A little in the life in Bouctou City

[Rumi_Philosophie]

Show's how much you know,Timbuktu is not the desrted place you think it is. They have modern amenities such as the internet,tv,phones radio,etc. My fiance has a house that is like any house that you would in the US,with plumbing,etc.


Don't act bougie because you live in nyc. Remember that the luxurie syou have come with a price. If electricity was gone and the US fell you and many americans would not even be able to support yourselves. DO you know how to herd animals and kill and prepare one for a meal? No you go to a supermarket. Can you make your own clothes? No you go to a store. Do you know how to build your own home from scratch,given any type of material? No you have your house built for you.


My point is do not look down on other cultures,and do not take for granted the luxuries in your life and remember too,that the only reason that Americans live the life that they do is because there are people that are continuously abused and oppressed. American life would and could not exist as it is,without the oppression of others.


Another thing,my fiance is Tamacheq,which means that past,present,future,I would still be a free woman to do as I please. Islam has no strong hold on these people,and never had and never will.



Har Assaghat(Later in tamacheq) Coz

P.S.: I have never lived in Co-op City, nor the Bronx,but if you really must know,I 'm a Queens girl,I hail from Jackson Heights. :wink: :flipoff:

[Chief]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: holy shit rumi....i once thought your posts were intelligent and somewhat thought out and i tend to stay out of your discussions with coz...but the comment about not being able to fend for ourselves kills me......hahahahahaha.....silly rabbit....trix are for kids..

[Cozmo D]

Ahhhh...touche mon amie! :mrgreen:

I never said Timbuktu was deserted, I said it was decrepit and impoverished...which I will stand by. I also said it was hot, dusty, and had ALMOST no amenities. The fact that your fiance has such a wonderful modern and western house in the middle of such a place is well...interesting. :rofl:

One thing you should notice about me is that I usually don't assume to know things about people that they haven't told me...and assume FEW of the things that they have. You are now, after all of what I have told you about my life assuming that I am bougie? Do you know that I don't know how to herd animals? Or kill and prepare 1 for a meal? My grandmother was a master seamstress, but you assume I can't make my own clothes? How do you know I can't build my own house (it's not so hard by the way)?

I DO NOT look down on other cultures...something you would have learned about me if you ever bothered to try and get to truly know anybody here. Quite the contrary, I am usually the 1 to try and get people to expand their horizons and understanding of the world around them.

I very much agree with most of what you say about American life, with 1 major exception. There is no neccessity for the abuse and oppression this country causes throughout the world in order for it to keep it's lifestyle, there are enough resources and ingenuity right here for this country to be completely self-sustained. It is only greed that causes the conglomerates of this country to go forth and exploit others.

I also DO NOT take theluxuries that I enjoy for granted, I have lived without them before and can do so again. Remember, I'm the impragmatic one. :wink:

I would also point out a very useful sort of pragmatism that I have observed in my family and friends all of my life, where they would come to this country, get their free or cheap but excellent education, or dive deep into this or that distinctly American entrepernural endeavor, stack up their chips and go back to whatever 3rd world country that they hailed from (Jamaica, Panama, St. Lucia, Haiti, Montserrat, Liberia, Ghana, just the few that I can think of right now) and LIVE LIKE ROYALTY!!! If I'm bougie, I wonder what you would call them? I wonder if you know anybody like that? I wonder what you think they should feel about how THEY live THEIR lives...full of comfort and relative luxury while their fellow countrymen all around them are suffering and oppressed? :wink:

Sweet, seriously, before you assume something about somebody here, why don't you ask them? We try to be like family here, and once you really get to know somebody it's so much easier to know when they're joking, and much harder to get offended. As for me, consider that for every minute that you've spent of your life I've spent 1 as an adult. That's a long time to do a hell of a lot of foolishness, and a few useful things as well. My childhood wasn't exactly typical black American either. So, why don't you just ask me before you try and put me in 1 of your tidy little boxes.

