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25 Feb 2016, 8:29 pm

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I'm glad to see that you are getting what these activists are talking about.


All the more reason I dont get what you're talking about,


I'd like to think my expressed views were largely in agreement with the activists. Maybe I didn't word things right.


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25 Feb 2016, 9:50 pm

beneficii wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
beneficii wrote:
naturalplastic,

I'm glad to see that you are getting what these activists are talking about.


All the more reason I dont get what you're talking about,


I'd like to think my expressed views were largely in agreement with the activists. Maybe I didn't word things right.


Am I the only one here who is confused?

You have been debating me, and with about 20 other people, on this thread for about 20 pages. I and the 20 others are all of the opinion that: this kimono thing is NOT offensive. That caring about it is PC gone overboard.

And now you're telling us that you...agreed with us all along that its NOT offensive.

If you agreed with us all along then what were you debating with all of us about?



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25 Feb 2016, 9:58 pm

Exactly what we have been discussing: Problems with the MFA's handling of the situation, orientalism, and other issues like that.


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26 Feb 2016, 5:34 am

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Exactly what we have been discussing: Problems with the MFA's handling of the situation, orientalism, and other issues like that.


Exactly.

You were arguing for a certain position on that subject, were you not?

The position that the kimono thing was offensive. Correct?

It sure looked that way.



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26 Feb 2016, 6:01 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
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Exactly what we have been discussing: Problems with the MFA's handling of the situation, orientalism, and other issues like that.


Exactly.

You were arguing for a certain position on that subject, were you not?

The position that the kimono thing was offensive. Correct?

It sure looked that way.


It's not inherently offensive, but there are contexts and ways in which it can be offensive.


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26 Feb 2016, 7:26 pm

I thought this was a good article on the panel discussion:

http://artery.wbur.org/2016/02/08/mfa-k ... ontroversy


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