Comments on: Globaphilia Is Better Than Pedophilia

By: irasali

irasali — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:02:09 +0000

uh-oh, i missed the deadline. i just came across your challenge, but better late than never no? i’ll see what i can dig up.

By: mezzanine.nu

mezzanine.nu — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 01:29:36 +0000

Blog Day 2005 – Take a look ..

OK … I’m a little late in getting my new blog recommendations for Blog Day 2005. I’ve scanned a couple hundred blogs trying to decide which route to take. Clearly, one main criteria had to be that the international blogs would have to be written…

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:55:06 +0000

Oso, I have no idea why it does that (above) You should delete it …se ve feo (the trackback thingy). Sorry!

By: Gustavo Rojo Dot Com

Gustavo Rojo Dot Com — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:51:27 +0000

Blog Day 2005

The idea is that this coming Wednesday (the graphic with the jumping clock on the sidebar is counting down), bloggers from around the world will link to and introduce five bloggers from other countries to their regular readers.
After being informed…

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:21:56 +0000

I just finished mine. I kind of cheated on one but sheez I really don’t know many blogs outside of the U.S. What a xenophobe I know! JK.
What kind of tequila are you taking??

By: Hispanic Pundit » Blog Day 2005

Hispanic Pundit » Blog Day 2005 — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:51:05 +0000

[...] According to Oso, the idea was first suggested by Israeli blogger, Nir Ofir and the idea is: The idea is that this coming Wednesday, bloggers from around the world will link to and introduce five bloggers from other countries to their regular readers. I think this is a fantastic idea. It’s like that icebreaker from junior high where you have to interview your classmate and then introduce them to everyone else. But on Blog Day you don’t have to interview anyone, just get a feel for their blog and let everyone know where they’re from and what they’re about. [...]

By: EMC

EMC — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:48:12 +0000

Os, i think this is a brilliant idea. I’m going to try my best to have something on that day, si no, just continue to check up on my site ‘cos things are brewing up again.

By: ChrisN

ChrisN — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:26:50 +0000

Hey Oso, I’d like to hop on the meme, but I don’t have time at the moment. I’ll probably get on it after BM. I’m tempted to just post my OPML file… hah.

By: oso

oso — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:37:21 +0000

I’ve got to run to work so this is going to be short, but multiculturalism and nationalistic culture is very much not limited to the U.S. So if you’re going to call it American cultures, you should also call it “Mexican cultures” and “French cultures” and “Japanese cultures” because even the most homogenous societies are quickly adapting to new influences brought from immigrants, refugees, and global media. I think that blogs are a beautiful way to both accelerate the process as well as preserve and document traditions. Especially when we start actually talking to one another.

And yes – very good point about the waspy bias of the examples I gave of American culture.

By: Taran

Taran — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:33:53 +0000

Myke,

Apparently you don’t understand what I mean by ‘perception’. How you are perceived. How people perceive others. Typically, how you perceive yourself is not how others perceive you – if you don’t believe me, go ask someone who hates you what they think of you, and then ask someone who loves you. People have their own *perceptions*, and feeding those perceptions is something that can work *for* or *against* you. That said, Americanization is synonymous with Globalization to many – and the Anglophones are seen in much the same way by people who are not Anglophones.

Tolerance is fine. Acceptance is better, but it comes with sensitivity to other perspectives. Would you say that what you wrote is sensitive to other perspectives? More importantly, would *other people* think that?

I understand your points, Myke. I just caution you on how they are expressed and how they can be perceived… trust me on this. Even English is prone to interpretation of the reader, and that interpretation extends beyond the author’s intention based on how the author wrote it. It’s an unfortunate part of life that we all have to live with if we wish to communicate effectively – and ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ is a bit like you came across to me. So instead of fighting with you about it, I tried to understand your perspective and discuss it with you. I’m not claiming better or worse status – I claim a different perspective, which should have equal footing with your own. Understand that last sentence, and you should understand what I mean.