The Good People
Monday, October 29th, 2007I was pretty concerned about myself when I left Egypt because I had such a low opinion of the Egyptian people and society. It is very difficult for me to find fault with a whole group of people, but I have to admit that it becomes easier the more peoples I meet. (easier not in that I am finding a lot of messed up cultures, but rather easier to call the bad ones out due to plenty of counter examples.) Our cultures around the world vary significantly and of course I can only view a culture through my eyes and mind which I readily agree may be myopic and ill-adjusted. But I also know that I want to share my opinions and experiences and show who I am even if you may see my faults. Actually, I really do this blog for no one other than myself so in some amount I really do not give a damn what you think 🙂 Something like “take a walk in my shoes…”. I try to be honest to myself and I guess to any reader and that is the only promise I make. I can tell you that the more cultures I experience, the more I dislike about my own – that being the lucky elite of this planet. And yes, I do believe that 99.9% of people who would ever have access to this blog fall into that category. Please don’t compare yourself to Donald Trump when determining if you are one of the world’s elite. It would be much more appropriate to compare yourself to the people on subsistance farms with no shoes on their feet (probably by choice I would argue – might it not be OK to be able to walk in the mud with hardened soles rather than have a hundred pairs of designer shoes for every purpose to protect our pampered little toes???). I love (not) the increasingly more ridiculous little battles being waged in the upper crust of the world about who the really bad guys are – Americans and Israelis, of course! There are obviously too many bored people with too much TV time focused on blame and doing very little to actually address the real issues such as loving your family and treating your neighbors with respect. And this brings me to Madagascar and the Malagasy people.
vagabondrick