Quote:
Originally posted by Rudey
Totally agreed. In fact the idea of using words like "good polish" is in itself a racist remark. "Good polish" is some western ideal you are trying to throw down on everyone.
Also the idea that religion is better - I always saw religion as being a crutch of the poor. Many wealthy people I knew were "religious".
-Rudey
|
My grandmother was raised in Asia and COULD have had good polish as well. Instead, she chose to be what I call "Paris Hilton Lite" (in a 1930s-1940s kind of way...well, as close as you can get to that kind of life in a war situation). The definition of "good polish" in Asia and in the west may seem different, but in reality it really isn't so. My great-grandmother was definitely "polished" from what I understand. She picked her rice grain by grain instead of shovelling it into her mouth.