04-14-2015, 09:39 AM
ironyak: "...Trying to guess the relative importance of these complex values, especially from the outside, is to presume an understanding that may be challenging to justify."
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i really think this is a considerable overstatement, though judging from your PW posting history i do respect where i believe your sentiments and intentions in particular are coming from, ironyak.
in actuality i've seen a common tendency in abundant cases to esoterically amplify any actual contemporary differences or traits to wistfully imaginative proportions, almost as if we here today are living in something akin to a meeting of starkly and fundamentally contrasting cultures on the order of which occurred at Kealekekua in 1779.
we all pretty much shop at the same stores for generations now, enjoy common entertainment for the most part, use the same electronic gadgets and other technology, enjoy the rich and unique variety of cuisine available here, live under the same laws defining criminal conduct (though i half-expect Kalakoa may chime in on this one [
]), and last but certainly not least... in terms of ethnic background, in large part most of us here are quite literally family together in one way or another.
it is 2015 after all. a degree of lifestyle differences amongst various families and individuals, yes, but let us not get romantically carried away in perceiving the mystery of the exotic "other" living in the here and now.
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i really think this is a considerable overstatement, though judging from your PW posting history i do respect where i believe your sentiments and intentions in particular are coming from, ironyak.
in actuality i've seen a common tendency in abundant cases to esoterically amplify any actual contemporary differences or traits to wistfully imaginative proportions, almost as if we here today are living in something akin to a meeting of starkly and fundamentally contrasting cultures on the order of which occurred at Kealekekua in 1779.
we all pretty much shop at the same stores for generations now, enjoy common entertainment for the most part, use the same electronic gadgets and other technology, enjoy the rich and unique variety of cuisine available here, live under the same laws defining criminal conduct (though i half-expect Kalakoa may chime in on this one [
]), and last but certainly not least... in terms of ethnic background, in large part most of us here are quite literally family together in one way or another. it is 2015 after all. a degree of lifestyle differences amongst various families and individuals, yes, but let us not get romantically carried away in perceiving the mystery of the exotic "other" living in the here and now.