tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post3930509309406280555..comments2023-09-24T15:27:25.242+02:00Comments on : : Random Thoughts on Passing scene : :: Cultural ValuesT.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01153454574105394469noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-42561688748282699362010-10-03T22:08:12.999+02:002010-10-03T22:08:12.999+02:00@ triesti: No, you are definitely right. We badly ...@ triesti: No, you are definitely right. We badly need some naivety to spur the energy we need to counter petty provincialism.colsonhttp://www.pelopor.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-68863628477959797992010-10-03T19:05:17.492+02:002010-10-03T19:05:17.492+02:00it showed that you had a strong background in econ...it showed that you had a strong background in economics :) I learnt mutatis mutandis in legal class, not in economics.<br /><br />Well, I know 'instant' is practically the norm, but if some chefs could bring back slow cooking, we can bring slow change.. at least we started somewhere. or am I too naive?triestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633001803711000905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-40145046808837180722010-10-03T14:28:54.364+02:002010-10-03T14:28:54.364+02:00@ triesti: And another lesson I learned: never eve...@ triesti: And another lesson I learned: never ever boast with Latin quotations. You may blunder the way I did: thinking 'mutatis mutandis' but writing 'ceteris paribus' :%) .colsonhttp://www.pelopor.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-67839577174950392972010-10-03T13:30:51.930+02:002010-10-03T13:30:51.930+02:00@ triesti: That's about what I ( ceteris parib...@ triesti: That's about what I ( ceteris paribus) have been and am trying to do - with, alas, alas, only moderate and even diminishing success. Moderation and relativism seem not to be very fashionable these days.colsonhttp://www.pelopor.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-72407062528492405852010-10-03T11:06:45.697+02:002010-10-03T11:06:45.697+02:00Well, we have this saying over here: tak kenal mak...Well, we have this saying over here: tak kenal maka tak sayang. You wont love what you dont know. <br /><br />That's why I love the idea of that library in NL where people can 'borrow' to chat with minority (jew/moslem/gay/etc). If we cant change something head-on, we start slow from our own circle. I told people that in the West is not like what they imagined with the free sex and what not. Just as I told people in the West that Islam is not like what media's been picturing.triestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633001803711000905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669336.post-61314720741116944042010-10-03T10:45:58.245+02:002010-10-03T10:45:58.245+02:00"The notion of our cultural values are better..."The notion of our cultural values are better ... is rubbish"<br /><br />Hear! Hear!<br /><br />(But actually I don't know what to do to prevent anxious people running for cover to the familiar surroundings and familiar ways and convictions of their pasts, which factually never existed.)colsonhttp://www.pelopor.nlnoreply@blogger.com