tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post115837232320804181..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: The self-imposed prison of traditionPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1158393360363568772006-09-16T19:56:00.000+12:002006-09-16T19:56:00.000+12:00what a useless, unproductive, parasitic pig he was...what a useless, unproductive, parasitic pig he was, an embarrassment to the human raceleelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066501016956429864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1158380850039486742006-09-16T16:27:00.000+12:002006-09-16T16:27:00.000+12:00There are two things where people like Mrs Masila...There are two things where people like Mrs Masila, can do.<BR/><BR/>First she can refuse to donate any mats or tapa clothing (ngatu). There is no law that she is going to be arrested if she chose not to donate mats, yams, tapa, etc. So, in that case there is free-choice. The only conviction she would have if she refused to donate, is her conscience that the community will isolate her from other communal things, which is a cultural aspect of any society whether european, asian, middle-eastern or any others.<BR/><BR/>Second, the food that villagers are donating, they themselves will go and partake in the feast at the capital. This huge amount of food such as spit roast pigs, cassava, yams, beef, fish, etc, are prepared using the donated food. So, villagers would love to do that, and at the end of the feast, any left overs are shared. So, the villagers are keen to do that because it is more like a BBQ but on a huge scale. They take their own (donate) to the BBQ and east as much as they can. At the end of the feast, they expect to take some home if there is left over. Europeans do BBQs and people bring their own. Some take back home what is left over (beer, stake, etc,...) from the BBQ.<BR/><BR/>It is well known in villages that people like Mrs Masila who wouldn't want to donate to such community or national feast do frequently asked for left overs from those who volantarily donated. Well, for me, someone who wouldn't want to donate, but ask for left over, I would simply say, fuck off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com