tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post4826088844988147215..comments2023-06-06T06:49:04.399-07:00Comments on Cinder Bridge: Famine bad. Snow good.cinderkeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-14262508138860432672010-12-02T15:54:25.244-07:002010-12-02T15:54:25.244-07:00Wait.. it doesn't snow in Ethiopia? Then what ...Wait.. it doesn't snow in Ethiopia? Then what became of that truck-load of sleds I gifted to the village last year?Rhodesterhttp://rhodester.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-9363763839063168282010-12-02T12:34:57.583-07:002010-12-02T12:34:57.583-07:00That's most likely the way they meant it. The ...That's most likely the way they meant it. The problem I had was that if you imagined an Ethiopia with no famine and a benevolent, fairly elected government, if you imagined that the Christians in that country were enjoying the holiday with no worries about day-to-day survival, there still wouldn't be any snow. And that would be OK. No need to compare it to the Western Perfect Christmas Template.<br /><br />Am I the *only* person whose eyes rolled at the wistful mention of snow? :)cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373573052582581717.post-80875730627749945322010-12-02T12:15:54.525-07:002010-12-02T12:15:54.525-07:00I never read that line like that. I saw the snow a...I never read that line like that. I saw the snow as an emblem of the iconic Western-style Christmas that so many of us imagine/pretend to be a universal experience, i.e., "Wake up, there's a whole continent for whom that experience is alien...they'll never know anything that warm and fuzzy."David Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416064825544118818noreply@blogger.com