tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post5635083596628332176..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Group Profile: The Cultural Anthropologistskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80957501236338815272007-08-21T23:46:00.000-04:002007-08-21T23:46:00.000-04:00I hope KC has something exciting at midnight.I'm d...I hope KC has something exciting at midnight.<BR/><BR/>I'm drowning in an ocean of anticipation.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81971954234114968742007-08-21T22:45:00.000-04:002007-08-21T22:45:00.000-04:00My Dear Debrah @ 9:27,I thought this was an up-clo...My Dear Debrah @ 9:27,<BR/><BR/>I thought this was an up-close-and-personal blog...<BR/><BR/>Please don't confuse me, for I am easily addled.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and by the way, I thought the English <I><B>were</I></B> native Americans!?!<BR/><BR/>ROTFLM-T's-O !!! <BR/><BR/>In my case, you've really have to wonder what the "T"'s are....<BR/><BR/>(damn that hurts)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78639978086762386092007-08-21T22:27:00.000-04:002007-08-21T22:27:00.000-04:00Ralph Phelan gets the LOL of the day with:"2. The ...Ralph Phelan gets the LOL of the day with:<BR/><BR/><I>"2. The rape and assault allegations against [Houston Baker] were likely true."<BR/><BR/>And even if they weren't, whatever he did do was surely bad enough.</I><BR/><BR/>Very nice indeed.Steven Horwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470758334242360804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-68509942608258586852007-08-21T21:55:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:55:00.000-04:00To Spook--LIS!Good one.The only difference would b...To Spook--<BR/><BR/>LIS!<BR/><BR/>Good one.<BR/><BR/>The only difference would be--part of my ancestry really is!<BR/><BR/>Churchill is as much American Indian--I don't use Native American because it's a bureaucratic invention--as Jerry Springer.<BR/><BR/>:>)Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-90024678319168101882007-08-21T21:49:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:49:00.000-04:00Anonymous at 2:06 PM said.......Finally, lets see ...<I>Anonymous at 2:06 PM said...<BR/><BR/>....Finally, lets see you praise the League of Nations or the UN when they decide to give up YOUR land in order to remedy the horrific acts of a random nation that had nothing to do with you. Sure you'd be happy with that.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>During WW I, the idea developed that the problem of nationalism could be solved, in part, by breaking up the huge multi-national empires, like Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empires in particular. "Must every language have its own country?" Clemenseau is said to have asked Pres. Wilson -- to which Wilson's at least implied answer was "yes". <BR/><BR/>So, when every other little nationality in Europe and the Middle East (think here of the Estonians and the Kuwaitis) was getting its own country, it was impossible to ignore the Jews who (1) had long historical ties to the Turkish-ruled lands (particularly Jerusalem, which had a Jewish plurality, if not a majority) in which the Jews wanted "a national home", and (2) Jewish financiers had provided much of the money support for the Allies. <BR/><BR/>The fact is, the Arabs, had they been willing to negotiate at the end of the Turkish-rule, could have confined the Jewish National Home to a small coastal strip between Tel-Aviv and Haifa. It was by choosing War that the Arabs lost their lands. IMO, they cannot now be heard to complain about suffering the normal consequences of losing a war of choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54291046001318470842007-08-21T21:45:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:45:00.000-04:00"After reading and re-reading Houston Baker's resp..."After reading and re-reading Houston Baker's response to my Email the followoing became crystal clear:<BR/>...<BR/>2. The rape and assault allegations against him were likely true."<BR/><BR/>And even if they weren't, whatever he did do was surely bad enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28500832105396015782007-08-21T21:27:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:27:00.000-04:00To "inman"--You know, we should apologize to KC fo...To "inman"--<BR/><BR/>You know, we should apologize to KC for all this more-than-one-needs-to-know personal information.<BR/> <BR/>It's easy to get carried away.<BR/><BR/>Sorry. :>)Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41648055295850131392007-08-21T21:18:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:18:00.000-04:00Way back (zzzzzzzzzz years ago) when I took severa...Way back (zzzzzzzzzz years ago) when I took several anthropology courses, all of my professors were very casual in their dress. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps deliberately.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps they were often out in the field working on digs...or in the basement sorting through boxes of materials for numerous exhibits...which would have made "dressing up" a wasted endeavor.<BR/><BR/>From what I've gleaned so far, the anthropology profs in this 88 series sport their <I> mufti</I> attire because of lazy affectation.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36143169455397676062007-08-21T21:02:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:02:00.000-04:00Debrah, draped in a Hermes scarf, writes @ 8:16:Pa...Debrah, draped in a Hermes scarf, writes @ 8:16:<BR/><BR/><I>Part of my ancestry is Cherokee Indian.<BR/><BR/>Certified.