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Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Christopher Columbus!

Ruben Blades made a great song about the "discovery" called "COMMEMORANDO" but I couldn't find it in youtube. It's from the same album as Amor y Control .

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Shorts in latin america. Why not?

Tumaco is in the southwest, on the Pacific coast, close to Ecuadorean border. They are not wayuu.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on colombian women in london are losing their hair

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Shorts in latin america. Why not?

Oh....and I thought you were a wayuu...? Did you look in the mirror ever down in Barranquilla?

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on colombian women in london are losing their hair

No dear, you're not DELUDING yourself. 100% legitimate pow wow.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on south american hair

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on colombian women in london are losing their hair

oh dear....

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

As long as the aforementioned persons are members with right to post here you will show them either the same respect as with anybody else or just ignore them, since you will not debate with them. Discussing a religion is always a touchy topic and I would rather avoid this altogether. However, there's a difference when you discuss a religion (scholarly discussion) and when you engage in mudcasting against the practitioners of a certain religion.

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Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Is Colombia safer with Uribe?

Colombia is safer today that 10 years ago. Bogotá, Medellín and the areas around those cities are safer, the road to Villavicencio is safer and perhaps even Cartagena and Santa Marta are safer. The statistics look much better. Cali and Buenaventura are worse off, the three southwestern provinces are the same or less safe than before. The once prosperous and relatively safe Valle and it's great city, Cali has been in some serious decline since Uribe came into power. (Not perhaps directly his fault). So, the answer is both yes and no. Also, how much of this improvement that the statistics show is due to Uribe's policies, Plan Colombia, the presence of even a more cruel power factor than the guerrilla, the paramilitaries in the north and northwest, how much of this is sustainable and how much of it can be attributed to methodological changes when making the statistics can be discussed. The south is still very unsafe and very unstable. The guerrilla has been seriously weakened but not beaten. perhaps this would be a good time to invite Nobel laureate Ahtisaari to Colombia and start working towards negotiated peace, one more time?

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

Yeah kat, poor old me.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

Two more things: You had a visit from under the bridge here last night. The older members are pretty fast to detect his presence by his nonsense style of posting but all of you, please DO NOT FEED HIM. Do not contribute to troll posts, unless you weant to be part of every deleted thread (some people like that). It's not only "Dragon Desi" who sends Medo packing every morning, it's whoever of us that dtects his presence first. This is nothing personal between the troll and me. That was one. This is the second one: Pobrecito, you don't take personal messages, so I have to say this in public: You back off now. Stop attacking and name-calling other posters. Discuss the article, the post, the message, not the poster, the writer, the message carrier. This ad hominem will have to stop. Other posters who engage in these verbal battles with him: ad homs are not allowed and name calling, making remarks on somebody's IQ etc is not allowed from ANYBODY. FLAG THE OFFENSIVE COMMENTS AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM. Not shouting, using upper case for emphasis :)

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

I think you have made a wise choice, Mongo. That's what the ignore feature is here for. One more thing, I don't do ALL the deleting and refurnishing here. All our mods have been quite active lately. (For example, I didn't delete your Palestinian jokes thread). Gringoloid, I just feel there's no point continuing this discussion. We both have better things to do, I sure. We're four mods, including Peter, who is European and lives here. Tinto is as American as an apple pie. Kat is 100% costeñita. I'm European. So it's 50/50 between Europe and America. There's no bias, no anti-americansim, no conspiracy here. (If I were anti-American all that BS tasco666 is posting would go down the drain as soon as I'm up in the morning. Just an example)

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on No Nobel Prize For Betancourt

You can develop this sophisticated technique even further and say: "Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist" (Desi1) Now there can't be any doubt about who said what.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on south american hair

"Research suggests that the gene for the androgen receptor, which is significant in determining probability for hair loss, is located on the X chromosome and so is always inherited from the mother's side.[14] There is a 50% chance that a person shares the same X chromosome as their maternal grandfather. Because women have two X chromosomes, they will have two copies of the androgen receptor gene while men only have one. However, research has also shown that a person with a balding father also has a significantly greater chance of experiencing hair loss" Trust my uncle, Wiki, he knows everything.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on south american hair

