As a WASP my tendency is to want think this way too. The challenge (as difficult as it may be for one to do so), is to try to put yourself in the shoes of a people who have a history of suffering as a result of contact with "western" culture. It doesn't seem too great a price to put ethnocentricity aside for a short while in order to solve this problem in such a was as to work both for the Greenlanders and the ACA. John Winskill Mattson, Timothy G wrote: >>snip, snip>> > > P.S. Here comes a politically incorrect statement. Frankly, I think some > Greenlanders are being a bit too sensitive. My roots are in Scandanavia. I > can assure you, I am in no way offended by courses in "Swedish massage". > What do those of you from France think of "French Fries"? Why can't I call > my foot ball team the "Red skins". Any of you in Ireland offended by the > "fighting Irish" of Nortre Dame? I mean, I am not a racist and I believe in > respecting diversity and all that, but I think sometimes people get a bit > too worked up over issues of nationality and race. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 08 1999 - 10:31:50 PDT
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