- Thread starter Vacara
- Start date
What Benefit Do We Get From You Guys?.
- Status
o.k., Chiri,
i see your warning sign now and i have to admit that it been time to show it.
while we may have had some fun showing our different opinions about the Conquistadores and other world conquerors,
the topic is not about any assassinations of some cultures a few years back due the religious and by that mislead killers,
it is simply about the benefit of dominican citizens today due our/expats presence on the Island.
do we think that the citizens of this country have any benefit due our presence on their soil or are we just a bunch of exployers of a poor barrio without bringing any benefit to our mostly freely choosen new motherland???
Mike
i see your warning sign now and i have to admit that it been time to show it.
while we may have had some fun showing our different opinions about the Conquistadores and other world conquerors,
the topic is not about any assassinations of some cultures a few years back due the religious and by that mislead killers,
it is simply about the benefit of dominican citizens today due our/expats presence on the Island.
do we think that the citizens of this country have any benefit due our presence on their soil or are we just a bunch of exployers of a poor barrio without bringing any benefit to our mostly freely choosen new motherland???
Mike
I don't see anything wrong with Vacara's post. He didn't represent Dominican as Savior or anything, he just presented the contribution of Dominicans in NYC (probably the largest Dominican community abroad).
As a NYer, I can tell you, this is entirely true.
Not sure why you find it so offensive.
Beyond the skin depth peaceful appearance of this forum there's some wild carnivores out there. There are some posters willing to cling to the smallest, most marginal aspects of the debate with the sole intention to score meager points.
Influences can be beneficial, hence they can be called benefits and its clear that since the beginning, posters have used both "influences & benefits" to answer my question so stop trying to make me look like I've changed my approach to the topic. (besides, I hate to sound repetitive)
Ken2's suggestion (& now yours) that Dominicans need foreign influences to stop purse snatching is -at best- stupid & -at worse- mean spirited & with the sole intention to offend the locals and derail the thread.
And talk about misquoting, Mikefisher never said that purse snatching is only carried out by rich foreigners. To suggest that would be stupid & I know Mike ain't stupid. I'm not sure about you.
The largest for sure. In a city of 8-9 millions people we have close to a million of them being Dominicans.
I don't have a dog in this fight so don't take this the wrong way but I think his inference was to the "rich foreigners" being the victims of the purse snatchings.
Good observation. If that's the case I apologize and take back that part of my post. The rest stand as it is.
The value of outsiders
As tempted as I am to just post my incredible personal contribution to the pockets of at least one Dominican lawyer, who built a personal fortune on what was supposed to be my inheritance, I'll post something positive. Any country, needs outsiders to show them what the insiders take for granted: bachata, beans and rice, platanos, eyes lighting up when they see children, sour oranges that cure hangovers, strangers who fix your broken alternator belt with nylon pantyhouse.... The flip side is that we also see what insiders would like to ignore--racism against Haitians, sexism against women, greed, corruption, crime, corruption, lack of education, scams beyond belief (hey miss, you want to buy a timeshare? my love?)
Before anyone dumps on me regarding sexism, please tell me why it is all right to have 4 wives and 16 children while always on the look out for younger flesh. Every Dominican man I have met falls into this category (not just the lawyers).
As tempted as I am to just post my incredible personal contribution to the pockets of at least one Dominican lawyer, who built a personal fortune on what was supposed to be my inheritance, I'll post something positive. Any country, needs outsiders to show them what the insiders take for granted: bachata, beans and rice, platanos, eyes lighting up when they see children, sour oranges that cure hangovers, strangers who fix your broken alternator belt with nylon pantyhouse.... The flip side is that we also see what insiders would like to ignore--racism against Haitians, sexism against women, greed, corruption, crime, corruption, lack of education, scams beyond belief (hey miss, you want to buy a timeshare? my love?)
Before anyone dumps on me regarding sexism, please tell me why it is all right to have 4 wives and 16 children while always on the look out for younger flesh. Every Dominican man I have met falls into this category (not just the lawyers).
Every Dominican man is sleeping with four women, it kind of follows that most women are also sleeping around too. They are just better at keeping things on the DL. I bet the women who run the beauty parlors have a ton of secrets...
Roflmao
By the time they have 2 or 3 kids by Casanova, no one in their right mind wants them. That's the only control on Dominican men--alimony.
By the time they have 2 or 3 kids by Casanova, no one in their right mind wants them. That's the only control on Dominican men--alimony.
That would be you.
Influences can be called benefits? You can say whatever you want and it?s correct? OK, I, like belgiank, see no point in discussing anything with an obviously delusional individual.
Niether he nor I suggested anything like that. Now I understand where this comes from:
You're twisting my words again vacara. I said that he suggested it was only a problem to rich foreigners.
What?s this? I included it in my post. Just because you left it out of your quote of me doesn?t mean it doesn?t exist.
- Status