Comments on: Brief Comment: Shoes on other feet http://granitestudio.org/2009/02/03/brief-comment-shoes-on-other-feet/ A Qing historian reads the newspaper... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jared http://granitestudio.org/2009/02/03/brief-comment-shoes-on-other-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-10492 Jared Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:53:09 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=782#comment-10492 In all fairness I think we need to consider the distinction between an Iraqi throwing a shoe at Bush and a Westerner throwing a shoe at Wen. If it had been a Tibetan or Uighur or member of some other group that actually experiences repression I wouldn't hesitate in the same way, but let's be real: this is a privileged Westerner appropriating another group's struggle who has the luxury of not even having to even think through the consequences of his actions in any significant way. The Iraqi was speaking for himself in opposition to the leader of the foreign occupying force in his country. The Cambriger was speaking for someone else against a leader of a country with arguably less political umph in the world than his own (and that's not even getting into the historical baggage). Still, I love the bendilaowai quote. In all fairness I think we need to consider the distinction between an Iraqi throwing a shoe at Bush and a Westerner throwing a shoe at Wen. If it had been a Tibetan or Uighur or member of some other group that actually experiences repression I wouldn’t hesitate in the same way, but let’s be real: this is a privileged Westerner appropriating another group’s struggle who has the luxury of not even having to even think through the consequences of his actions in any significant way. The Iraqi was speaking for himself in opposition to the leader of the foreign occupying force in his country. The Cambriger was speaking for someone else against a leader of a country with arguably less political umph in the world than his own (and that’s not even getting into the historical baggage).

Still, I love the bendilaowai quote.

]]> By: Mervo http://granitestudio.org/2009/02/03/brief-comment-shoes-on-other-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-10486 Mervo Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:31:03 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=782#comment-10486 Is anyone, like me, wondering whether this shoe throwing trend is a reflection of growing discontent with the global political class? And if so where is it leading? Is anyone, like me, wondering whether this shoe throwing trend is a reflection of growing discontent with the global political class? And if so where is it leading?

]]> By: Jeremiah http://granitestudio.org/2009/02/03/brief-comment-shoes-on-other-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-10485 Jeremiah Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:19:31 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=782#comment-10485 XW, Yes! That's the one. I've updated the post to include the link. XW,

Yes! That’s the one. I’ve updated the post to include the link.

]]> By: XW http://granitestudio.org/2009/02/03/brief-comment-shoes-on-other-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-10484 XW Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:13:49 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=782#comment-10484 I think you meant this one http://www.bendilaowai.com/?p=29 I think you meant this one

http://www.bendilaowai.com/?p=29

]]> By: stuart http://granitestudio.org/2009/02/03/brief-comment-shoes-on-other-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-10479 stuart Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:48:50 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=782#comment-10479 "I doubt that this guy will spend 1 month in jail." He won't go to jail at all; Nor should he. Bit of community service, perhaps. I've read that the chap wasn't even British - accentologists identify him as German. “I doubt that this guy will spend 1 month in jail.”

He won’t go to jail at all; Nor should he. Bit of community service, perhaps.

I’ve read that the chap wasn’t even British – accentologists identify him as German.

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