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Hmm...
Amusing but slightly rude, though.
Amusing but slightly rude, though.
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Well not that I care, but I do think it's a bit rude to laugh at other people's cultural traditions, like the traditional clothing these women wear.Xandax wrote:Unless the photo is staged, then I fail to see how it is rude or similar.
I did think exactly the same as Gwally though
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Well - a big part of humor is indeed to laugh at (with) other people, amongst other their cultural "traditions". The fact that we are not "laughing" out of malice because they are physical hurt or anything, but mearly because we see the humor in the photographing scene I do not see it as rude or similar.C Elegans wrote:Well not that I care, but I do think it's a bit rude to laugh at other people's cultural traditions, like the traditional clothing these women wear.
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We in Europe laugh at for instance the americans and some of their cultural traditions, as I'm sure the americans do towards europeans. It is just because this area is soaked in "religion" that it is now suddenly more taboo.
In my view it is much more rude to laugh at somebody getting hurt, for instance like in almost every home video show known to mankind (yet I often do so myself) because thoese people got physical hurt - unless of course it is because they do something stupid and thus warrents them getting hurt
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I take a different view in this particular case. I'm not laughing at anyone's culture; what I'm laughing at might be described as a "clash of cultures". I'm not laughing at what the women are wearing. But their traditons pre-date the time when cameras were available, so it's funny how a new technology--from another culture, if you will--clashes with their traditions. They want to be "modern" and have their photos taken, but there's a certain, uh, practical difficulty involved that is quite humorous. Like trying to look at your date when you take her to dinner when there's a large floral arrangment in the way.C Elegans wrote:Well not that I care, but I do think it's a bit rude to laugh at other people's cultural traditions, like the traditional clothing these women wear.
That's the kind of thing that humor is all about.