tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post8190436400482669748..comments2023-10-31T04:56:00.798-05:00Comments on It Must Be the Vapors…: Take me to your leader. Has he got an agent?Yodoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-86212360576460891142008-02-18T19:39:00.000-06:002008-02-18T19:39:00.000-06:00Hey, but it just occurred to me that a true optimi...Hey, but it just occurred to me that a true optimist would add the comment that there are possibly still some remote civilizations tucked away somewhere too inhospitable for our comprehension or satellite eyes, and we don't know about them because SOMEONE made the wise decision to keep them hidden.<BR/><BR/>A :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-19656108504669233932008-02-18T19:09:00.000-06:002008-02-18T19:09:00.000-06:00Yes Toddness, I agree. And to me, the most tragic ...Yes Toddness, I agree. And to me, the most tragic part of the exposure of our culture with theirs is not so much that we then tend to dominate them in our efforts to "help" (which of course is bad enough), but instead the true tragedy is that they (especially the young) become curious about their potential "opportunities" within our mysterious culture, and then they voluntarily abandon their ways, leaving the culture to die with the elders who remain. Curiosity, after all, can kill a lot more than the cat.<BR/>AmberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-62440974832954889612008-02-17T12:15:00.000-06:002008-02-17T12:15:00.000-06:00Okay, I'll confess up front I've not watched the v...Okay, I'll confess up front I've not watched the video.<BR/><BR/>I spent a year studying anthropology and while it was fascinating I was always conscious of what would happen to the various ethnic cultures the more the white man poked his nose in to explore. Wherever you see an ethnic culture being prised open, there you see the rot setting in.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid I view ethnotours in the same what that I view ecotours - with a huge degree of cynicism and agree with you that the exposure granted to these unique cultures runs the risk of paving the way to their destruction.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-32111846021293172022008-02-16T16:51:00.000-06:002008-02-16T16:51:00.000-06:00As stated in the previous post, namasté.As stated in the previous post, namasté.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-62134215943797237472008-02-16T15:33:00.000-06:002008-02-16T15:33:00.000-06:00Simultaneous oneness and difference, achintya bhed...Simultaneous oneness and difference, achintya bhedābheda tattva, namasté.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com