10-26-2011, 06:24 PM
(10-26-2011, 06:11 PM)Namaste Wrote:I'll post the link again about the chinese "maquiladoras" and number of suicides, working conditions to build that cute ipod or iphone "5" many are salivating for:(10-26-2011, 05:45 PM)unity100 Wrote:(10-26-2011, 05:37 PM)Namaste Wrote: You are an intelligent person Unity, I do not believe (and I could be projecting here) that you have missed both my own, and Steve's notions. If you wish to ignore, or step around said messages, by all means do.
Peace :¬)
i did not miss anyone's notions.
i just not only dont agree, but also do not understand the forced fakery of making a person who is wrong in something feel as if s/he is not wrong, and then underhandedly telling them that they are wrong, for purposes of being politically correct or polite. if some bit of information is wrong, you just state that it is wrong. its as simple as that.
thats something i have only seen in american contemporary culture. i didnt see it in german, japanese, greek, japanese, italian cultures and many others. leave aside my culture. one of the most polite ways of rejecting what someone else says, is actually saying 'you are wrong' here, as long as plural is used. if the person is in an informal setting, you can use singular even.
some languages like japanese dont even have words to effect that fakery. you directly say that the person is wrong, or in actually many cases, you say just one word.
there is nothing rude about telling someone 'you are wrong'. i dont even understand americans' fixation with this.
The fact you feel you have to fake such feelings is a rather interesting statement.
Emotions are the language of the universe (this density). Thoughtfulness, kindess and compassion (and indeed all aspects of love) transcend language, race, creed, sex, culture and language. A genuine smile from one to another needs no symbols, language or concepts.
One does not act with kindness to another as fakery or underhandedness. They do so as that's because who they are. A loving person will act lovingly, and that will reflect onto another person regardless of race or language.
Edit: for those who enjoy number synchronicities - posted at 11:11 :¬)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-iPod.html
just how are you going to be "positive" explaining your point to those chinese workers (?).