tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.comments2012-01-27T19:49:15.880-08:00Vince Romaninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12847292450697524683noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-68262623749142002002012-01-27T19:49:15.880-08:002012-01-27T19:49:15.880-08:00it amuses me that all you &quot;open-minded&quot; americanos are so quick to point out the &quot;errors&quot; in other cultures while claiming to be open-minded. Maybe your so-called feminism is far more damaging to society than a &quot;cat-call.&quot; <br /><br />To say that cat-calls are synonymous with abuse would be similar to saying that cows in a field are similar to hamburger. The fallacies from Ashley are as rampant as they are in the whole of the American universities which promote equality while denigrating men.<br /><br />Abuse in the US is rampant, so whatever Ashley and her ilk are promoting in the US may simply be missing the mark. To say the culture in the US is superior because we don&#39;t do cat calls is fallacious at best and dangerous at worst. You may subvert and pervert other cultures to become like the US, and in doing so make the world a worse place, not better. <br /><br />Check your viewpoint and see possibly just how closed minded you actually are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-74279315609738582192012-01-27T19:49:08.845-08:002012-01-27T19:49:08.845-08:00it amuses me that all you &quot;open-minded&quot; americanos are so quick to point out the &quot;errors&quot; in other cultures while claiming to be open-minded. Maybe your so-called feminism is far more damaging to society than a &quot;cat-call.&quot; <br /><br />To say that cat-calls are synonymous with abuse would be similar to saying that cows in a field are similar to hamburger. The fallacies from Ashley are as rampant as they are in the whole of the American universities which promote equality while denigrating men.<br /><br />Abuse in the US is rampant, so whatever Ashley and her ilk are promoting in the US may simply be missing the mark. To say the culture in the US is superior because we don&#39;t do cat calls is fallacious at best and dangerous at worst. You may subvert and pervert other cultures to become like the US, and in doing so make the world a worse place, not better. <br /><br />Check your viewpoint and see possibly just how closed minded you actually are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-71172976947225166272012-01-27T19:47:55.834-08:002012-01-27T19:47:55.834-08:00it amuses me that all you &quot;open-minded&quot; americanos are so quick to point out the &quot;errors&quot; in other cultures while claiming to be open-minded. Maybe your so-called feminism is far more damaging to society than a &quot;cat-call.&quot; <br /><br />To say that cat-calls are synonymous with abuse would be similar to saying that cows in a field are similar to hamburger. The fallacies from Ashley are as rampant as they are in the whole of the American universities which promote equality while denigrating men.<br /><br />Abuse in the US is rampant, so whatever Ashley and her ilk are promoting in the US may simply be missing the mark. To say the culture in the US is superior because we don&#39;t do cat calls is fallacious at best and dangerous at worst. You may subvert and pervert other cultures to become like the US, and in doing so make the world a worse place, not better. <br /><br />Check your viewpoint and see possibly just how closed minded you actually are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-8753835331514002692008-07-22T10:09:00.000-07:002008-07-22T10:09:00.000-07:00all i can say is, wow! i love reading what you write. i'm proud as hell, and thank God everyday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-85450268292451927602008-07-22T07:46:00.000-07:002008-07-22T07:46:00.000-07:00Vince, your reflection contrasting Nicaragua and the US I found very interesting and the "why" of why I am happy to be associaed wih ETHOS. It is a mystery for reflection for the rest of your life. I look forwardto hearing from you personally<BR/>PhilPHIL AARONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-81218351509164006152008-07-21T06:01:00.000-07:002008-07-21T06:01:00.000-07:00it's sometimes almost fascinating to view the wide range of differences among cultures for the roles of both men and women. for the most part, however, it seems that the more advanced or "modern" a society has become, the more that respect for the opposite sex becomes apparent. that is not to say, however, that other cultures dissrespect the opposite sex, it's just that the level of culturally accepted actions is different. what that guy was doing off the back of the truck to "cat-call" the women, while in some countries that is in fact viewed as a complement, in some countries it's grounds for execution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-2795790344849236342008-07-19T09:52:00.000-07:002008-07-19T09:52:00.000-07:00I think machismo is highly disrespectful to women and dangerous to the culture as a whole. I remember in Costa Rica, my host mom said that domestic abuse was always highest on soccer game days and that women were just "expected" to take it. <BR/><BR/>That's the problem with machismo--it's cat-calls and lustful stares on the surface, but underneath there's a much larger issue. It spins out of control and forces women into submissive roles, like my host mom who