[Culturechat] Go as a Canadian
haggart
haggart@uidaho.edu
Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:19:12 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
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We will always travel as Americans - and be proud of it!=0D
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Most of the people that you meet on trips are just like you and me - they
are complicated people and not black and white and easily classified. I d=
on
t believe that others see us (individuals) as representatives of the
president. It is the media that likes to put everyone into boxes and pain=
t
us red or blue - it is easier than investigative reporting or even unbias=
ed
reporting. =0D
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I can recall only one time in all of my travel experiences when I
encountered the attitude that I represented my government, and that time =
I
was traveling with a group of educational broadcasters in the mid-1970s i=
n
Germany, and one of our hosts was so upset about Nixon and Watergate that=
he
did not come to the airport to pick us up! But after meeting him at the
hotel, and talking over some good German beer, he had to agree that he ha=
d
made a mistake to judge us all by one person. =0D
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I figure that part of my "job" on trips to other countries is not only to
understand the local culture, but to let the locals get to know "ordinary=
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Americans up close and personal.=0D
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haggart@moscow.com
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<DIV>We will always travel as Americans - and be proud of it!</DIV>
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<DIV>Most of the people that you meet on trips are just like you and=
me - they are complicated people and not black and white and easily=
classified. I don't believe that others see us (individuals) as represen=
tatives of the president. It is the media that likes to put everyone into=
boxes and paint us red or blue - it is easier than invest=
igative reporting or even unbiased reporting. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I can recall only one time in all of my travel experiences when I en=
countered the attitude that I represented my government, and that time I =
was traveling with a group of educational broadcasters in the mid-19=
70s in Germany, and one of our hosts was so upset about Nixon and Waterga=
te that he did not come to the airport to pick us up! But after meet=
ing him at the hotel, and talking over some good German beer, he had to a=
gree that he had made a mistake to judge us all by one person. </DIV=
>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I figure that part of my "job" on trips to other countries is not on=
ly to understand the local culture, but to let the locals get t=
o know "ordinary" Americans up close and personal.</DIV>
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<DIV>Pete</DIV>
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