Am I racist?
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Which has to do entirely with the relative lack of infrastructure and economic development compared to countries like the USA.
Never said it didn't. Just that it was damn near post apocalyptic in nature.
It's also cultural. Last time I visited Jordan, it was hard to believe the driving situation over there. It was so stressful, that I returned my rented car and started taking taxis everywhere. Nobody gives A **** about stop signs (they just do a looong honk as they pass the intersection at a sizable fraction of the speed of light), people park in the middle of the street to get coffee or chat with one another, 2 lane streets are often occupied by 4 cars that are almost rubbing against each other, people indifferently crossing freeways while everyone slams their breaks. It was incredible.
This, I'd add that in Honduras there are also buses everywhere that are so jam packed with people that they literally ride on the outsides of the buses. Also very poor road conditions with pot holes every where.
Every other day there was a article in the paper about someone who fell off the outside of a bus and got ran over a half dozen times till they looked like a paint smear.
Most definitely. I've never been to Jordan, that would be fun.
Sounds a lot like India. Like, what the **** is anyone doing over there? One is constantly sitting in jams due to an accident. There are people driving on the sidewalks, and, much like Jordan, there will be about 10 lanes created for what is essentially a three or four lane road. At least the roads are decent there.
Jordan probably spent all their highway safety money gambling and buying cigars. I mean, he's a great basketball player (I'd say the greatest ever), but he should not be running a country.
Let alone naming it after himself. Talk about ego!
I typically include these attributes as part of an assessment of the level of infrastructure. Whether that is the technical definition or not, I will include the degree of detail and organization involved in the use of the structure that has been built. Therefore, most basically every country has less infrastructure than the US in this regard. Not saying that the US is doing it right either. It's very likely that the degree to which the United States takes their management of transportation via motorized vehicles is wildly inefficient from many points of view. But I agree, the difference is more than just the existence of a paved road with painted lines.
Almost as bad as Lou Gehrig calling himself the 'luckiest man in the world' just because he had some disease named after him.
b_line
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First example of racism in this thread. All the other **** is about culture. Culture and race are intrinsically different. This thread has confused culture and race entirely.
Explain? Without a cultural element the concept of race is utterly meaningless.
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Most Indigenous People I know take offense to the term American Indian.
Right, because they create them in a position of power where no-one within their jurisdictions can propose the contrary. Stereotypes are the domination of one discourse at the expense of others. Typically this domination is explainable in a power/powerless scenario.