put up with her husband having affairs for 15 years because females are not supposed to speak up for themselves. And, the more men think they have the right to dominate society and relationships, the less confidence women have in creating their own lives and supporting themselves. I remember talking to my host brother about the way ticas dressed....very provocative. He said that they spend so much time getting ready because for some of them, getting a man is the #1 priority and if they can't appeal to a man's sex drive, then they have nothing. It bummed me out. <BR/><BR/>Since it is so culturally acceptable, I'm not surprised that the girls who go on the bus admitted that they like cat-calls.....because that's a confidence booster for them. But if they knew what it was like to live in a society where men have at least a little bit more respect for women, they might think differently.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997492839124339952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-33925711436960372532008-07-15T21:48:00.001-07:002008-07-15T21:48:00.001-07:00Above comment was posted by Jake : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-40567739595219645502008-07-15T21:48:00.000-07:002008-07-15T21:48:00.000-07:00Vince...I miss you...<3<BR/><BR/>Hope you are having fun...<BR/><BR/>Oh...and Ganaria for the Win!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-60504445641867265162008-07-15T05:57:00.000-07:002008-07-15T05:57:00.000-07:00love your writings, what a riot! your great grandmother, (nona vlasta's mom) used to eat chicken feet soup. we came home one day, and there was a box of chicken feet on the stoop of the house. they were delivered, and we had the soup that night when i was over there as a kid. i watched my gramma eat the soup with the feet floating around in there. if you suck the ankles, you can get a bit of meat out of there. it's an image that will stick in my mind forever! good soup, though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-75584594463846381282008-07-08T17:45:00.000-07:002008-07-08T17:45:00.000-07:00volcano boarding looks awesome. can't wait for the dayton reunion when you get back. Enjoy your last 3 weeks!!Eileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18400638283712761188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-32776038636568361312008-07-08T06:51:00.000-07:002008-07-08T06:51:00.000-07:00Thank you soooo much for sharing Vince!<BR/>I have become a Salud del sol website stalker ( checking at least twice a day!!) by default....by simply being a mom!<BR/>Your work is awesome and stories great. Have a wonderful and safe week.cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13440771815996341393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-77660505084303243182008-06-30T09:58:00.000-07:002008-06-30T09:58:00.000-07:00i've been dying to post on this conversation, but allas, (did i spell that word correctly?) due to the fact that i have been running some stuff at work that keeps me from a computer, i was unable to comment untill now. so, now it's late, but we all have to remember that there is power in numbers. we as consumers carry alot more wieght than we tend to realize. if we were not so spoiled on getting what we want, when we want it, we could sway alot of the powers that be by the way we purchase. i have been interrupted yet again as i type this, (i'm at work) so i'll just end with the fact that we need to buy stuff like we care. if we purchase with conscience, it does make a difference. sorry if this is choppy. no time to go back and read what i've writtenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-35609196932888431962008-06-29T15:11:00.000-07:002008-06-29T15:11:00.000-07:00You have a problem! and that problem is an obsession with hot sauce!K-Tonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701633566640220103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-5080916127413475242008-06-23T11:30:00.000-07:002008-06-23T11:30:00.000-07:00Ok, gotcha.<BR/><BR/>Well, I'll try this again then! I think given our circumstances the best thing to do is to do what you said, buy fair trade items. That makes us feel all warm inside at least, and hey maybe it throws someone a bone somewhere. Also, people have had success by getting together and confronting these companies that buy products that come from sweatshops. I mean, if a company gets a lot of complaints from people and it gets the word out about how the products they buy come from sweatshops, well, that's a pretty negative view that they don't want to have.<BR/><BR/>So I guess my answer is both then? But if we're talking what I would do, well, I'm fucking lazy and don't pay attention to a lot of things. So I mean, I'll try! but no promises!!!K-Tonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701633566640220103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-36749537951715594972008-06-23T07:30:00.000-07:002008-06-23T07:30:00.000-07:00Good points Ian, but I was actually asking what WE should do, for example, when you buy clothes do you try to find clothes that were made under humane conditions. Fair Trade cotton is an example, and it works just like Fair Trade coffee or chocolate. If the company meets minimum requirements in terms of the condition and pay of their workers, they get to put a fair trade logo on their tag, and us americans get to buy away our guilt by paying $5 more for a T-shirt, knowing that whoever made that shirt has a slightly better lifestyle than he/she would have otherwise.Vince Romaninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12847292450697524683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-33943095842813633922008-06-22T18:34:00.000-07:002008-06-22T18:34:00.000-07:00Now, just to get this clear, are you asking what should these workers in sweat shops do? In which case, I'm going to take a stab at it. If I however am not answering the right question, feel free to call me an idiot and direct me in the way of the proper question.