Mongo, I think I can see that receding hairline already in your picture

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

Pobrecito has a very irritating habit of getting personal with other posters.I don't support that at all. I support the freedom expression, but admit that there must be certain limits to it and they are expressed clearly in our rules.Tasco66 specializes on Fox News neocon political proselytism and as long as it's not offensive or contain hate speech I'm allowing it. LDW is another matter, altogether. I don't agree with your assessment of the contents of his posts: I believe they are extremely inflammatory when he's writing about islam. There can be no other purpose posting the things he does than make people reject and hate that faith. Thus it does qualify for hate speech against a certain religion and group and cannot be allowed. That's my take on it.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on smells of colombia

Sooo....perhaps it's NOT getting better then. It was two years ago when I was last in Cali and I thought it was MUCH better...compared with the vile smell from about 15-20 years ago....but we do have a different time frame, diana.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on south american hair

Yeah, it runs pretty much in the families. My hubby's family is one of them too. BUT...remember that the gene that causes baldness is inherited from maternal grandfather, it skips the females. Indigenous people are seldom bald, though. Lots of "Injun" blood and you grow no hair in your face or your body but keep most of it on the top your head, for all your life.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on smells of colombia

Yumbo, but it's been getting better.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on smells of colombia

A Colombiana's hair smells just like anybody's hair: Clairol, Prell, Wella, Alberto VO5, LÓreal.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

I don't know what's it called in English. It's a root vegetable in the same rutabaga/swede family, but smaller and milder in taste. Our maid used to buy it at the produce market in Cali and grate it into her famous, nutritive soups.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

I love the swedes too, but you can get plenty of nabos and carrots and root cellery totally delicious! Gringoloid, in theory we should go through every thread and remove all sexist, racist, hateful words from every post. Now, who's to decide which word is offensive and which is not? What's the criteria? This is not quantum physics neither is there a mathematical formula for it. The only thing we have to go on is our own individual perceptions of what is offensive and what is not. Being from different countries and different cultures the range is wide. Say for example, I'm from Finland, in my culture nudity is no biggie. What we consider normal nudity and perfectly kosher would draw a lawsuit in USA. Another example: name-calling, mudslinging and ad hominem may be the run-of-the-mill language usage in New York, totally inadmissible in my culture. I tend to take the middle road; taking into consideration the sensivities of different cultural user groups without removing all the fun and good bantering and kidding from the forum. If you have a better way of handling the cultural differences then let's hear it. Otherwise please (this is a REQUEST) stop whining about the moderation and anti-american bias here. You have to start understanding that for some people "America" is not the center of the universe. There's also such thing as America-indifference.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on No Nobel Prize For Betancourt

The original purpose of Nobel Peace prize was to award persons who have struggled to maintain PEACE, to put an end to WARS, negotiate sustainable agreements between WARRING factions. Neither Uribe nor GWB or Putin qualify; they are all men of war. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist and inventor (he invented the dynamite). When he found out that his discovery was going to be used for killing other human beings instead of just peaceful purposes, he willed all his enormous fortune to his foundation to deal out these awards, not just in science, economy and literature, but also to promote peace in the world.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on hate speech against muslims in PBH

"Sexist or hate speech. Don't post sexist or hate speech or content that is derogatory against certain groups of people. This doesn't mean you can't discuss things, just don't post things that are overly generalizing and hateful or sexist. Actions: We will delete the content. For repeate offenders, we may delete their account. " I'll have to agree with pobrecito . Without defending anybody or being pro-anything or anti-anything, Peter's rules are crystal-clear. Tasco's year and a half-old video about the disturbances in a Malmö suburb in Sweden did happen. They were mainly intitiated by schoolkids and consisted of a series of dumpster fires and stone throwing. It's been calm after that. The video is making a mountain out of a molehill. The title is extremely misleading, neocon propaganda. Sweden more dangerous than Colombia, it's totally ludicrous and does not merit an answer.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on No Nobel Prize For Betancourt

I agree that Ingrid may not have had enough merits (yet) for peace keeping to deserve the Prize. Why Ingrid? She was one of the three top candidates for the Prize. Ahtisaari has worked long and hard for peace, with some spectacular success (Namibia, Aceh), some disappointments (Kosovo) and is involved in a peace plan for Irak at this time.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on south american hair

No, the SA guys have the hair on their heads, not down their backs like the neanderthals of the north.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on No Nobel Prize For Betancourt

BMP

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on So many NEWBIE's

And, another thing, Monsieur DeFoque, you were UNFAIRLY accused of being Claudia, Posada etc? UNFAIRLY?

