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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:23 PM Original message |
Are you jealous of those with a proud cultural background? |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not. I'm of Scottish descent. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Maybe not the pipes. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You Sassenachs don't know good music when you hear it. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Damn right! nt |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. OK-how many hours of it could YOU listen to? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Many, many hours. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. Well, Celtic Faires generally last about 8 hours, so...... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
79. I could listen every day. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Hee! |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. +1000 |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. And the world should take "taste" lessons from haggis-eaters. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
65. Hey, every culture has its "poor people food". |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. Aye laddie. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. The pipes are the best thing about being a Celt. |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
64. Half Scottish on each side...... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
75. Oh, I love the pipes! |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. don't forget the history.... |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. The Irish gave the Scots WIMPY bagpipes. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Aye, I came in with the same thought |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not really, because I judge someone's character on a personal, not cultural, basis. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I see what you mean-but I meant a shared history- |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well, can't you be proud of Casimir Pulaski and PJPII? |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. PJPII? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. I think you just mean you wish people were friendlier. So do I. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like you want friends, not culture. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No. I'm a typical white mix. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Then research your ethnic background.... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Anglo-Saxon culture discourages the kind of kinship you refer to in your opening post. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It doesn't help that there is so much baggage associated with AS culture- |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. When you referenced a Native American powwow in your opening post, |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Kinship and brotherhood would be the best words- |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. thank you for explaining my family to me |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Wow, that does sound dysfunctional, I send you warm hugs! |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. no |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
85. Nonsense. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Thank you for this response. I'd like to respond tomorrow. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. So, just pick one and make THAT your culture. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I have one in my refrigerator that's probably not all that proud.. n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. Yes, but is it sound? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. You can take pride in any cultural background |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why aren't you proud of YOUR cultural background? Until very |
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Obamaforthewin (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Exactly. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. All I see is that he/she is asking a question. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
68. Why do you assume the worst? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Welcome to DU! I'm not "assuming" that about you. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I have only a healthy amount of white guilt.-None- |
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Obamaforthewin (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Well, the fact that you don't think you have a proud heritage |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-11 04:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
95. He apparently doesn't think he has a "proud" heritage because he comes from a farming background. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Farms are what makes civilization possible. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I didn't lose it-I never had it. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. A lot of people seem to think that "culture" requires drums, dances, and so forth. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
77. Lox and a bagel. That's culture. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
90. Indeed, a lot of it is subtle. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't give two tugs of a dead dog's dick for my cultural background. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. That is the sensible standpoint- |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not really. |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Careful about thinking you would be welcome |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. I would be welcome to be there- |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
86. How quaint. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm Scottish-Irish by birth, and Norwegian-German by marriage. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm jealous of those with any cultural background. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
54. I'll adopt you, honey |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. i think they are nifty. i like to learn and feel the enthusiasm. no, i am not |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. No. I am jealous of anyone |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Then I have no reason for any jealousy. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. No. For me it just doesn't matter where I came from, or what culture I'm part of. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Being part Cherokee I'm not jealous of anyone or anything |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Plus, correct me if I'm wrong, |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
89. No doubt about it. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. I know what you mean. |
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digonswine (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. Thank you. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. Would please self-delete your nasty post, BOG PERSON? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
84. There's help available. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. I think you're confused |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. Embrace other cultures ........ all have something good in them |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
56. We all have a proud cultural background. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
92. +100 |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. I pity those who are not Welsh. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. No--I'm well aware of my ancestry and enjoy the various cultures |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. No, because I think mine is pretty proud (nt) |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'd suggest looking into your own genealogy |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. I love my culture... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
71. you have a cultural background; it's the culture of capitalist anomie. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. ... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
72. No |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
73. I am proud of my Italian-American Heritage. Viva Life Hahha |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
76. There's always trade-offs in life. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
80. Do you mean envious? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
81. I used to be jealous... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
82. No. I don't care anything about a culture that I don't even know anything about |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
83. I have a great cultural background-Irish & Polish, 2nd generation |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. One of the things that I hope Mexicans and other Latinos bring to the US |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
91. no and not cos i am indian. i find a lot of what we consider culture to be confinin |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
94. I'm actually kinda proud of being from a long line of rednecks |
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