tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8315391981226127904..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Tibetan nanniesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38498638415712020712009-10-03T14:52:22.150-07:002009-10-03T14:52:22.150-07:00> "Mexican is to Spanish what Ebonics is t...> "Mexican is to Spanish what Ebonics is to English."<br /><br />No David, it really isn't. Mexico is a Spanish speaking country, there is not country known as "Ebonica." <<br /><br />Wow. I'll bet you mastered the verbal SAT.<br /><br />Let me clarify my point. The Mexican LANGUAGE is to the Spanish LANGUAGE what the Ebonics LANGUAGE is to the English LANGUAGE. Nationhood status has nothing to do with this point. After all, many Jews spoke the Hebrew LANGUAGE even during those long years when there was no Hebrew NATION.<br /><br />However, an interesting (but separate) point could be made that the nation of Ebonics is actually "the black community," the black part of the "two nations in America" cliche.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51906094403125244332009-09-28T22:11:08.438-07:002009-09-28T22:11:08.438-07:00"Shinto is Buddhism with a Japanese national ..."Shinto is Buddhism with a Japanese national spin"<br /><br /><br />No, one has nothing to do with the other, Shinto is a polytheistic, supernatural religion with a whole series of rituals and gods assigned to everyday occurrences such as the wind.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48724492474338842232009-09-28T13:39:04.526-07:002009-09-28T13:39:04.526-07:00It's obvious that Tibet is not Japan - althoug...It's obvious that Tibet is not Japan - although both are buddhist. (Shinto is Buddhism with a Japanese national spin.)<br /><br />Tibet is both high-altitude and low-population density - and in that way closer to classical Scandinavia, even in terms of lack of "cleanliness" or more accurately soapliness, than to Japan or China proper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81340700545993359662009-09-28T03:16:46.481-07:002009-09-28T03:16:46.481-07:00And Buddhism is not "atheism." Boiling ...And Buddhism is not "atheism." Boiling down a large and multifaceted religion with many branches to this is simpleminded, when Buddha himself was asked about God, his response could be boiled down to "I don't know." <br /><br />"Don't concern yourself with things that are not significant with you" would be much more accurate elucidation of Buddhist philosophy than "atheist."Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75903134522539817452009-09-28T03:09:31.764-07:002009-09-28T03:09:31.764-07:00"I can imagine that 500 years from now, the i..."I can imagine that 500 years from now, the inhabitants of the former USA will pummel each other to<br />the tune of Snoop Doggy Dogg while wearing Uncle Sam hats and Richard Nixon masks."<br /><br />IF people know who Snoop Doggy Dog and Nixon are in 500 years, that would indicate a high level of studiousness; case in point, he changed his name to "Big Snoop Dog" about 15 years ago, but you didn't know that.<br /><br />"Mexican is to Spanish what Ebonics is to English."<br /><br />No David, it really isn't. Mexico is a Spanish speaking country, there is not country known as "Ebonica."<br /><br />""The idea that we should be siding with the Tibetan Buddhists and against the Chinese Christians strikes me as insanity."<br /><br />This is not, was not and presumably never will be a Christian country. If it was we'd have a cross on the dollar bill instead of a pyramid with an eye on top.<br /><br />"Western Xinjiang (Uighur majority) is poor and not improving."<br /><br />Great "proof" of course you know that the per capita income in Detroit is higher than it is in the Ukraine.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65270043041383553542009-09-27T21:43:41.059-07:002009-09-27T21:43:41.059-07:00"CJ said...
Definitely, but you have to wond..."CJ said...<br /><br />Definitely, but you have to wonder why high altitude would be associated with cultural development. Judging from this report on what is probably the second-highest altitude culture in the world, there wouldn't seem to be a positive correspondence."<br /><br />The first rule of Tinku is.....<br />....there is no Tinku.<br /><br />The second rule of Tinku is.....Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40776972757013232722009-09-27T21:25:16.398-07:002009-09-27T21:25:16.398-07:00minor point, but I was recently surprised at the n...minor point, but I was recently surprised at the number of black, possibly west indian, nannies pushing strollers down the sidewalk in the Tribeca area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61612001861423146872009-09-27T19:14:54.446-07:002009-09-27T19:14:54.446-07:00Anon, thanks for the expansion.Anon, thanks for the expansion.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58940929737427706812009-09-27T17:09:50.026-07:002009-09-27T17:09:50.026-07:00To Svigor: by the PRC government itself (via the s...To Svigor: by the PRC government itself (via the statutes of the HK government which, shall we say, is always eager to respond to the wishes of Beijing. There is a very 'hard' border between HK and the PRC, i.e. you need to pass through full immigration/customs procedures, even though HK is now ostensibly a full part of the PRC. <br /><br />The reason? It's never stated, but the PRC seems to acknowledge that HK is indeed something special, and does wish for it to maintain some degree of difference from the mainland. Allowing in hundreds of thousands of young women from the PRC to be domestic helpers would constitute an open invitation to them to fully integrate themselves into HK life (i.e. find men to marry/have children with) and that's currently not a desired outcome. HK Chinese men seem to have little interest in the Filipinas/Indonesians who comprise most of the helpers here, so it's not an issue.<br /><br />Ironically, though, loads of HK people would love to have native Mandarin-speaking helpers to teach their kids that language. As is, a lot of them do look hard for Filipinas who speak good English, so they derive some educational benefit that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48181219582327698602009-09-27T13:58:42.033-07:002009-09-27T13:58:42.033-07:00"Prove it."
