The Worst Dressed City Ever... Of All Time - Page 4

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Originally Posted by Caustic Man 

 

Actually you are right. Not because any of what you say is true, but because I shouldn't have expected anyone who doesn't live here or hasn't been here to understand why I think what I wrote is funny. We aren't talking about a place where people are starving, have flies on their faces, and wear whatever they can find because they are destitute. That is definitely not the case. But then, I can't say that I blame anyone for reacting the way they have. They do so with good intentions and because they are good people. They don't like making fun of the less fortunate and that is a good thing. But they also don't "get it" and have never been here. And that's not their fault, it's mine. So next time I will make a better effort to try and make a tongue in cheek post that more people will understand.

Look, I have not been to Iraq, but I have lived in a country torn by a civil war and I'd never think of starting a thread to discuss peoples' attire there.  There is just something uneasy about it...

Plus, we are talking about apples and oranges here.  Why would you compare Western style (or whatever is left of it) to what people wear in countries like Iraq, Saudi Arabia or U.A.E.?

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Originally Posted by Caustic Man 

 

Actually you are right. Not because any of what you say is true, but because I shouldn't have expected anyone who doesn't live here or hasn't been here to understand why I think what I wrote is funny. We aren't talking about a place where people are starving, have flies on their faces, and wear whatever they can find because they are destitute. That is definitely not the case. But then, I can't say that I blame anyone for reacting the way they have. They do so with good intentions and because they are good people. They don't like making fun of the less fortunate and that is a good thing. But they also don't "get it" and have never been here. And that's not their fault, it's mine. So next time I will make a better effort to try and make a tongue in cheek post that more people will understand.

The high road.

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Originally Posted by MOCKBA 

How pompous and offensive for a (relatively) wealthy Westerner to make such asinine comments about the people of a war-torn country where the average income is USD $4500. Caustic Man, your dialogue goes to show that while having more wealth affords one a better closet, it does not make one a gentleman.

The low road. Seriously. While I respect your attempts at showcasing a decent vocab, insulting the OP is to stoop to the OP's apparently low level (following your logic; does a "gentleman" make such comments, or do they construct prose and rhetoric to elicit an internal desire for change in their subject whilst not insulting him?). Everyone's view may vary, but I think the pompous remark was yours and the earnest consideration was given by the OP as quoted further above.

You think people in Bag are stuck thinking about '03? You think the haven't very much continued in their lives? They would probably appreciate it more to be considered even on the list of potential cities to discuss instead of on the "Oh no, they're so helpless, we can't talk about them" list. Hell, most of the racks (iraqi's) I know are just as jokeful towards the US and our "bad tastes" and pride their Iraqi style...and play soccer and dance really weird/aggressively. They don't want to be coddled, they want to be on the same stage as everyone else. 

Oh, and please don't compare incomes. You cannot compare the income of two countries in one country's currency and economic scale. Iraq's economic scale is slighted differently, and further more we are talking the city of Baghdad, not the entire country of Iraq. There are poor people starving in Hong Kong/China, right? So you better get busy searching through all of the threads where SF has bashed Chinese persons for their style and tell them to stop because some citizens there cannot afford a good tailor/outfit.

Don't get me wrong, if this had been a post about the bad culinary offerings at the Darfur refugee camps or the poor styling of the Jewish people during the Holocaust, I'd have fired right up. But I think people missed the OP's attempt at both being serious in that Baghdad has some very unique fashion statements with respect to their take on Western attire, and also respecting Baghdad for being a functional, thriving, earnest city despite what it endured when it was being cleansed of a tyrant.

Would I have started the same topic? Maybe, but maybe with different words. The OP has stated his reasons, someone beat you to the punch of stating they thought it was in bad taste (and then they took the high road of saying "agree to disagree" instead of insulting him), so please don't jump in trying to bully someone for being, in your eyes, a bully; it's just pompous and offensive.

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Originally Posted by AlexE 


Not meant as an offense...
...but maybe you wanna consider that the above can be easily perceived as: "Hey Iraqi dudes, we fucked up your country because of some lousy intelligence work, but since now everything is only half bad, we wanna make up for it by cranking out a few punch lines about your crappy looks."

True. And I believe the OP recognized that and addressed it. And (sorry to keep starting sentences with "and") had he not made that delineation or made comments to align his thought with the lighter approach over the "kick you whilst down" approach, I would've reserved my comment or maybe politely questioned his motives.

And hey! Who you calling crappy looks! The pants are supposed to brush the ground behind each step! You WANT it that way!

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Originally Posted by dirkweems 

Petitnoblesse, "yet the rifle is not even slung".
You are doing it correctly. The rifle should never be "slung". No "slings", "straps","ropes" or whatever. Your rifle is not a sack of mail. Should always be in your hands when you are on terra firma. At least that's what I was taught.

Taught by whom? Everyone should have a wolf hook on their rifle.