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| Rice Seeks to Soothe Turkish Unease Over Kurdish Rebels |
| 2005-02-07 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 DB, they didn't use to notice that I was American, either. Even more than how one dresses, its a matter of posture and use of physical space. Generally, American-ness is noticed as one stands in the doorway, even before entering the room. People used to compliment me on my American husband's ability in their language, even as they complimented my facility with English. I was even once complimented on my mastery of the American accent (!!!). The irony is that Mr. Wife's mastery of other languages is significantly better than mine, I just sound local. *shrug* |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-07 7:50:24 PM |
| #15 I have found that many in Europe do not consider their countries to be racist because they don't talk about it. Conversely they assume America is racist because we always talk about race in the US. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-02-07 4:25:16 PM |
| #14 If this Murat is a real Turk, he is very different than the ones I met there a couple of weeks ago. The USA has idiot libs. Turkey has idiots too. This Murat is just one of them. But as I've said on RB before, I did not see or sense any overt Muslim influence, as one would in the ME, no more so than one would see or sense an overt Christian influence in a US city. Ancedotal data, but at least current. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-02-07 3:25:21 PM |
| #13 Well, sort of, in that I have heard what everyday Euros tend to think of blacks, and it's generally not too flattering. For whatever reason, when I go over to Europe they don't think I'm an American (till I open my mouth and the Yankee accent comes out). I don't know why. Note to Euros....some of us cowboy Americans DO speak more than one language. C'est vrai! |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-02-07 3:15:07 PM |
| #12 Euro-Murat is more fluent in English than the true Murat, but is trying to cover that with misspellings and such. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-07 2:01:10 PM |
| #11 Well then, DB HAS heard what those "sophisticated" Europeans are saying about Condi's race and gender when they're off-camera, hasn't she! Euro-Murat has made it pretty clear. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-07 1:54:24 PM |
| #10 Tom, it looks like this is the phony Murat: IP Location - Netherlands - Overijssel - Enschede - University Twente. Different IP, same country location, same potty mouth. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-02-07 12:38:19 PM |
| #9 DB, wouldn't you just love to hear what all those sophisticated Europeans are saying about Condi's race and gender when they're off-camera? |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-02-07 12:07:25 PM |
| #8 I'm doubting this Murat just like I doubted the last one who proved to have a Netherlands-based ISP. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-07 11:55:10 AM |
| #7 Nice racist comment there, Murat. It must really burn your ass to see a kufr female in a position of authority. Happy is the man who calls himself a Kurd, right, Murat? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-02-07 11:45:02 AM |
| #6 Another unnecesarry visit of an US official,.. I agree. Turkey wasn't really worth the stop, being as how its designation as an "ally" has been proven to be incorrect. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-07 10:56:30 AM |
| #5 Be very careful Murat you should have seen what happened to Aris the other day. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2005-02-07 10:24:57 AM |
| #4 Murat, you should check yesterday's Behavior post. Enjoy the Phrawnch. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-02-07 10:16:08 AM |
| #3 Did your little muslim mind blow a fuse when you realized a black woman is more powerful than any Turk poseur? Go back to Central Asia, you little prick. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-02-07 10:13:49 AM |
| #2 Although this time you used a black face to bring the white mans voice :) |
| Posted by: Murat 2005-02-07 10:07:07 AM |
| #1 Another unnecesarry visit of an US official, as if somebody believes anymore what US delegates says. The red man said it already 300 years ago, you white man use a split tongue, go fuck yourself. |
| Posted by: Murat 2005-02-07 10:06:08 AM |