Re: Awards Ceremony

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

The arab culture differs greatly from ours.  They do not have the
sense of "fair play" and "sportsmanship" they we have.  They have
loyalty to their own and that is tantamount to their behavior,
which, I reiterate, was not intended as rudeness.  It is our
western culture that deems it that way.

Teddy

Truman Prevatt wrote:
> 
> But a fact of life is the UAE can buy and sell the FEI 1000 time over.
> It can also lay claim to being the only proper host of endurance - the
> sport of THE ARABIAN HORSE.
> 
> The Arab world has little respect to the western cultures - in fact they
> have total distain.  I think it is wonderful that they have to deal with
> a female U.S. Secertary of State.  I have had personal experience with
> taking a team of engineers over to the middle east and having all kinds
> of problems with how they treated the females on the team.  We were on
> U.S. diplomatic pastports so we had the last say, but they were rude,
> extremely rude.
> 
> This last Monday the U. S. State department issued a tourist advisory
> for traveliers in many contries in the Mid East, including the UAE.
> There is the expectation of more terrorist attacks.  My biggest problem
> with the Arab world is they could stop the terrorist in a minute, but
> they choose not to.  Not that every state is a terrorist haven, but
> those that aren't just turn their heads.
> 
> So I think "international" endurance riding is at a very intersting
> point.  Do the Arabs want to claim the sport as their own and buy it, or
> will it remain a truly international sport?  Will the Arabs have a
> championship ride in 2000 and pay the riders to come there? Will the
> Arabs claim that it is a sports of the Arabians therefore a sport of the
> Arabs.  I don't think we know the answers to these questions yet.  It
> will be interesting to see how it unfolds.
> 
> Truman
> 
> Maureen Mathisen wrote:
> >
> > TEDDY,
> >
> > I AM SORRY, BUT I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU     .  Since this was an
> > international event, all winners , finishers, and nations (we assumed)
> > were to  be treated with respect.  It wasn't done and another site
> > should definately be choosen for "next time".
> >
> > OF COURSE  the cultures are different, but rudeness should not be
> > excused for any of the participating nations.In any other" Olympic "
> > type event this certasinly would not be   excused.  Why are we doing so
> > here?  They are NOT an "ignorant" people who do not know what they are
> > doing is insulting!
> > Mauren
> 
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