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I never looked at it like that before. Good explaination. Thanks! I love that feeling of, "Oh, I see. I wasn't taking that into consideration" that hits when I hear a viewpoint like this.

Because I can charge twice as much Most would pay more for a little less teeth... As I've gotten older, I've started to enjoy teeth, if done right. There is a special place in my heart for you.

Furthermore, tradition often is thought of as oral history passed down through generations. Even the ability to listen, remember, and tell these stories is a skill. So how can something be ruled out as a tradition just because it is also considered a skill?

I'm just not following, sometimes I am exceptionally slow. Hunting as a tradtional way of life for subsistance living brings to mind things like hunting with a bow or a spear or whatever was passed down to you in the tradtion of your elders. Hunting, per se, cannot be passed down as a tradition (one which gets special rights and designations) because WE ALL hunted at some point in our ancestors' history.

You'd be surprised.

No shit! I have this problem with native hunting special rights as well. In Montana, Idaho, and Washington (probably other states as well, but these are the only ones I have read regs for) they are allowed to hunt when and where other people aren't, and they are allowed to use their 4 wheelers and snowmobiles in areas where everyone else is not allow. This is nostalgia? Come on. Tradition is independent of technology. Hunting with a gun instead of a bow is like sending email instead of a letter. Native hunting rights are a privilege, true, but that's what you get for being here first. That said, a right to hunt whales doesn't mean you have to hunt whales. Especially when the whale meat is so full of bioaccumulated PCBs that it qualifies as toxic waste. Tradition is not independent of technology. It is tradition in my family to knit. I knit. I do not use a knitting machine to knit, I use the needles my grandmother gave me. That is the tradition.

Because I can charge twice as much

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That side of the family left after the war. My other side of the family left before the war. That side is German. My father fought for America in WWII. Probably wasn't too easy with an obviously German last name. As far as I know, religion was not a factor. They still assimilated well. But you certainly make good points. However, I assume most people leave the country they were born and raised in to "escape" something, right?

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Details.

No shit. And do any of you have a solar powered PC?

Hell, I could go for some white wine right now!!!

Good job. Keep looking up those difficult words and you may eventually get a grasp on the language.

I don't believe this is true for many people who immigrate; at least not in the past. I know a great number of people who came here from Denmark (having been the first in my family to be born in the States, I am surrounded by crazy Danes). My family has a high number of European friends who also emmigrated, and all of them have worked quite hard to assimilate while maintaining their own language and customs in the home. Maybe it is different for Muslim or Asian or African cultures or whatever, but not for Europeans as far as I have seen. And remember that our (meaning those of us born in the US) expectations of what an "assimilated" person is might be higher than what is reasonable. For example, although all of my family speaks English, as they get older they naturally revert back to Danish. They can't help it, that is how the brain degrades over time. And they will never like peanut butter or root beer b/c these are uniquely American flavors that they can't seem to ever get used to. Everyone has their limits Oh, and it no longer is a "host" nation. It is their homeland. Our (American) own attitudes toward legal residents are often betrayed when we use these terms.

Oh the irony.

I want one of these!!!

As long as the baby seals don't get hooked, I'm ok with that.

No shit! I have this problem with native hunting special rights as well. In Montana, Idaho, and Washington (probably other states as well, but these are the only ones I have read regs for) they are allowed to hunt when and where other people aren't, and they are allowed to use their 4 wheelers and snowmobiles in areas where everyone else is not allow. This is nostalgia? Come on.

Huggy Bear!

Is the guy in the MSN X-ray picture wearing a thong?

What type of sushi did you have?

Again, there are things that should not be tried just because they are available or because drug therapy or surgery doesn't seem like it is the best option in some folks' opinions. I appreciate your passion in your new field, it is obvious that you have people's well-being in mind. But to always suggest chiro adjustments might cause someone to think, "Well, when all you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail". I'd hate to see that because adjustments really are a great thing for certain issues.

And if they'd hook the rest of us up, that'd be great too. Will some of your research findings be available to us after you are done? It seems like this might be interesting to folks here...

Good note. I realized my post wasn't very informative after I hit the post button.