Oriental respect....

droolymutt · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject: Oriental respect....

I love it.

Montreal has a fair sized Chinese community, and I have some business dealings with some of them.

And I love certain things they do to show respect. A simple nod of the head at the end or start of a conversation shows so much decency...... Looking you straight in the eye. Not ignoring your Business card....

Don't you love that stuff?

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

Hmmmm. Makes me wonder about the word "orient"...as in "properly oriented".

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The Master68 · Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 442

You mean Asian community? I thought Oriental was food...

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ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

things are oriental, people are asian. so respect would be a thing i guess, but at the same time an attribute of a person. soi'm guessing the master is right, it'd be asian respect.

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DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

"Oriental" was the term used long before "Asian" became the politically correct term. Not many people still use the word "Oriental". Some take offense at the use of the term "Oriental"...though I'm not really sure why.

The Master68 · Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 442

Let's ask the oriental chik that resides here...

None of us non-asians would know foir sure..

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bbchris · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Oriental respect....

Well we happily use the word "Oriental" here! Hong Kong had a tourist campaign in the recent years trying to promote HK as "The Pearl of the Orient". So no harm in using Oriental. The perception here is that Orient means Chinese/Japanese/Korean. Asian is a wider word encompassing the above three countries as well as places like Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia etc. Asian = from Asia.

The Master68 · Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 442

Hey, that's what Sulu called himself...

Who'd have thought he was wrong? heh

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droolymutt · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Oriental respect....

Well...

I guess my point is that I adore the respect that Asians seem to show each other in their Daily dealings with each other.

Even Europeans seem polite, compared to us rude, brash North Americans...

That makes me wonder......

And honestly? I don't like my rude, abrasive North American persona.

But I'm unsure about the sincerity of false politeness...

Does anyone know what I mean?