--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation"
> <seekliberation@> wrote:
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> > I saw the movie. Awesome graphics, yet a very boring plot IMO.
> Regarding left wing/right wing oppositions to aspects of the movie, I do
> find it odd that liberals identify with cultures that possess many of
> the same qualities that 'most' of them completely lack, or greatly
> despise. The indegenous people in Avatar were very warlike, they were
> hunters, and lived a very harsh life in a very dangerous environment.
> Even the women were rather aggressive and able to hunt and fight. The
> only reason it seemed possible to gain their respect is because a Marine
> joined their tribe and could actually hang with their toughest members
> and pass tests of fearlessness. Otherwise they would've looked at anyone
> else as being too weak or feeble to be among their culture. Dances with
> Wolves followed a similar pattern. If there is anything I get from
> either of those movies, it is that you must have respect for both sides
> of life, basically a yin/yang concept. An absence of one or the other is
> incomplete.
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> Not sure where or if this fits in, but my sister
> pointed out to me that all the Indian women in
> "Dances With Wolves" were beautifully groomed,
> their hair in neat braids or pulled back, whereas
> the 'do of Stands with a Fist, the white woman
> who was supposedly completely assimilated into
> the Lakota culture and fiercely loyal to it, was
> loose, messy and unkempt, as if she never combed
> it. That had to have been a choice, but what was
> it supposed to mean? Big disconnect somehow.
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I dont think ceramic hair straighteners were available in the 1860's ( although
she obviously had access to curling tongs )