As for your fiance's tribe, well I know absolutely nothing about them (OH SHUT UP EVERYBODY!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: ), but I'm sure you feel that you know enough about their culture or you wouldn't be marrying him.

Hmmmm...Queens...maybe I should have said Lefrak City... :flipoff: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Rumi_Philosophie]

Coz:Interesting comment.

Just a word though, never say tribe,why? well one does not refer to a Frenchman as a frank or a German as a Teuton,no they are citizens of nations,....

These Tribes are really nations,just like France,Germany,England,etc.So Coz, you really have a diverse family?,uhm, interesting.




Chief: I don't know, perhaps you could survive depending on if you have those skills,if you do,where are you from? or what is your background?... But it is the absolute fact that Americans would not be able to survive,or at least find it very,very,very difficult to etch out a living in a non industrial setting. Not because they are inately incapable,but because, as I am sure you must know,they don't teach agriculture,or transhumance in schools here.

[Chief]

first and foremost hun....show me this "Absolute Fact" you speak of....

[Cozmo D]

But it is the absolute fact that Americans would not be able to survive,or at least find it very,very,very difficult to etch out a living in a non industrial setting. Not because they are inately incapable,but because, as I am sure you must know,they don't teach agriculture,or transhumance in schools here.

Are you kidding?

You have this habit of making ridiculous statements and claiming them as fact. The United States is the foremost agricultural producer on earth...we feed the whole fukkin world for cryin out loud! There is NOTHING that is NOT taught in schools here! Why the hell do you think people come here from all over the friggin world?

Have you ever even been outside of NYC? Hell, you don't even have to go far, upstate New York, Connecticut or even Jersey will do fine...shit, even Long Island! Go to the part of the country that Chief is from and you can drive a diistance equivalent of from 1 end of Mali to the other and see NOTHING BUT FARMLAND!!!

Seriously, even Mistress M must be questioning your credibillity after this statement. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Rumi_Philosophie]

I am questioning myself as to why I am even bothering to answer this,but I will none the less.

Yes I have spent significant time outside of New york City and the majority of Americans from the Metropolis to small town America DOES NOT FARM. Furthermore, agriculture is not manually labored like on little house on the prairie,alot of machineries is used,and even thought there are people who do know how to maneuver a farm the old fashion way,they are the minority.


Don't believe me? Ask your next door neighbor. America is heavily dependant on electricity,if not Bush would not even know there was an Iraq!


How did the topic change? Excuse me but this topic was about my Bouctou city, not damn America.

I don't need to have others believe me to know that I am right. For all of you non-believers you just better hope that America doesn't fall like the Roman empire. I will not comment further on this topic.


Bouctou City. This is my world so it stays! :bowdown:

[syxxpm]

would you like a triscuit? :mrgreen:

[Elizabeth]

como se dice "snob" en espanol? :umm:

je suis avec mes amis...

mutual respect for one another starts with the first person to speak... to open your mouth to do some trash talking and get trashed back is justice, baby...

love
Elizabeth eace:

[Cozmo D]

Rumi, you're absolutely right.

The American people are so stupid and uneducated that we could never build a simple generator that was driven by wind or water.

We could never figure out how to work a plow or a hoe.

We could never manage to herd cattle or sheep or keep a chicken in a barn.

We could never figure out how to mine or smelt or do anything.

WE ARE SOOOOOO STOOOOOOOOOOOPID!!!!!!!

It's a shame you have to be FORCED to attend school here and obtain a totally USELESS and STOOOOOOPID education.

[Chief]

ya know what rumi...you are just as stubborn as coz.......and for this, i will put you down on my list of "People I wouldnt mind meeting." I say this very seriously cuz I think you would be a fun person to discuss everything with..Not that I will agree with you on everything, let alone anything. I do know that it would be enjoyable...

[Rumi_Philosophie]

Ah Coz now you are seeing things my way. :thumup:

Chief: Well all I can say is that first of you are right I am stubborn. But it is because I do not take kindly to being highly influenced,it is a survival mechanism. :wink:

You know I think you would interesting to meet also. Enchantee.


J'aime Bouctou City!!!!