as opposed to u r seing it the wrong way ;-)

i look at it like this, altho this wasn't the initial intention of the post. u r right this tradition probably developed over a long period of time AND it worked back then AND it would work now (to curb the spread of AIDS in addition to all of the other benefits). THIS is y i think it can be adopted/adapted. now i don't think u can just take a baobab plant from Senegal and plop it down in my backyard and expect it to grow. necessarily there will be modifications, but as i c it, there is an arrogance, particularly among americans, that prevents them from looking at other cultures to solve their problems. how is it that poor little cuba continues to put out the best and brightest medical students? surely an abundance of technological resources isn't the way they have done it. it's y i go to an Asian herbalist for a check up over your typical physician. Europeans don't have a very long medical history, they haven't had much time to refine their methods of healing AND the results, to me anyway, do not convince me that their methods work better than than the ones that have been around for a millennium or 2. just like historically there is nothing to convince me that the western way of approaching relationships will curb the spread of STDs, ensure healthy happy communities, equality between the sexes, etc.

anyway that's it 4 me.


>>>..........can you just make up something
>>>quick that is similar and
>>>works for americans? ive heard
>>>about fastfood, but fasttradition?
>>
>>it's not about "making something up."
>>it's adapting what is already
>>OURS to a new location.
>
>Still, thou.. the tradition has had
>centuries to form and grow
>deep roots within the culture
>in ghana (i guess). It
>goes against the nature of
>a tradition to suddenly be
>introduced in one flash
>
>(--enough devil's advocate.--)
>
>But yes.. Perhaps it will work
>in america because it is
>a culture of much fast(insert
>a word here) already. And
>if it would work it
>would of course do very
>much good and important work
>(..and the devil's advocate deserves
>a kick in the ass
>for trying to critisize it)
>
>
>-•-•- ••-• • -•• • •-•-•-
>•-•-•
>
>"And finding out how Americans see
>the world is the scariest
>shit ever.... I swear, some
>of y'all really need to
>travel." - tohunga
>
>"I was walkin towards this kat
>and I stumbled a lil
>bit but he caught me
>and I told him I’d
>send him a postcard from
>that trip." - Ts_Aura9


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