tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895793070516883228.post7137272197182343763..comments2023-08-16T11:01:38.435+00:00Comments on While Stocks Last: Ghosts of the YangtzeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08028467149593388091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895793070516883228.post-43449831120515277682009-02-18T15:49:00.000+00:002009-02-18T15:49:00.000+00:00Hi Anonymous and thanks for taking the time for po...Hi Anonymous and thanks for taking the time for posting,<BR/><BR/>I read the post again just now (it's been more than a year since I posted it), to see if there was anything particularly annoying or offensive in what I wrote. I've decided that there isn't, which is nice for me, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid that until I reach some point of enlightenment far beyond my current limited consciousness, whatever I observe and subsequently write about will always be coloured by my individual and cultural identity. <BR/><BR/>The good news is that I'm not the only individual out there who has an observation to make. If you don't like my interpretation, you can read another, or even better, publish your own. <BR/><BR/>On a more general point, I don't think there's anything prejudiced about pointing out what is accepted and documented fact (as explained to me by the Chinese guide). I've made it clear in the post that I don't believe there's anything uniquely Chinese about political violence (it would be absurd to suggest anything else). Should a visitor to Ireland avoid mentioning the Vikings when blogging on the round tower in Glendalough. Or should a tourist in Cusco marvel at the Spanish architecture without noticing the Inca stonework that it rests on?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028467149593388091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895793070516883228.post-90632916371683837002009-02-18T15:15:00.000+00:002009-02-18T15:15:00.000+00:00National Geographic claims to shed light on remote...National Geographic claims to shed light on remote places around the world but it insists on seeing these places through a western-centric view.<BR/><BR/>I find it annoying that it cannot display places of geographic interest without references to some cultural and political grudges. This is especially true for places like Asia and Africa.<BR/><BR/>This attitude, combined with the prejudiced nature of almost all media only cultivates attitudes like those of the original poster who cannot appreciate a place of interest without dragging in all the bad laundry associated with its culture or country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895793070516883228.post-22702312884118425212008-01-18T16:17:00.000+00:002008-01-18T16:17:00.000+00:00> the King of the UnderworldOh my God! Bill Gates ...> the King of the Underworld<BR/><BR/>Oh my God! Bill Gates lives there?Yagiz Erkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943160253973028449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895793070516883228.post-67904390633659993222008-01-18T09:22:00.000+00:002008-01-18T09:22:00.000+00:00Megaproject? Here I am!Hi, V.S. ( how is the engli...Megaproject? Here I am!<BR/>Hi, V.S. ( how is the english traslation? mah!) <BR/>My poor english made me a ghost of your blog: I read but I dont' write anything! But your adventure and your Irritant talent (!) are interesting! See ya in Australia (I hope) <BR/>Bye.<BR/>( greetings for ichnusa, Blonde sardinia.. ah ah ah)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357469286569736343noreply@blogger.com