-28-2003, 03:14 PM
I never said that ALL white people that have lots of asian fiends are trying to be part of a culture they're not. You asked for an example of who and I gave one, I didn't mean it to be a blanket statement.
revil
04-28-2003, 03:15 PM
Originally posted by UT Memo
I never said that ALL white people that have lots of asian fiends are trying to be part of a culture they're not. You asked for an example of who and I gave one, I didn't mean it to be a blanket statement.
heh, sorry. i was doing some half assed reading while watching tv.