Cultural Differences – People vs Food – A Rant
September 23, 2008
This rant will get different reactions from different folk; seriously, that is the main intention here. We all like ethnic food. For a while Chinese takeout was hot. Then Authentic Mexican restaurants made an entrance on the scene (btw- if you have to say it is authentic, is it really?) Let’s go out for some Thai food, or maybe Greek gyros would hit the spot. Pizza has been around FOREVER; and deli, who doesn’t like a thick corn beef on rye. The point is why do we like the food of people different then us but find reasons to dislike the people.
As we are learning rapidly; it is a world-wide economy we are living in. News flashes appear within moments of real-time on our TV’s from every corner of the world. Yet for some unknown reason we fail to recognize that we are no different they anyone else inhabiting this planet. Maybe, just maybe, if we all were more tolerant of other cultures we could solve some of the global problems facing ALL of us. Fortunately, our kids are better at this then us. May their kids be better still. Anyway, that is what I think and I’m sticking to it.
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