tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post116052519722535553..comments2023-10-02T15:26:38.866+01:00Comments on Nog's Blog - I blog therefore I am: New light through old windowsNogbadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1162816326810476612006-11-06T12:32:00.000+00:002006-11-06T12:32:00.000+00:00Re: "I fully agree that we must never generalise a...Re: "I fully agree that we must never generalise about anyone but the view we are presented with in the UK is of a group of people who don't travel and who view the world through the lens of a Fox TV crew."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the people responsible for presenting the British people with views of America or themselves narrow-minded and using eyes and cameras that are locked-down to a tight field of vision. I could never figure out why that is so, why several professionals in the media choose to present their own agendas vs. presenting the facts about differenct places and people of the world.<BR/><BR/>So your uncle and aunt were Scots who emigrated to Wyoming, huh?. Ranching, farming, timber, or mining entrepreneurs? If they were involved with any of the above, chances are they wouldn't have a kindly view of the indigenous locals.<BR/><BR/>Land disputes and rights to resources was one thing that the American Civil War didn't settle. To the contrary, the follow-on military campaigns after the war setoff a brutal land grab and several acts of ethnic cleansing against native American people west of the Mississippi. Lot's of 1st and 2nd generation European immigrants were involved with that nightmare, plus a few regiments of Buffalo Soldiers. Plenty of bad blood and bad memories still affect people out that way.<BR/><BR/>That sad history may account for their conservative viewpoints even today along with the carryover from their transatlantic ancestral roots.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.BREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1162777650276741502006-11-06T01:47:00.000+00:002006-11-06T01:47:00.000+00:00Hi Man! Where ya been?I have to chuckle when I hea...Hi Man! Where ya been?<BR/><BR/><I>I have to chuckle when I hear or read about Europeans and Brits (the two are different, aren't they?) comment about people from mid-America because midwesterners are about as diversified and colorful and intelligent as people from... Kent! After all, zillions of American midwesterners can proudly trace their heritage back to your neck of the woods.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that claiming to be from Kent is a good thing - I'm certainly not from round here :-) My aunt and her husband emigrated to Wyoming from Scotland before I was born (they are both now gone). When I met them I was amazed at how narrow-minded and parochial they were - apparently anyone related to the indigenous people of the Americas would always be a drunk and a crook. I fully agree that we must never generalise about anyone but the view we are presented with in the UK is of a group of people who don't travel and who view the world through the lens of a Fox TV crew. <BR/><BR/><I>I know that I can (the Parker sisters from England married into our family ca. 1820, pre-Civil War period. They were born white, but their obituaries in the local Illinois newspapers ca. 1900-1912 described them as being "colored"). That my friend was mid-American press censorship in action. We've come a long way since those good ol' days.</I><BR/>Huh? The Civil Wars were from 1642 - <BR/>1649! Did you guys have a falling out too? ;-)<BR/><I>Good luck with your new gig at LCC and make sure that you teach those youngsters to fight (unnecessary) censorship whenever it sticks its ugly, pointed little head up.</I><BR/>Cheers mate - I think we agree on far more than we don't and I certainly try to get people to look beyond stereotypes. Bet we could argue over what we feel is "necessary" censorship? :-) <BR/><BR/>NNogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1162471587382910442006-11-02T12:46:00.000+00:002006-11-02T12:46:00.000+00:00Hi Nigel,I really stopped by today to say thanks f...Hi Nigel,<BR/><BR/>I really stopped by today to say thanks for continuing to link to "Jewels in the Jungle" for such a long period of time. It's funny to read that you consider yourself an "old bloke" as I consider myself to be the same. Everytime I pay a visit to your blog and see your photo I am reminded of my wild romps (actually they were assaults) across the English countryside back in the '80's with my friends from New York and our buddies from up North (Lincoln and Nottigham area). Kent is still one of my most treasured memories of England, an absolutely beautiful landscape and very nice folks to boot.<BR/><BR/>I have to chuckle when I hear or read about Europeans and Brits (the two are different, aren't they?) comment about people from mid-America because midwesterners are about as diversified and colorful and intelligent as people from... Kent! After all, zillions of American midwesterners can proudly trace their heritage back to your neck of the woods.<BR/><BR/>I know that I can (the Parker sisters from England married into our family ca. 1820, pre-Civil War period. They were born white, but their obituaries in the local Illinois newspapers ca. 1900-1912 described them as being "colored"). That my friend was mid-American press censorship in action. We've come a long way since those good ol' days.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with your new gig at LCC and make sure that you teach those youngsters to fight (unnecessary) censorship whenever it sticks its ugly, pointed little head up.<BR/><BR/>Cheers and ciao for now. Bill.BREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1161176912228450272006-10-18T14:08:00.000+01:002006-10-18T14:08:00.000+01:00Happy giggingHappy giggingkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358545109794655543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1160528565571780042006-10-11T02:02:00.000+01:002006-10-11T02:02:00.000+01:00You inviting votes? :-) Upfront I think he's suppo...You inviting votes? :-) Upfront I think he's supported my view of the mythical "middle America" we all read about and in that way it's comfortable but it clashes with my view that we can't drop people, real flesh and blood, into these categories. This gadgy is an associate professor and thus getting somewhere warm to spend his days but it seems flawed because it strikes me as agiven (Gibson's theory on research is that if it supports my views without critical analysis it's got to be duff)Nogbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838817425838931554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13219187.post-1160526052013521142006-10-11T01:20:00.000+01:002006-10-11T01:20:00.000+01:00Well, speaking as an anti-censorship married older...Well, speaking as an anti-censorship married older mother living in a village & working for the OU, I think their demographics are slightly askew. Either that or I'm an awkward s*d. Hmm...bluefluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12102277194196043816noreply@blogger.com