Expat Position Regarding Politics

[thorsten]

Your "going to someone's home" metaphor is just flawed: it's a very different thing to criticize a persons taste for interior design, food or whatever and a government and most criticism here on this forum and elsewhere focusses on the government or specific laws, but not the Argentinian people.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Well,it is your opinion,other may disagree
I agree about the lack of choices,but what we have,in my opinion,is good,not as good,as it used to be,but fair.
And frankly,if a french or spaniard complains about food,I understand,but an american...come on,most of the food you eat there,is garbage forbidden in europe

If you don't think there's good food in the US, perhaps you should pay a visit to http://www.berkeleybowl.com/index.html

 

[khairyexpat]

most of the food you eat there,is garbage forbidden in europe

Is it true ?

Chinese, Greek, Thai, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Italian, MiddleEastern, Turkey, Vietnamese, Polish, ... etc etc
all forbidden in europe ?

 

[ariel81]

Is it true ?

Chinese, Greek, Thai, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Italian, MiddleEastern, Turkey, Vietnamese, etc etc
.... all forbidden in europe ?

The basic ingredients,i was refering to.

 

[scotttswan]

Why is it nearly all the threads have descended into pure racism recently?

 

[ariel81]

Why is it nearly all the threads have descended into pure racism recently?

where do you see pure racism?It seems that talking honestly is racism for some people,well,sorry,i do not agree with politcaly correct niceties.

 

[nikad]

Why is it nearly all the threads have descended into pure racism recently?

I find it liberating that people can actually express their thoughts. I prefer to hear - or read - somebody that is racist, than reading " politically correct " comments that hide your true colors. This does not mean I am for racism, but I am for honesty.

 

[AmigoArtistico]

How ironic that you don't see the principal weapon of the Kirchnerist regime you oppose is its importation of vast numbers of "immigrants" from Latin American countries, people who it claims are "Argentinian," so then it can buy their votes.

The principal weapon? Less than 3% of the population are immigrants. If only that were their principal weapon. Your comment does speak, however, to your (lack of) knowledge of present day Argentina.

Look. I've lived here for more than 10 years. I have an Argentine wife and family here. If I live long enough, I'll have lived in Argentina for more years of my adult life than in my native country. I and my family have already been affected adversely and seriously by the decisions and actions of this government. But your (seriously flawed) notion is that I have no right to speak about things that affect and will affect my daily life, now and for decades to come. You wish to censor me. You wish me to sit silently and listen to the outrageous lies that this government tells, to watch the day by day economic and institutional destruction of the country in which I live.

If you don't see the error in that logic, then you'd make a good cristinista. (But of course, you can't tell anyone about it. Thank God for that.)

 

[AmigoArtistico]

How ironic that you don't see the principal weapon of the Kirchnerist regime you oppose is its importation of vast numbers of "immigrants" from Latin American countries, people who it claims are "Argentinian," so then it can buy their votes.

My longer post is awaiting moderator approval, but quickly, the "principal weapon" of the kirchneristas is not the immigrant population. Less than 3% of the population are immigrants. If that were their principal weapon, they might well be gone already.

Maybe you should learn a bit more about the place in which you're living.

 

[Cecil Fox Palmer]

I've had people on Facebook that have never even stepped in Argentina drooling over Kristina Escobar Gaviria just because her supposed socialist ideals seem attractive in a capitalist country. I get it: it's easy to talk about politics in a country you've never even been to when you've simply read a few paragraphs about them on the Internet. People this naïve can be aggravating. But what's the problem? They're just different opinions from different points of view.

I understand that as someone coming from a different culture, there are somethings I will never, ever fully understand. For example, my country has never had a military dictatorship. I avoid discussing politics because I understand that there is hardly anything anyone can do to change another person's opinions when they are so zealous about them. There are some discussions that can and will go on forever, given the chance. However, when politics affect the way you work, live, eat, buy, sell, travel, etc., then turning a blind eye on anything relating is unwise. It is important to listen in the conversation sometimes, at least to have an idea of what's going on.