Comments on: Looking @ Bangkok Through A Noir Lens http://absolutelybangkok.com/looking-at-bangkok-through-a-noir-lens/ Welcome to Bangkok Thailand, Airport, Politics, Food, Nightlife and Thai Culture of the Big Mango! Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JayCee http://absolutelybangkok.com/looking-at-bangkok-through-a-noir-lens/#comment-3034 JayCee Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:18:21 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=3303#comment-3034 Cultural relativism can be used to hide disregard for basic human rights. One should not confuse “not understanding” with “not agreeing.” Cultural relativism can be used to hide disregard for basic human rights. One should not confuse “not understanding” with “not agreeing.”

]]> By: BangkokDan http://absolutelybangkok.com/looking-at-bangkok-through-a-noir-lens/#comment-3021 BangkokDan Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:34:25 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=3303#comment-3021 Grand words <em>chang dek</em>. Foreigners' sheer "unmasterability" of the Thai language serves as a last protection layer/barrier, in case foreigners "understand." You can always hide behind the nuances and last curtain of a hardly understood language. <a href="mailto:absolutelyBangkok@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">BangkokDan</a> Grand words chang dek.

Foreigners’ sheer “unmasterability” of the Thai language serves as a last protection layer/barrier, in case foreigners “understand.”

You can always hide behind the nuances and last curtain of a hardly understood language.

BangkokDan

]]> By: chang dek http://absolutelybangkok.com/looking-at-bangkok-through-a-noir-lens/#comment-3020 chang dek Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:09:53 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=3303#comment-3020 Miopia is not the savant of the advisor, and unfortunately much of Thailands cultural enigmas are more akin to enshrouded keepsakes that protect the sacred hierarchy, and actually easily decoded by any one with an ounce of psychological acumen. Thailand's cultural mores don't do very well under Western scruntiny, but there is a charm there somewhere that keeps us deconstructing ... Miopia is not the savant of the advisor, and unfortunately much of Thailands cultural enigmas are more akin to enshrouded keepsakes that protect the sacred hierarchy, and actually easily decoded by any one with an ounce of psychological acumen. Thailand’s cultural mores don’t do very well under Western scruntiny, but there is a charm there somewhere that keeps us deconstructing …

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