Shari says,
Shari says,
NOT SPAM
NOT SPAM
“I just want to be right.” This is exactly what my husband says to me, “you just want to be right.” It’s true. I do. It’s what keeps me going and from not just being comatose.
Comment by Shari
*********** I don’t know why you consider that a criticism. Bob’s Blog is about nothingbut Bob trying to be right. If a commenter is righter, I am happy to say so. What you are being ACCUSED of is exactly what I brag about.
You will notice my problem with people is precisely when they DON’T want to be right. I go on and on about people who want to be fashionable and don’t give a damn that they are being absurd.
In fact the Nordic insistence on simple truth is a JOKE to non-whites.
There was a joke about Germans. Right after WWII an American GI was lost in a German city and met a German policeman. The German policeman gave him clear directions about how to get where he needed to go so he said, “Thank you.”
The German policeman grabbed his arm and said, “Don’t thank me. REPEAT what I just told you.”
That was the American attitude towards Germans back then. They were obsessed with getting it RIGHT. We joked about it and we ADMIRED it. Whites in general look the same way to non-whites that Germans looked to us. An African assumes that he shoud say what makes someone feel good. Whether it is strictly true or not is a detail.
A Chinese businessman used to sit down with another and exchange a ritual statements like this:
“How is the flower of your household(your wife)?”
“That pig is fine.”
“Your home is beautiful.”
“It is sty.”
And so forth.
Obviously the point was not strict truth. The point was that whatver is yours is lovely and whatever is mine is beneath contempt.
It is true that we will say, “How are you?” and reply “Fine” whether we are fine or not, but we don’t keep it up for fifteen minutes.
Arab students would always consider it ridiculous that we would ask each other “How are you?” and not even wait for a reply. That struck me as funny, because inthe Middle East everybody says “Salaam” or “Shalom” as greeting, which means “Peace.” That is the greeting in the Middle East, where damned near nobody wants peace.
Actually we ask each other “How are you?” to show we care, but we don’t wait for a reply beause you may not WANT to say exactly how you are.
White males generally hate to get their photos taken because the orders are “Smile and hold it while I take the picture.”
We HATE that because that rigid smile is a LIE. Orientals have no problem at all smiling at a person they hate and despise. An Oriental is as puzzled by the fact that keeping that stupid grin on our face makes our stomachs turn as Americans were at that German policeman who didn’t want to be thanked.
Shari you have been accused of wanting to be right. If the person making that accusation does realize it is a compliment, that is not your problem.
Just say, “Thank you.”
Recent Comments