tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post116662970713979575..comments2024-02-25T06:30:11.769-08:00Comments on Green Fertility: A Little Dishing from the FertilityBitch: Meg RyanGreenFertilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10386105175441718294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-84407305807097887892007-04-07T18:28:00.000-07:002007-04-07T18:28:00.000-07:00I don't think saying China smells bad is either a ...I don't think saying China smells bad is either a bigot or a culturalist. It's true. I've been there. There are zero emissions controls on their manufacturing plants, and wherever you are, the air is tainted with the smell of whatever they are making in that region, be it plastics, or chemicals, or rubber. It was very polluted and dirty and yes, it smelled BAD ! And I also have adopted from China so I'm not anti-Asian in the least, it's just the truth !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170813733145655742007-02-06T18:02:00.000-08:002007-02-06T18:02:00.000-08:00>And, if I was in Asia plugging some >stupid produ...>And, if I was in Asia plugging some >stupid product to make money, I'd >probably think the same thing. Well, if the peole are dumb enough to fall >for this.<BR/><BR/>Oops, some writer I am. Actually the *subtle* point I was trying to make was not about the lemmiinglike buying of stuff (which my indeed occur) but that Meg's all "those people in China and Japan" when she'd filming the freakin' commercials in KOREA. Reminds me of those kids who always called me "chink" or "jap"--never occurred to them I was Korean, etc.GreenFertilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386105175441718294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170805424971690052007-02-06T15:43:00.000-08:002007-02-06T15:43:00.000-08:00Here's an unpopular opionion on this, but I think ...Here's an unpopular opionion on this, but I think that not all off the cuff comments need be taken as racist. And not all celebrities should be attacked for adopting.<BR/><BR/>Plenty of ordinary folks adopt without having to have the whole world analyze every past, potentially racist comment they made. Personally, I think New York smells, but it doesn't mean I hate New Yorkers. And yeah, I think China smells too. <BR/><BR/>And, if I was in Asia plugging some stupid product to make money, I'd probably think the same thing. Well, if the peole are dumb enough to fall for this. Actually, I'd think that about Americans too, so what's the big deal. I don't think she was saying Asians were dumb, just that anyone who falls for silly ads does so by their own choice.<BR/>Oh, and regarding your old post on Madonna, where you suggested she give the dad money instead of taking the kid. She's made it very clear that she offered to do just that and the dad was in the end willing to let the kid go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170801182539051892007-02-06T14:33:00.000-08:002007-02-06T14:33:00.000-08:00But wait, Joe Biden was only giving Obama a compli...But wait, Joe Biden was only giving Obama a compliment, right? Can you believe the way he tried to wiggle out of that one?<BR/><BR/>AliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170785593681867552007-02-06T10:13:00.000-08:002007-02-06T10:13:00.000-08:00aarghhhhh... please disqualify these people (Joe B...aarghhhhh... please disqualify these people (Joe Biden?) from having children or adopting, as well.GreenFertilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386105175441718294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170784764001461542007-02-06T09:59:00.000-08:002007-02-06T09:59:00.000-08:00I got the bottom two flags, sorry, the top two had...I got the bottom two flags, sorry, the top two had me stumped until I googled them. <BR/><BR/>It's sad that Meg had to be such an idiot on t.v. and then go ahead and adopt from a country that she was such an ignoramus about!<BR/><BR/>In regard to "smelling bad" - that's one of those bigotted or culturalist things that one culture always seems to say about another culture. Someone at work the other day starting speaking about how "black people smell bad". Since I have a masters degree in multicultural education I had a lot to pull out in regard to that! I told her that coming from an article that I read about multicultural attitudes, african americans think that white people smell like "wet dogs" and asians tend to think westerners have horrible body odor due to all the dairy and meat that we eat. I think she was shocked that she might actually stink to someone else!<BR/><BR/>AliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170774575332854172007-02-06T07:09:00.000-08:002007-02-06T07:09:00.000-08:00Yes, I wish comments like that would immediately d...Yes, I wish comments like that would immediately disqualify one from adopting 4-ever!!! Instead people are worried about very inconsequential things, such as if the parents are gay or overweight!!!GreenFertilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386105175441718294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834276.post-1170731262265287962007-02-05T19:07:00.000-08:002007-02-05T19:07:00.000-08:00i was just discussing this with someone. I read a ...i was just discussing this with someone. I read a few of the blogs by people in China adopting and one threw me into a tizzy (ok a few have done that!) as the new parents discuss on the blog how terrible China is and how terrible the baby's life was before and, get this one, how the food looks like "road kill"! (no I didn't make that one up!) So how do you explain to your kid, "you are from China, a great nation with a rich history, but their food looks like road kill and they still eat it!" <BR/>Yowza! sometimes i don't get it.<BR/><BR/>~elise (waiting eagerly for our referral of baby #3 ...from China...hopefully april or may!)~elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08278027484318326821noreply@blogger.com