If you had to choose a new ethnicity - The Firearms Forum

Crpdeth · 08-19-2008, 09:42 AM

Okay

Another spin off of previous threads. (I'm starting to like this.)

If you HAD to choose a new ethnic group to belong to, which direction would you lean?

I would most certainly want to remain IN America, but I would choose to become Japanese.

There are so many reasons why, that I doubt that I will list them all, but I absolutely love oriental cooking although I have prepared a very limited amount of it personally... Japanese gardening is beautiful and I think it would be awesome to have lived under someone who had taught me all about it... Especially bonsai and water gardening.

Physical fitness and martial arts intrigue me, although I do not consider myself accomplished at any of it, I do love to play with the nunchaku, throwing stars/knives, the bo staff, etc and have had a little (very little) training in hand to hand combat, but just enough to know that I would love to be raised in an environment where it was practiced often.

I get the feeling that most possess a very modest "attitude", unlike the predominant "tough guy" attitudes that I see from a few different groups, yet extremely capable of taking care of business if it came down to it.

Just a thought.

Crpdeth

TranterUK · 08-19-2008, 09:47 AM

I would remain exactly what I am. It is an aspect I have never been unhappy with or wanted to change.

Crpdeth · 08-19-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

I would remain exactly what I am.

Nope! Not if you play by the rules...

Come on...Play along...Nothing wrong with thinking outside the box.

Haligan · 08-19-2008, 09:53 AM

I'd have to agree, Japanese seams to be an honorable culture.

Except mabe for suprise attacks

Crpdeth · 08-19-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Haligan

I'd have to agree, Japanese seams to be an honorable culture.

Except mabe for suprise attacks

I did mean to put a disclaimer in there that I totally disagree with the way their Government acted in relation to Pearl Harbor and would like to disclude that cowardly act from discussion...

Agree with you 100% there....

Crpdeth

Vladimir · 08-19-2008, 10:11 AM

I think everyone knows what I would be

Now that I've been there I know I love the history, the culture, yadda, yadda. I'm eight percent or whatever if you wanted to do it that way, what's another 92 percent.

I agree wholeheartedly that I would want to still be in America. More travel would be great, maybe have lived abroad for a few years or something, but either way would want to have grown up here or ended up here. Like they say, the sweet is never so sweet without the bitter. Or whatever the hell that saying is.

Pistolenschutze · 08-19-2008, 10:16 AM

If I HAD to choose another ethnic group, I think it would most likely be the Germans. I admire their methodical and logical way of doing things and their expressive language . . . and besides, they build fine pistols and brew good beer.

Alternately, I think it would be either the British, whom I admire greatly for their "stick-to-it" attitude, or the Irish who understand how to party, but are also willing to fight when the chips are down.

TranterUK · 08-19-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Crpdeth

Nope! Not if you play by the rules...
Come on...Play along...Nothing wrong with thinking outside the box.

Ok, but just because you asked, South American Indian. They seem to live so at one with their surroundings, I get the feeling that's how it's supposed to be, man 'and' nature. Not as we are, man against nature.

Hunt and work, enjoy your family. Who cares who has a bigger TV or SUV.

mrkirker · 08-19-2008, 10:33 AM

I'm happy with my 'roots' German/Scots but if we HAVE

to choose another . . . . . Polynesian.
Great culture, great history, SEAFOOD!, & pretty nice part of the world in which to live.

Marlin · 08-19-2008, 10:40 AM

Sorry, crp, I agree with Tranter's original. I WOULD NOT CHANGE as I am happy with who I am.

I would NEVER consider anything otherwise under any circumstances.

Crpdeth · 08-19-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Marlin

Sorry, crp, I agree with Tranter's original. I WOULD NOT CHANGE as I am happy with who I am.

I would NEVER consider anything otherwise under any circumstances.

Your choice...

*poof*

You're a frog.

Now hop along and be happy with who you are, thats what you get for breaking the rules.

Crpdeth

Shellback · 08-19-2008, 10:57 AM

I would like to be a Kling-on or maybe Vulcan, ahh Kling-on first second Vulcan..
Tim

rosierita · 08-19-2008, 11:46 AM

IA w/ marlin...

carver · 08-19-2008, 01:40 PM

Native American 500 years ago. Now that was the life! Considering the physical limits of my body today, I probably wouldn't have lasted long, but then again: If was born Native American 500 years ago, I would have had a completly different body!

Crpdeth · 08-19-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rosierita

IA w/ marlin...

POOF!!!!!

Pistolenschutze · 08-19-2008, 05:00 PM

On second thought, I might choose to become a Texan. That would really make me unusual. The only problem is, I would melt in the summertime.

ponycar17 · 08-19-2008, 05:27 PM

I'd probably choose Japanese as well. After working with some of those guys I can respect their ethics. Now, I would not want to live in Japan. I learned in my brief trips there that there's nothing to do except play Pachinko and drink after about 4:30 (when it gets dark) during the summer.

