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Date: August 18, 2004
Botswana was a country both civilized in the cities
and wild in the woods -- just how it should be in my opinion --
and the women were educated, modern, beautiful, and flirty -- another
bonus. Women have always been a benchmark of my enjoyment of a country.
I don't like patriarchial societies, and I especially don't like
pubs full of drunk machismos and the only women present are the
barmaids who go home with the highest bidder. In one of my least
favorite countries, Egypt, women weren't even allowed to eat in
the same room as the men; they had to wait for the scraps. My favorite
countries are where women have an important role in society, and
I don't mean places like America where women put their trousers
on one leg at a time just like men -- I mean places like Asia where
women aren't afraid to wear a dress and use their bosoms to their
advantage. As they say in Asia women are same, same but different.
I think, generally speaking (unless you are in San Francisco or
Bangkok) women are women and men are men.
Likewise, are black folks, black folks and white folks,
white folks? I've notice a lot of similarities between black Africans
and black Americans. Black Americans say they have been uprooted
from their culture and Black Africans don't have much culture left,
so i assume these similarities are more than skin deep. I would
burn to crisp or die of thirst long before any black folk of any
country; I have an ass (which is unusal for a white man) but I can't
shake it; I have no soul; I can't balance anything on my head; I
have a tendency to overwork until my stomach is upset and my hair
falls out; and I definitely lack enthusiasm for fried chicken. Of
course, race is not so -- um? -- black and white. We live in a world
of rainbow colors and we should avoid homoginizing our differences,
because what happens when you mix all the colors of the rainbow?
You get shit brown!
Unfortunately, the racism in South Africa is frightening.
People here hate each other simply because of their color. I think
the only way all the red, yellow, brown and pink people will get
along is when the green people from outer space arrive and we all
turn blue in the face.
I do believe in a sense we are all equal and it should
be a human right to be born with equal opportunity, but after that
it is every dog for himself, and I mean 'dog'. I have met some people
dumber than dogs. If your ship was sinking would you want affirmative
action? Would you want to fill your ark with women and children
first, and a representative of every kingdom thereafter? Or, would
you want a boat full of scientists, shipbuilders and skippers (even
if it is a dog)? Okay-- well, one woman would be good. We'd need
the woman for the -- um? -- cooking. But we can always make more
children.
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