</I><BR/><BR/>I hear there may be an opening at the University of Colorado ...One Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592774438681904368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51761264303848430242007-08-21T20:59:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:59:00.000-04:00Anonymous said... Dear thinks-you're-so-smart-at -...<I>Anonymous said... <BR/>Dear thinks-you're-so-smart-at -just-after-one...<BR/><BR/>In Latin American, try, for example, the civilization in coastal Peru that developed--apparently--without the use of clay pottery. Don't believe me, check with the Field Museum in Chicago. <BR/><BR/>Ok, dooofffusssssssssssssssss?<BR/><BR/><BR/>BTW, did you devlop an extraordinarily large mouth to put your feet in or is your foot, like your brain, small??? <BR/><BR/>8/21/07 1:40 PM <BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Our would-be professor must have missed the last four words from this sentence of the press release by the Field Museum: "CHICAGO - New radiocarbon dates of plant fibers indicate that the site of Caral (120 miles north of Lima, Peru) was home to the earliest known urban settlement ... <B>in the New World</B>." The press release goes on to explain, "The surprising evidence pushes the development of these important advances in the Americas back to <B>as early as 2627 B.C.</B>" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/04/010427073646.htm<BR/><BR/>Now, this moron's <B>original</B> claim (based apparently on some racist need to belittle European accomplishments) was, <I>"And, the earliest civilizations were not necessarily in Europe, home of the `white` man, but rather in today's Latin America.</I><BR/><BR/>It's generally agreed that the earliest civilizations began about 10,000 years ago -- that is, about 8000 BC See, i.e., <A HREF="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/World_History:Ancient_Civilizations" REL="nofollow">Civilization makes its debut (8000 - 3000 BC)</A>. This Field Museum Latin American civilization dates to 2627 BC. With a little math we can see that 2627 BC is 5,373 years from 8000 BC, but 2627 BC is only 4,634 years from <B>now, 2007 AD</B>. Thus this Latin American civilization began 739 years <B>closer to <I>now</I> than it did to the "earliest civilization"</B>. Is our anonymous would-be history professor is extending the definition of "earliest civilizations" to include those which began nearer to today than to civilization's origins?<BR/><BR/>While we are at it, we also find that <B>Europe's</B> "earliest civilization" was established about 4700 BC -- that is, about <B>2,000 years earlier</B> than the perfesser's Latin American champion. <A HREF="http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-5-2005-72654.asp" REL="nofollow">Dead White Males Did It First</A><BR/><BR/>Finally about my foot, perfesser, you can tell the doctor how big it is after we do the three-legged race to the hospital.<BR/><BR/>R.R. HamiltonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-57323428028887436102007-08-21T20:58:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:58:00.000-04:00inman @ 6:36 writes:My son has expressed an intere...inman @ 6:36 writes:<BR/><BR/><I>My son has expressed an interest. Does he need to be fluent in a foreign langauge?</I><BR/><BR/>No, but it helps. These days I might recommend Farsi.<BR/><BR/>One SpookOne Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592774438681904368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76841890076240008232007-08-21T20:49:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:49:00.000-04:00To "inman"--LOL!!!In the immortal, gutteral words ...To "inman"--<BR/><BR/>LOL!!!<BR/><BR/>In the immortal, gutteral words of Claus Von Bulow:<BR/><BR/><I>"You have no idea."</I><BR/><BR/>My mother was the Joan Collins of the town and a clothes horse. My father had to go around to her various "accounts" and ask them to stop her.<BR/><BR/>LOL!!!<BR/>LOL!!!<BR/><BR/>Good news: She's a lot older now and my excruciately BORING att'y brother is "handling" her. I don't get along with either of them.<BR/><BR/>Oh.....if only we could sometimes be born....without family to endure.<BR/><BR/>ROTFLM-T's-O !!!Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-3034048258312590892007-08-21T20:32:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:32:00.000-04:00Also, Debrah,I bet your family looked really chic ...Also, Debrah,<BR/><BR/>I bet your family looked really chic in their woolly mammoth togs. Ralph "Lifschitz" Lauren, eat your Homo Sapien heart out, for Debrah's Cro Magnon designers were WAY ahead of their time.<BR/><BR/>Fur no less!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-26780953347093142562007-08-21T20:27:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:27:00.000-04:00Debrah, you minx,I bet it was pop corn!Even so, we...Debrah, you minx,<BR/><BR/>I bet it was pop corn!<BR/><BR/>Even so, we invented the popcorn butter substitute and seasoning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38185634135551848152007-08-21T20:22:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:22:00.000-04:00I ran across a very interesting web site for all t...I ran across a very interesting web site for all those who would like to learn about race and <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/" REL="nofollow">slavery in America</A><BR/><BR/><I>"There are many ways that human beings divide themselves up. Class is one, [and] gender, race, ethnicity. There's a number of ways that people divide themselves up."</I><BR/><BR/>Timothy H. Breen<BR/>William Smith Mason Professor of American History<BR/>Northwestern UniversityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25061506493043955082007-08-21T20:16:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:16:00.000-04:00To "inman"--Well, I was here first. LOL!Danced ...To "inman"--<BR/><BR/>Well, I was here first. LOL!