Moments of Permanence - Derailment Redux: Lois McMaster Bujold Hypocrisy Special Edition

From: sami Date: May 10th, 2009 05:31 am (UTC) (Link)

I'd kind of like to congratulate you on just reading the whole thing. I'm kind of bemused at how long it got.

*checks links* Wow, her official site maybe, one day, with help, could aspire to mediocrity. The Tohono O'odham site looks kind of Generic Local Government-ish, but I suppose that's more-or-less the point...

But yes, I thought that little remark was tremendously revealing about her preconceptions. Fundamentally, she seems to see the Native American population as being either completely assimilated, or savages; the idea that Native American people could be both fully-networked citizens of the twenty-first century and culturally and spiritually aligned with their tribal identities is apparently beyond her.

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From: keeva Date: May 10th, 2009 06:08 am (UTC) (Link)

Exactly! The Tohono O'odham site is just a basic local government site; a .gov, even. It's like any other web site out there, but it's SPECIAL cuz it's by INDIANS.

Who probably use, like, buckskin-covered computers! With carved antler keys, and maybe they even understand the "strange white man magic" called Wifi!

It's so inspiring!

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From: sami Date: May 10th, 2009 06:13 am (UTC) (Link)

Oh, totally.

The thing about that site is that I looked it and recoiled from reading it because it looked agonisingly dull.

People are people, and local government websites are boring and often annoying. These are the universal truths of the world.

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