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Esperanto: a window to world culture.
Either I don't get it or they don't get it.
Parade magazine. January 28 issue, front cover: Can the U.S. Wage Peace anywhere? "Intelligence Report" on page 18 Can the U.S. Rebuild Its Image?
The reporter Lyric Wallwork Winik writes about George Bush's communications advisor Karen Hughes, who became the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. This person should know a thing or two about international relationships. She is quoted as saying "I view my job as waging peace." And yet.. what she talks about is how to change the opinions of others in other countries. The problem is apparently with them.
Karen Hughes says that it will take a least a generation before the hard-core attitudes about the United States start to change. But she has started her campaign now. Her programs reach to more than 90 countries.. to do what? TO TEACH THEM ENGLISH.
And for this, we hear "Death to America" in English.
Maybe I just don't get it, but it seems that we should look within ourselves for answers. For us to be understood, we must first understand. For us to have friends, we must be a friend. We can't go around thinking we can make friends by paying them off or showing them our guns.
We should understand, be friends, give respect, and love. That's the image I want us to have. That's how I think we should wage peace.
There are countless examples
There are countless examples of how Americans alienate the rest of the world by disrespecting everyone else's language and culture and making it clear that Americans regard themselves as more important than other people. A recent example was noted by Ted Rall on Feb 7.
"We've occupied Afghanistan for six years, Iraq for four, and our troops still think it's OK to wear shoes inside? It's not just Muslim Culture 101--taking your shoes off at the door is standard in most countries. Is there actually not one single Army officer who pays attention to local sensibilities and teaches local mores to their men?"
Another example is this "Grand Theft Auto: Baghdad" video. Way to win the hearts and minds... use your Hummer to smash any local's car in your way.
If the US government's response to this problem is "Teach them all English!", it's going to be a very long time indeed before the US wins respect and friendship.
February 11, 2007 by russ, 10 years 29 weeks ago
Because I have friends in Brazil, I pay a lot of atentuion to what Brazilians say, both in English and in Portuguese. I can assure Ms. Hughes that what they say to us in English is not necessarily the same thing that they say to each other in Portuguese! If we refuse to learn other people's languages, or at least learn an international communication language like Esperanto, we make it a lot easier for other countries to keep secrets from us!
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February 10, 2007 by Ĝeraldino Vrajto, 10 years 29 weeks ago
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