{"id":10420,"date":"2017-08-28T03:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T08:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=10420"},"modified":"2017-08-25T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T21:46:15","slug":"some-things-id-like-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=10420","title":{"rendered":"Some Things I&#8217;d Like To See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news has been full of cries for diversity and inclusiveness lately. I think about these things as I roam about the planet, and have come to realize there are things you never see but ought to if things were balanced. I have, for your convenience compiled a brief list of them below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fcommotioninthepews.com%2F&amp;screen_name=joecourtemanche&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\">Please follow me on Twitter<\/a>, and <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josephcourtemancheauthor\">&#8220;Like&#8221; the Facebook author page<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe (the box is on the right side of the page) to be eligible for free e-books and other benefits! Oh yeah &#8211; <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01DGXSHRU?ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&#038;qid=&#038;sr=&#038;pldnSite=1\" target=\"_blank\">grab a copy of <em>Assault on Saint Agnes <\/em><\/a>if you&#8217;re of a mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I would like to see a nail salon staffed primarily by the Irish. Perhaps &#8220;Paddy&#8217;s Pedicures&#8221; would be a good name.<\/p>\n<p>An old style Vietnamese pub with an assortment of traditional Vietnamese pub food and beer.<\/p>\n<p>A really high-class German tea room. Perhaps with clotted cream cakes like you&#8217;d get in Bremerhaven.<\/p>\n<p>Some kind of Spanish lefse bar. <\/p>\n<p>A Mexican sushi establishment where you can only order in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>A Norwegian fried chicken place. Hopefully with some serious corn bread &#8211; Oslo style.<\/p>\n<p>A Swedish reggae dance hall. Nothing says reggae to me like the land and music of ABBA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dJOxekl9HwU\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s what I mean:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJOxekl9HwU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I think you get the point I&#8217;m trying to make: not everything must revolve around the axis of diversity. Somethings are just better the way we&#8217;ve found them in life already. (The biggest exception is the Hmong fried chicken at the Hmongtown center in Saint Paul &#8211; probably the top five in my fried chicken experience.)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s celebrate what others do exceptionally well, and not try to make them as mediocre as possible. It&#8217;s not stereotyping if your culture provides you with some basis for a cuisine, literature, or music based on centuries of experience. It&#8217;s not racist, not genetic, it&#8217;s a practiced set of knowledge passed between generations. Not a thing wrong with recognizing that bit of beauty that God has gifted us with along the way.<\/p>\n<p>And please, for the love of all that is foodie, nobody open an English steak house. I couldn&#8217;t bear the thought.<\/p>\n<p>********* ********** *********** ***********<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Assault on Saint Agnes <\/em>is available here. Just <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01DGXSHRU?ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&#038;qid=&#038;sr=&#038;pldnSite=1\" target=\"_blank\">click this link<\/a>! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">When you finish reading any book (especially mine) please review it at <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Assault-Saint-Agnes-Joseph-Courtemanche-ebook\/product-reviews\/B01DGXSHRU\/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewopt_srt?ie=UTF8&#038;reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&#038;showViewpoints=1&#038;sortBy=recent&#038;filterByStar=positive&#038;pageNumber=1\" target=\"_blank\">www.amazon.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/reviews\/assault-on-saint-agnes-joseph-courtemanche\/1123542023?ean=9781936830817#reviews-header\" target=\"_blank\">www.barnesandnoble.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/29419082-assault-on-saint-agnes?from_search=true\" target=\"_blank\">www.goodreads.com<\/a>. 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