<BR/><BR/>Well, as sad as it may be, these workers don't have much choice when it comes to choosing whether to work in a sweatshop or not. Sweatshops, which exist in mainly third world countries, offer these people some form of a career, since their options are very limited. Also, since a lot of these people don't have the proper education or worldly knowledge that you and I take for granted, what reason would they have to even question their current way of life. So really, there isn't much these people can do in a sense of changing things.<BR/><BR/>I mean it sucks, but they don't have the knowledge that we have or the luxury of choice that we have. In most countries that have sweatshops, the alternatives are actually usually worse then the sweatshops themselves, such as scavenging through trash, prostitution, crime, or even starvation. In actuality a lot of these people in these countries make average, or above average income, compared to the rest of the populous of said country. So I think this is why a lot of these workers will deal with the harsh conditions that they have present, because their better off this way. You have to look at the big picture here, and take into consideration their way of life, what their country has to offer these people.<BR/><BR/>I hope that answered your question, I didn't intend for it to end up into a rant and go off on a tangent here but sometimes I can't help myself. But I just don't think that you can ask what would you do in a situation like this, unless you were ACTUALLY in the situation that these people are in, which is rather shitty. Of course I'm not condoning buying products made by sweatshop workers or anything like that, my argument was more that these people aren't given much choice here, and sweatshops are actually better then the alternatives.<BR/><BR/>I apologize for the length!<BR/>:D /end rantIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701633566640220103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-15941616691924416952008-06-18T20:38:00.000-07:002008-06-18T20:38:00.000-07:00You are the WORST with cliffhangers! I want to know what happens next in the escapades of Vince Romanin!<BR/><BR/>- K-Ton outIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701633566640220103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-2627834222530770762008-06-18T05:35:00.000-07:002008-06-18T05:35:00.000-07:00hey, is all well? all's ok here. love you lots,<BR/>ykwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-53211694662733850982008-06-12T10:53:00.000-07:002008-06-12T10:53:00.000-07:00hey, does this work? let me know. anyway, have a wonderful day, and stay away from the scorpions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-89997598497573538472008-06-05T20:02:00.000-07:002008-06-05T20:02:00.000-07:00funny memory: my freshman year at UD, I went to Cincinnati for the labor day fireworks (tradition) and it was SUPER hot that day. we were walking around downtown for hours and I had my backpack on the whole time. needless to say, I got a bit sweaty. okay, a lot sweaty. anyway, my friend's older sister offered to carry around my backpack because it had a lot of her stuff packed in it too....and when she put it on she goes "grosssssss this thing is soaking wet. take it back!" <BR/><BR/>only mildly embarrassing. <BR/><BR/>it's okay though, I don't mind dating a guy equally as sweaty as I am :)Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997492839124339952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-86744520071089900822008-06-03T07:20:00.000-07:002008-06-03T07:20:00.000-07:00ok, i think i finally got this working! woo hoo! what a pain to get it going. no wonder i didn't do it before.themomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08419707305945283295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-54324667897533998312008-06-03T07:19:00.000-07:002008-06-03T07:19:00.000-07:00hi! it's me! i finally signed into google and got the stuff to post a comment, i hope this works. if it don't, i'll try to e-mail you normal. glad to hear all's well, except for the loss of the usb and pics. bummer! you can still take pics, right? the ones you posted are cool. the owl is cool! does it hoot? anyway, funny about the tube meat. cool stuff about the solar panels. didn't know that the efficiency would drop when they get too hot.<BR/>anyway, just wanted to say hi, and glad all is well, tell ashley i said hi, hope the rain stops, stay well, all say hi, love you lots, the momthemomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08419707305945283295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853131461322651503.post-19759082419554980332008-05-21T10:36:00.000-07:002008-05-21T10:36:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday V-$. We less than 3 you.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08480299465803306186noreply@blogger.com