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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: languages & happiness!!
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dcmsin@hk.super.net (Desmond Sin) writes in a recent posting (reference <AF4103F79668207D03@max2-43.hk.super.net>):
>In article <elnaE68rp8.Fr9@netcom.com>,
>elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America) wrote:
>
>>Do you also object to other western inventions, such as parliamentary
>>democracy, bicycles, the internet, &c. ?
>
>You seem to have that idea that I am a Chinese communist old guard trying
>to forment anti-Western sentiments. 

I cannot see why you form such strange ideas about what others are 
thinking. I never wrote anything to imply this: in fact, you are
responding to a series of questions...
I *do* believe that you enjoy throwing around claims of "Eurocentrism"
as if it were a curse word. I merely wonder about its source and your
consistancy in using it.


>       In other threads you expressed you
>interests in things Chinese. So let me tell you something about myself. I
>went to the UK  for university studies OUT OF MY OWN VOLITION. My favourite
>radio station is BBC World Service. I took the time to study French in
>Paris when I finished my universities, again OUT OF MY OWN VOLITION. In the
>last few years, the countries I chose to spend my vacations include
>England, France, Holland, Germany and Australia.
>
It is admirable to pursue interests in cultures other than one's own!
I applaud this. I wish we could *all* have the chance to travel widely. I
shall visit Japan this Fall....

>What I've said about Esperanto is based on the fact that it is indeed too
                                                ^^^^ 
>Eurocentric. I couldn't care less where the bicycles came from, if, as Dau
>San put it, objectively good enough.
>
This is a misuse of the word "fact". Your assertion, although often repeated,
is groundless propaganda.

>Talking of "western inventions", one thing I want to own is an Armani suit.
>But what good is it if it only comes in a European size which is way too
>big for me? But you know there are many European coulturiers are not
>stupid. Many of them have sizes especially for the Asians.
>
I know many Italians who are smaller than many Asians.
Good luck with the suit!
I like my Egyptian kaftan- much more sensible than European suit. I also
prefer chopsticks to Eurocentric forks & knives.
De gustibus....


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