tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779882762108093660.post6848416956264876477..comments2017-08-29T10:30:24.264-04:00Comments on Flying Furballs: Who Here is Old?Jamie Naessenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751922041019686353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779882762108093660.post-50437212854610535562008-03-03T22:14:00.000-05:002008-03-03T22:14:00.000-05:00I agree with you totally. I love the way the nativ...I agree with you totally. I love the way the native culture views their elders. They are respected, and their advice is sought out in a consultative way, from the community perspective. It used to work before busy-body governments got involved and broke their culture, but see work from within the communities to try to build that back up. I'd love nothing more to be called a National Treasure when I've attained that kind of wisdom (hopefully anyway!)Jamie Naessenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751922041019686353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779882762108093660.post-51079946760665162382008-03-03T17:31:00.000-05:002008-03-03T17:31:00.000-05:00Right on, Jamie! (does that date me?). I have a pr...Right on, Jamie! (does that date me?). I have a problem with the word "senior". Too many meanings. Everything from anyone older than oneself to a description of a show rabbit. Personally I like "elder"-wise and respected. Better still what the Japanese call their real old people- "National Treasures"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com