[boomoo]

Originally Posted by kistar

How are they?

Because when you say Caroline is stuck up you are talking of your experience of observing that particular individual.
In Scott's case he implied that a specific group of people ate with their hands. He was labelling a whole nation he had no knowledge of.

[kistar]

Originally Posted by boomoo

Because when you say Caroline is stuck up you are talking of your experience of observing that particular individual.
In Scott's case he implied that a specific group of people ate with their hands. He was labelling a whole nation he had no knowledge of.

Ok that does make sense , although how is it bad to eat with your hands?

[Donovan.]

Originally Posted by kistar

Ok that does make sense , although how is it bad to eat with your hands?

Exactly it's not a bad thing, but Ashleigh and Scott were labeling a nation as only using their hands to eat and laughing as if it was a bad thing. Which is why they were warned. And liking a HM isn't weird it is just a matter of opinion.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Donovan81996

Exactly it's not a bad thing, but Ashleigh and Scott were labeling a nation as only using their hands to eat and laughing as if it was a bad thing. Which is why they were warned. And liking a HM isn't weird it is just a matter of opinion.

They were not labelling at all... It is just not as socially acceptable to eat with fingers in our culture is all.
So it might appear strange, commenting on it is not an offence is it?
They got a warning so maybe it is... It's crazy.

[Donovan.]

Originally Posted by kizzy

They were not labelling at all... It is just not as socially acceptable to eat with fingers in our culture is all.
So it might appear strange, commenting on it is not an offence is it?
They got a warning so maybe it is... It's crazy.

"They eat with their hands, it's their culture," is labeling, but like I said I don't think they said it in a malicious way.

[rayheartbliss]

Originally Posted by Donovan81996

"They eat with their hands, it's their culture," is labeling, but like I said I don't think they said it in a malicious way.

yea, but did they laugh at the fact that indians eat with their fingers?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by rayheartbliss

yea, but did they laugh at the fact that indians eat with their fingers?

Just the thought of eating cornflakes with your fingers prob....yuk! soggy food makes me cringe

[kistar]

Originally Posted by rayheartbliss

yea, but did they laugh at the fact that indians eat with their fingers?

I think they laughed because it was cereal and milk.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by kizzy

They were not labelling at all... It is just not as socially acceptable to eat with fingers in our culture is all.

I wonder if the same intolerance is felt when someone tucks into a KFC or McDonalds?

In Asian cultures food is sometimes eaten without cutlery. And this happens in the UK. Guess what - we live in a multicultural society! What this means is that habits and customs vary. It seems some people find this hard to swallow (sorry for the pun!).