Letter critical of Debito Foreigner, Here is a letter to the Japan Times about Debito's theory about the word gaijin, via JAPUNDIT. Regardin.g the Sept. 2 article ?The ?gaijin? debate: Arudou responds? Debito Arudou's claim that the word ?gaijin? is racist not only borders on whining but also smacks of something that could only be brought up by a white person. I'm part Japanese and part black, and I'll tell you right now that I would rather be called a ?gaijin? over ?nigger? any day. Arudou sounds like someone whose whiteness.

Then and Now Tickets, Then and Now Submitted by zapotegator on 4 September, 2008 - 15:31. I have a cultural question about the interaction and view of Nicaraguans toward people from the US living in Nicaragua and specifically those who are intentionally trying to integrate themselves into Nicaraguan's lives, living among Nicaraguans and not in separate enclaves of foreigners. I'm asking mostly because I want to sound out others opinions which will help me determine if my analysis is off base or not. My wife is Oaxa.

Selling Your Kidney in Pakistan , Adil Najam Reader Umair alerted us to the Pakistani auction website Bolee.com, whose front page (yesterday) was advertising a ?Kidney for Sale? (there were three Ads for this, but all from the same person). Search for the website on Google and you will see a bold ?Welcome to Pakistan's First Auction Site. There are, of course, a number of other Pakistan auction website, some seemingly having much more to offer but, luckily, no kidneys. We have carried a post in the past about someone want.

Preach It Sister Posted by Matt Zeitlin on September 4, 2008 Phoebe Maltz has a great rejoinder to all the BS celebration of small towns and rural areas that we've heard in the past 16 or so hours.  Which brings up the question: if we're defining as ?real? those who live in small towns, those whose lives are not represented in sitcoms, where does that leave those of us who see movie stars at the local Starbucks, those of us who took the subway to high school, those of us for whom both the snooty-sounding or ?et. Ticket.

Is Being Called A ?Gaijin? or ?Weiguk? Racist? Over at Japundit he has a letter to the editor that many of you in Korea may find interesting: Regarding the Sept. 2 article ?The ?gaijin? debate: Arudou responds? Debito Arudou's claim that the word ?gaijin? is racist not only borders on whining but also smacks of something that could only be brought up by a white person. I'm part Japanese and part black, and I'll tell you right now that I would rather be called a ?gaijin? over ?nigger? any day. Arudou sounds like someone whose whiteness. Foreigner at .

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Partying with the Bushman in Miaoli MJ Klein aka The Bushman isn't a stranger to readers of My Several Worlds.  Not only are he and his wife, Hui Chen, good friends of ours, but his blog, The New Hampshire Bushman is wildly entertaining and guaranteed to get your salivary glands pumping with his culinary expertise.  John and I try to take advantage of any and all invites to that come our way from MJ, and these invites have resulted in some terrific parties and get-togethers.  MJ blogged.earlier this week on our Saturday excursion. ticket brokers.

Partying with the Bushman in Miaoli tickets, MJ Klein aka The Bushman isn't a stranger to readers of My Several Worlds.  Not only are he and his wife, Hui Chen, good friends of ours, but his blog, The New Hampshire Bushman is wildly entertaining and guaranteed to get your salivary glands pumping with his culinary expertise.  John and I try to take advantage of any and all invites to that come our way from MJ, and these invites have resulted in some terrific parties and get-togethers.  MJ blogged earlier this week on our Saturday excursion.

Kids Lip-Synch To Foreigner The Darndest Things Say what you want about little kids, that they don't know almost anything about foreign policy, that they are too blunt a reminder of our own mortality, that they're terrible at maintaining clean sleeves, but sometimes you've got to hand it to them: SO CUTE! (via Unique Daily) At first I was going to make.".that's your.".joke about this video, but I didn't because that's not your kid. You wish that was your kid. Your kid is the one that gets shoved off the tire swing by this kid. Your kid .tickets.