Eastern Xinjiang (Han and H..."Prove it."<br /><br />Eastern Xinjiang (Han and Hui majority) is growing rich and at a pace matching the rest of the country.<br /><br />Western Xinjiang (Uighur majority) is poor and not improving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51972829453755964662009-09-27T12:21:42.420-07:002009-09-27T12:21:42.420-07:00Years ago I read about a French explorer who lived...<i>Years ago I read about a French explorer who lived for two years in Tibet and followed the local custom of not bathing. he then decided to bathe (on a whim) and was promptly and ferociously attacked by vermin which had left him alone in his rank state.</i> <br /><br />Funny, I had a French roommate for a couple years and he followed the Tibetan custom of not bathing, too (he'd shower once every few months, if that). I'm pretty sure he'd never been to Tibet.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76139458364568788352009-09-27T12:19:27.237-07:002009-09-27T12:19:27.237-07:00Poles would struggle to communicate with me in bad...<i>Poles would struggle to communicate with me in bad English rather than switch to Russian, which we both spoke better.</i> <br /><br />Not that you're wrong about former Soviet satellites hating Russian, which one would expect, but it's also expected that the same folks would want to practice their crappy English, not their fluent Russian. I.e., you were being used.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89462161081526146482009-09-27T12:14:08.308-07:002009-09-27T12:14:08.308-07:00The irony is that native-Mandarin-speaking mainlan...<i>The irony is that native-Mandarin-speaking mainland Chinese women are totally banned.</i> <br /><br />By whom, and why?Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21841290051631432342009-09-27T10:59:17.260-07:002009-09-27T10:59:17.260-07:00CJ's video link... headlights ON!
1:36 to 1:4...<i>CJ's video link... headlights ON!</i><br /><br />1:36 to 1:47<br /> <br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30631219358098044662009-09-27T07:46:47.438-07:002009-09-27T07:46:47.438-07:00Having a black butler is like wearing a stainless ...Having a black butler is like wearing a stainless steel rolex. You have money, but not as much as you wish you did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69931969608866696602009-09-27T06:54:06.311-07:002009-09-27T06:54:06.311-07:00plain, old-fashioned racismWhoaa, here come the Na...<i>plain, old-fashioned racism</i>Whoaa, here come the Nazi's! I bet the journalist never suffered from discrimination in his life, yet talks as if it's about to stick out its neck.llolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61367287893788039772009-09-26T22:09:42.098-07:002009-09-26T22:09:42.098-07:00Speaking of the tall, blonde infobabe narrating at...Speaking of the tall, blonde infobabe narrating at CJ's video link; did you notice her ...um...state of arousal (headlights ON!) at the sight of all those viril young men fighting each other and drawing one another's blood?<br /><br />And the mustachioed policeman?<br /><br />Such things seem almost universal do they not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48355830160992039562009-09-26T21:48:24.291-07:002009-09-26T21:48:24.291-07:00"16. Guangdong 100"
By far the most pr...<i>"16. Guangdong 100"<br /><br /><br />By far the most prosperous Chinese province. 100 million people and a per capita of $5,500 (nominal). So hard to believe. But also the province was the experiment province. When the economic reforms began in 1979, it was the first province allowed to develop.</i><br /><br />I find it hard to believe too. Four points lower than Inner Mongolia? Come on. Many, many successful entrepreneurs have Guangdong ancestry, and they make up the majority of the Hong Kong population. But as you said, who knows how much was a result of Guangdong's economic head start. <br /><br />They also boast some top end intellectuals like Fields Medal winning Shing Tung Yau and Terence Tao (a possible candidate for smartest person in the entire world by the way).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8455188273808314162009-09-26T19:56:17.776-07:002009-09-26T19:56:17.776-07:00No, white American women are not put out of work b...No, white American women are not put out of work by foreigners. Black American women are in the sense that if the people who employ foreigners couldn't get them, they would have to hire black Americans instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53431935757565028922009-09-26T19:52:27.448-07:002009-09-26T19:52:27.448-07:00Anonymous said...
