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Sep. 23rd, 2009 11:23 pmReal World: Sarah, you know that speech you delivered to Hong Kong businesspeople today? You know how they were smiling and nodding and addressing you politely? I need to inform you - they won't laugh in your face. They're very polite - in fact, you probably addressed some of the same people I met a few years ago when I lived in Hong Kong for several weeks. I suspect you were booked for the speech for THEIR entertainment, not for your Serious Political Views. (These are probably some of the same people who were deeply suspicious of Dubya three months into his presidency - I didn't meet anyone we ran into in HK who thought well of him even that early on, and we had some Bush-lovers in our group, so these businesspeople had the chance to agree politely about how wonderful Dub was ... and they never did.)
I'm not making this up. I'm simply relating the facts of what I observed. If it's done a 180 in the intervening years, all I can say is that while anything's possible, I can't imagine why or how the Chinese in Hong Kong have become more pro-empire America since then.
Fandom: I haven't said much about POTC fandom in over a year, and I plan to pretty much stick to that policy given past events. And LJ has been largely behaved and quiet. But LJ isn't the only fandom place, and I have one observation: If you like something and want to be left alone about it, perhaps constantly poking what other people like isn't the best way to achieve that kind of inner peace. Asking people to respect your POV means you have to do the same - it doesn't mean "you leave what I like alone and I'll keep hammering at your enjoyment as much as I please." I do know of which I speak; I've been on both ends.
I'm not making this up. I'm simply relating the facts of what I observed. If it's done a 180 in the intervening years, all I can say is that while anything's possible, I can't imagine why or how the Chinese in Hong Kong have become more pro-empire America since then.
Fandom: I haven't said much about POTC fandom in over a year, and I plan to pretty much stick to that policy given past events. And LJ has been largely behaved and quiet. But LJ isn't the only fandom place, and I have one observation: If you like something and want to be left alone about it, perhaps constantly poking what other people like isn't the best way to achieve that kind of inner peace. Asking people to respect your POV means you have to do the same - it doesn't mean "you leave what I like alone and I'll keep hammering at your enjoyment as much as I please." I do know of which I speak; I've been on both ends.