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Nobel Peace Prize to Ahtisaari

BMP

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on It has to be Holloween time

Something like this, kat?

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on smells of colombia

The smell of chlorine mixed with laundry detergent the maids use to mop the floors every day. The smell of cooking oil, used too many times. The smell of freshly baked bread, freshly brewed coffee, the melange of fragrances from freshly picked fruit. The heady, sweet smell of sugar cane being processed that permeates the air around Cali. The lingering, haunting perfume of jasmine, palosanto, several night-flowering scented trees and plants after dark, Cali (especially in Juanambú and Centenario) ...

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on So many NEWBIE's

Yeah, keep on guessing. I don't have to guess, I KNOW who La_Huella is. Knew from DAY 1 when he/she signed up. But I ain't telling :)))

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on McCain's shameful blunder at Town Hall

Where's the beef?

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on USA/Colombian Recession Contest.......Part II

"Be kind and considerate" is a REQUEST, not a COMMAND. I was paraphrasing you. Stop muddying the waters, gringoloid. That's also a request. I don't know what peter wrote you and I do not recommend you to post it here (privacy issues) but what rubi did was beyond rude and he pretty much left us no choice that to delete his account. But it was not my decision, nor did I do the deleting either.(that's neither command nor request, but an affirmative statement)

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Why don't you move here Peter and others?

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Why don't you move here Peter and others?

Not so many, tom. But then again, how long have had female taxistas here in Sweden? Perhaps 30 years or so? Or female bus drivers? The society is changing in Colombia too, albeit slowly. The women are not unhappy with their role there, tom. They may complain a lot, but many of them are perfectly happy being homemakers, wives, girlfriends and letting their men take care of them. That passing the buck is so ingrained in the Colombian society. Also that a good husband/boyfriend/amante is the generous one. Not necessarily the sweet, gentle pobreton, but the one with deep pockets. The women have been enablers for their men becoming such mcps. (Some of them aren't. I was just plain lucky) I would've never put up with either infidelity or abuse (physical or psychological) but I didn't need to worry, that was not in his nature or upbringing either. Then don't forget the immense power mothers wield at the home environment. The matriarchs may smile sweetly and say...."my husband has decided...bull...it's the lady of the house who makes the decisions.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Why don't you move here Peter and others?

You said earlier, tomtom, that women are in general at a disadvantage in Colombia and that you wouldn't want your mum or sister to live ther, or have to live there which is even worse. That's a pretty strong statement. I'm not saying that what you describe as an extremely machista society above isn't true in any way, but personally I have no experiences at all, as a foreigner and female of having been treated any worse for being a woman. I'm actually looking forward to spending more time in Colombia.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Why don't you move here Peter and others?

". I believe that females are at a great disadvantage here. I certainly wouldn't want my mother or sister to have to live here." Tomtom This statement keeps popping into my head and I would like youto explain it little more.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Viajero 123 Coming Home tommorrow!!

That's wonderful, gamm. Will you guys continue posting? Please do so, we need more people reporting directly from Colombia:)

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Why don't you move here Peter and others?

My niece graduated at theatre and drama in England. I'm sure there's a vibrant theater scene in Bogotá but compared with London or any other European capital? The bredth of studies, the number of theaters, the available jobs intheater? The resources?

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Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Be Careful I got this SPAM through PBH

I don't really know, CG. Some of them have the appearance of being automated.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Be Careful I got this SPAM through PBH

Ruthie is gone too. I also block the IP addresses of these people but there seems to be a lot of available IP s in Africa.....

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Why don't you move here Peter and others?

RJ, he didn't. It was not directed at him.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on So many NEWBIE's

talkin' to catfish, titman

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on Cooking for Colombiana girlfriend's Madre for first time tomorrow!

pedro you rock

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on So many NEWBIE's

If you're still here you aren't.

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on The Colombian concept of time

Heyyyyyyyyy adela, long time no see

Desi1 (Moderator) comments on USA/Colombian Recession Contest.......Part II

This isn't really anything I should speak about here, Gringoloid, but where on earth did you get the idea that Rubito was deleted FOR NOTHING. I'm not at liberty to discuss the issue here, but he himself knows why he got deleted and it wasn't by me. And it was certainly for SOMETHING.I would greatly appreciate if you took these speculations about how we conduct our duties here in PRIVATE. Be kind and considerate with me and Kat as neither one of us is a native speaker of English .