"Tibetans have the low...<i>Anonymous said...<br /><br /> "Tibetans have the lowest human capital of any ethnic group in China."<br /><br /> Definitely not. The lowest IQ group in China are the Uighurs who are a Turkic group in the Northwest fringe of China.</i><br /><br />Prove it.Billhttp://www.welmer.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39378261170750352362009-09-26T19:48:39.139-07:002009-09-26T19:48:39.139-07:00I used to read a lot of mountain climbing books, w...<i><br />I used to read a lot of mountain climbing books, which were full of glimpses of Tibetan culture. As the highest altitude culture in the world, and one of the most isolated, Tibet has always had a certain glamor. From what I read, however, I would not characterize "cleanliness, organization & dedication to education" as values of traditional Tibet. The smell of rancid butter was something practically every climber to visit Tibet remarked upon.</i><br /><br />hehe. Tibet does fairly reek of yak butter (although if you call it yak butter to a Tibetan they will giggle politely, because the term yak is only used to refer to the bull of the species in Tibetan). The Tibetan girls are fairly rosy cheeked and have pleasant smiles, so I understand the allure, but not necessarily from a housewife's perspective.Billhttp://www.welmer.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55176327867705723502009-09-26T18:31:35.139-07:002009-09-26T18:31:35.139-07:00Said it before, I'll say it again: The whole p...Said it before, I'll say it again: The whole position of a nanny is bull____ . If you can afford to pay a nanny, one of you can afford to stay home with the kids.<br /><br />-Vanilla ThunderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85708930042319120982009-09-26T17:04:21.459-07:002009-09-26T17:04:21.459-07:00The current recession is affecting males more than...The current recession is affecting males more than females, and as there is no such thing as a 'mannie', I doubt there are that many unemployed Americans being cast aside for immigrant nannies.<br /><br />Has anyone heard of a woman complaining that they are out of work because of the large number of foreign nannies?<br /><br />Are any of the complaining commenters women?<br /><br />Maybe there is no problem here.anony-mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44002885739898774582009-09-26T16:55:45.025-07:002009-09-26T16:55:45.025-07:00Steve never posts an open thread, so I'll put ...Steve never posts an open thread, so I'll put this here.<br /><br /><a href="http://wwww.forward.com/articles/112209/" rel="nofollow">Link.</a> <br /><br /><br /><b>Israeli-Born Children of Foreign Workers Present Quandary for Jewish State</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Like other countries in the industrial world, Israel faces the dilemma of how to deal with the families created on its soil by the foreign workers it invites in. But Israel, which has no immigration policy for non-Jews, finds itself in uncharted territory.</i> <br /><br /><i>Sabine Hadad, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry, said deporting illegal residents is a matter of law enforcement.</i> <br /> <br /><br /><i>“These people have broken the law and they know that,” she said of foreigners who overstayed their visas. “The law needs to be applied.”</i> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><i>Instituting a policy that allows the parents of children born in Israel to stay in the country permanently also would open a route for illegal immigrants to stay in Israel forever: simply have a child here.</i> <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Harel Kohen, an aide to Yaakov Katz, the lawmaker who heads the Knesset’s committee on foreign workers, said that taking a firm line on foreign workers illegally in Israel is about preserving the Jewish character of Israel.</i> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><i>“We need to ensure they do not stay in Israel, otherwise Israel is at risk of having its own people assimilated,” he said. “We could lose our Jewish identity.”</i> <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />I dunno, sounds sort of "racist" and "xenophobic" to me.<br /><br />John Podhoretz could not be reached for comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39251250412872942092009-09-26T16:43:35.408-07:002009-09-26T16:43:35.408-07:00Most of the obvious nannies I see on Manhattan'...<i>Most of the obvious nannies I see on Manhattan's streets are Caribbean blacks. You sometimes see East Indian and East Asian women, but those are relatively rare. Can't tell you how common English or Russian nannies are because if I see them with these kids, I'll just assume that they're the kids' mothers.</i><br /><br />In the last couple of years I've seen more East Asian nannies on the streets. They tend to be older than nannies of other ethnic groups, generally 50+.<br /><br />PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266094188872421777noreply@blogger.com