If you think that "Bob doesn't think swimming is really important" is an insult to Bob or means that Bob is primitive.
--- On Sat, 6/20/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Iran has some pretty shitty social indicators, but on the
> other hand, it's not a country where people are eating dirt.
> Much of the population is educated, sophisticated, and wants
> to join the world. The idea that some people are just too
> primitive for these "frivolous" aspirations is patronizing
> and insulting.
>
> Doug
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