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BBtB · 08-04-2003, 02:19 PM

Cynthetiq, yes. If you know what to look like for you can tell the difference. What I am saying, though is if you don't know what to look for, and even more so if you are from a culture where you would never see pork ribs before. I never knew before I read this article that country style ribs means pork. Legally it should say pork on it. Enough people in the world care to much about that for it not to. Some people in this world just don't want to eat certain animals. Wether it be for religous reasons or just personal reasons. He shouldn't have had to find an employee to ask what kind of meat he was buying. It should be on the label. Period. Yes, He WAS ignorant about a few things. Namely the difference in looks between pork and beef ribs and the terminology used. We all act like ignorance is some sort of defect. Or a sign of stupidity. When of course he probably knows a whole hell of alot more about our culture then we know about his. And yea maybe you could say that because he lives here he should know as much as a native. What would you do if you were to go overseas? Just get dropped off in Japan and suddenly speak the languge fluently? Just because you are there you know all of their traditions and customs. The funny little nuance of it all. Or maybe you would study the culture first. Devote 10 years of your life to reading books on Japan and watching sailor moon. Now of course I realize he is not from Japan, that was just an example of a culture completly unlike our own. All I am saying is if you were to go there you would make just bad ignorant mistakes.

08-04-2003, 02:19 PM	#26 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	Cynthetiq, yes. If you know what to look like for you can tell the difference. What I am saying, though is if you don't know what to look for, and even more so if you are from a culture where you would never see pork ribs before. I never knew before I read this article that country style ribs means pork. Legally it should say pork on it. Enough people in the world care to much about that for it not to. Some people in this world just don't want to eat certain animals. Wether it be for religous reasons or just personal reasons. He shouldn't have had to find an employee to ask what kind of meat he was buying. It should be on the label. Period. Yes, He WAS ignorant about a few things. Namely the difference in looks between pork and beef ribs and the terminology used. We all act like ignorance is some sort of defect. Or a sign of stupidity. When of course he probably knows a whole hell of alot more about our culture then we know about his. And yea maybe you could say that because he lives here he should know as much as a native. What would you do if you were to go overseas? Just get dropped off in Japan and suddenly speak the languge fluently? Just because you are there you know all of their traditions and customs. The funny little nuance of it all. Or maybe you would study the culture first. Devote 10 years of your life to reading books on Japan and watching sailor moon. Now of course I realize he is not from Japan, that was just an example of a culture completly unlike our own. All I am saying is if you were to go there you would make just bad ignorant mistakes. __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"