<BR/><BR/>Danced across the Siberian Strait.<BR/><BR/>Part of my ancestry is Cherokee Indian.<BR/><BR/>Certified.<BR/><BR/>I taught you how to grow corn.<BR/><BR/>LOL!!!Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18475301040612108282007-08-21T20:15:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:15:00.000-04:00Iman:"... if only I could afford all that and hide...Iman:<BR/>"... if only I could afford all that and hide my double chin."<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you wear your double chin well.<BR/><BR/>4:57Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61081888734929151912007-08-21T19:52:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:52:00.000-04:00Debrah,Family crests have been substantially cheap...Debrah,<BR/><BR/>Family crests have been substantially cheapened by anyone in the US who claims a right to display a coat of arms. The right to display a coat of arms does not extend over the ocean. Those presumtuous enough to display them are like the person who claims their family was in Virginia before Jamestowne...unless of native American heritage, simply balderdash.<BR/><BR/>But coats-of-arms and crests still make nice rings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-11790387820371535032007-08-21T19:32:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:32:00.000-04:00I still have an Hermes scarf that was a romantic g...I still have an Hermes scarf that was a romantic gift when I was 21....and it's still like new.<BR/><BR/>It's so versatile that I used to use it as a hip wrap over a swimsuit.<BR/><BR/>So, yes, quality counts...and like quality people.....never go out of style.<BR/><BR/>LOL!Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36753663647857038772007-08-21T19:27:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:27:00.000-04:00All that family crest crap gives me the creeps.Hal...All that family crest crap gives me the creeps.<BR/><BR/>Half the time it's a faux history attached by some crazy aunt whose talent is historical embellishment.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-626377216953607092007-08-21T18:36:00.000-04:002007-08-21T18:36:00.000-04:00One Spook...question...were you with the foreign s...One Spook...question...were you with the foreign service or CIA? or other intelligence agency...even KBG or Stasi? (ha)<BR/><BR/>My son has expressed an interest. Does he need to be fluent in a foreign langauge?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72761202113674937572007-08-21T18:31:00.000-04:002007-08-21T18:31:00.000-04:004:57I agree with you! That's why throughout my lif...4:57<BR/><BR/>I agree with you! That's why throughout my life I have looked for classic styles in clothing and shoes, etc. Some things never go out of style...and there seems to be a high correlation between style and quality. There is nothing quite like a tailor-made merino wool suit, Egyptian cotton button-down shirt (also custom made), an Hermes tie and all-leather Alden shoes (well polished of course)...a simple signet ring (at least 14 carat) with one's family crest ... aftershave and grooming with Kiehl's ... hair neatly trimmed and combed. And a twinkle in one's eye, a steady gaze, impeccable manners and a firm handshake. <BR/><BR/>God, ... if only I could afford all that and hide my double chin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-31911874529735959492007-08-21T18:13:00.000-04:002007-08-21T18:13:00.000-04:00TO: 5:35 "I always tell my students to dress up f...TO: 5:35 <BR/><BR/>"I always tell my students to dress up for court if they want a chance of getting out of whatever the charge is."<BR/><BR/>who are you teaching that you need to give lessons on proper court attire for criminal charges?<BR/><BR/>fun story: when serving as a law clerk for a judge assigned to the criminal division, a defendant appeared for his sentencing hearing wearing a tee shirt emblazoned with a large marijuana leaf. clearly not a student of yours. despite his odd fashion choice, his sentence was fair and appropriate.<BR/><BR/>4:57Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67453958559506424092007-08-21T18:11:00.000-04:002007-08-21T18:11:00.000-04:00Anon @ 4:58 writes:Why don't you just disappear, s...Anon @ 4:58 writes:<BR/><BR/><I>Why don't you just disappear, spook that you are.</I><BR/><BR/>Sorry, I'm not that kind of spook; I'm the kind that can make you disappear. <BR/><BR/>Now, why don't you just run along and go play with your pottety and leave the discussion to the adults.<BR/><BR/>One SpookOne Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592774438681904368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62453155736185217882007-08-21T17:49:00.000-04:002007-08-21T17:49:00.000-04:00Yuk to all of this. You guys must not have very ...Yuk to all of this. You guys must not have very busy lives.<BR/><BR/>These so-called "Cultural Anthropologists" should be REQUIRED to go live in some of their esteemed countries for 5 years. <BR/><BR/>Let them go to Afghanistan and do some REAL research, instead of hiding behind their desks and ivory towers and writing about subjects that are so esoteric that they have not benefit to anybody except the logging industry ( if their nerdy writings happen to end up published) or the navel-gazing colleagues.<BR/><BR/>Duke University need to re-think its whole hiring process.<BR/><BR/>Well... "rethinking" is NOT what is likely to happen there for a LONG LONG time.<BR/><BR/>I am so ashamed of them ( and of some of these mundane posts) that I am about to start telling people that I went to Duke back when it was about real scholarship.<BR/><BR/>Not now. Not today.<BR/><BR/>YUKKKKKKKK !!!!!<BR/><BR/>dslAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com