tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post8496039924755134585..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The cheesy French response to the Yellow Vests protests.Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-37086191213895997712020-07-20T17:09:51.679-04:002020-07-20T17:09:51.679-04:00Colonel:
My wife is an Asian from Kazakhstan, and...Colonel:<br /><br />My wife is an Asian from Kazakhstan, and a Sunni Muslim to boot (at least in name, in practice she's an atheist). Can't get much more exotic than that. ROFL.<br /><br />She's given me two beautiful kids, so I am grateful for that. She's agreed to have them be Jews, not just "raised" as Jews but we've gone through one conversion process and when they do their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs I want to switch to an Orthodox synagogue so they can do that conversion too.<br /><br />Having said all the above, if I were back in time knowing what I know / being who I am, I'd have gone for the familiar: Joined an orthodox shul and mingled, gotten to be known, and made it clear I was hoping to meet someone. (Though, in full honesty, even though I'm Ashkenazi I'd seriously look at a Sephardic woman - if only because I like Sephardic food a lot better. Potato and chicken liver salad? YUK!)NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-32988417768140658992020-07-20T16:34:33.034-04:002020-07-20T16:34:33.034-04:00Young people are often attracted to what seems exo...Young people are often attracted to what seems exotic and alluring in other cultures. After all, one's own existence can be mundane and we don't stand out among our peers. It's kind of a rush to say, "I'll take fries with that" in Austrian.<br /><br />But I like to think that fades some. I once extolled the virtues of Chinese women to my mother after a visit to Taiwan but she responded that American women have a lot to offer too. I understood that I'd been off the mark some and was not seeing reality as clearly as I should.<br /><br />I think you're right about the mutual regard of the elites hither and yon. Why that cancels out any loyalty to one's own is beyond me, however. If you saw the movie "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" you know the message in the end was that the familiar has much to treasure. A very clever movie btw.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-85037635169317022022020-07-19T08:33:02.485-04:002020-07-19T08:33:02.485-04:00I read - and I don't recall where - that the &...I read - and I don't recall where - that the "Elites" across the world view themselves with greater solidarity and affection as their own in-group than they view their own nations.<br /><br />Based on this article, etc., I would concur.NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.com