I actually grow a good many Japanese Maples as I'm a fan of their gardening as well, CRP. I've got about 23 cultivars ready to go into the ground and 40+ seedlings; some of which will get cultivars grafted onto them...

swanshot · 08-19-2008, 05:32 PM

Vietnamese

Marlin T · 08-19-2008, 05:43 PM

Native American, like in Indian. Maybe a Navajo code talker, but one that never drinks mind you.

armedandsafe · 08-19-2008, 08:41 PM

I've been human for so long, I've grown quite used to it, thank you.

For cultural change (which is what everybody seems to be talking about,) I might go for Southwest Native American. I've spent some time on the floor of the Grand Canyon and those are some admirable people. Then too, the old time Nez Perce aren't too bad for kick-azz personality.

Pops

berto64 · 08-20-2008, 12:03 AM

You have the right idea Marlin T.

Native American for me too, just not a "Rez Indian".

I have Missouri Blackfoot in me an have been adopted into a family of the Piegan Nation, but if I had to I might as well be 100%.

Pistolenschutze · 08-20-2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by armedandsafe

I've been human for so long, I've grown quite used to it, thank you.

I dunno, Pops, that grizzly bear in you seems to come out every time the irrigation pump breaks down. :::::ducking into bunker, closing lid:::::

redrick · 08-20-2008, 12:14 AM

I would want to be black. They say if you were ever black on a Saturday night you would never go back.

artabr · 08-20-2008, 02:52 AM

I think Northern European /Scandinavian. They like guns and I like blondes.

Art

SaltwaterCowboy · 08-20-2008, 07:53 AM

Lakota Sioux, seems the indians are the only people who know how to live off the land without spoiling it.

08-19-2008, 09:42 AM	#1
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	If you had to choose a new ethnicity Okay Another spin off of previous threads. (I'm starting to like this.) If you HAD to choose a new ethnic group to belong to, which direction would you lean? I would most certainly want to remain IN America, but I would choose to become Japanese. There are so many reasons why, that I doubt that I will list them all, but I absolutely love oriental cooking although I have prepared a very limited amount of it personally... Japanese gardening is beautiful and I think it would be awesome to have lived under someone who had taught me all about it... Especially bonsai and water gardening. Physical fitness and martial arts intrigue me, although I do not consider myself accomplished at any of it, I do love to play with the nunchaku, throwing stars/knives, the bo staff, etc and have had a little (very little) training in hand to hand combat, but just enough to know that I would love to be raised in an environment where it was practiced often. I get the feeling that most possess a very modest "attitude", unlike the predominant "tough guy" attitudes that I see from a few different groups, yet extremely capable of taking care of business if it came down to it. Just a thought. Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer -->

08-19-2008, 09:47 AM	#2
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity I would remain exactly what I am. It is an aspect I have never been unhappy with or wanted to change. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

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Haligan Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: FEMA Region II Posts: 1,900	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity I'd have to agree, Japanese seams to be an honorable culture. Except mabe for suprise attacks __________________ "He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falshoods and errors." - Thomas Jefferson

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Vladimir Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Issaquah WA Posts: 3,558	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity I think everyone knows what I would be Now that I've been there I know I love the history, the culture, yadda, yadda. I'm eight percent or whatever if you wanted to do it that way, what's another 92 percent. I agree wholeheartedly that I would want to still be in America. More travel would be great, maybe have lived abroad for a few years or something, but either way would want to have grown up here or ended up here. Like they say, the sweet is never so sweet without the bitter. Or whatever the hell that saying is. __________________ -JVRR меня зовут Владимир или Джеймс. Я знаю только немного русский язык (я американец, но мой пра дедушка русски). STEAM (CSS, TF2, etc): Ask me! Xbox LIVE! GT: "Vlad is Rad" PS3 PSN: "Vlad_Is_Rad"

08-19-2008, 10:16 AM	#7
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity If I HAD to choose another ethnic group, I think it would most likely be the Germans. I admire their methodical and logical way of doing things and their expressive language . . . and besides, they build fine pistols and brew good beer. Alternately, I think it would be either the British, whom I admire greatly for their "stick-to-it" attitude, or the Irish who understand how to party, but are also willing to fight when the chips are down. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter) Last edited by Pistolenschutze; 08-19-2008 at 10:27 AM..

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mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity I'm happy with my 'roots' German/Scots but if we HAVE to choose another . . . . . Polynesian. Great culture, great history, SEAFOOD!, & pretty nice part of the world in which to live.

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Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity Sorry, crp, I agree with Tranter's original. I WOULD NOT CHANGE as I am happy with who I am. I would NEVER consider anything otherwise under any circumstances. __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

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carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity Native American 500 years ago. Now that was the life! Considering the physical limits of my body today, I probably wouldn't have lasted long, but then again: If was born Native American 500 years ago, I would have had a completly different body!

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Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity On second thought, I might choose to become a Texan. That would really make me unusual. The only problem is, I would melt in the summertime. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

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ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity I'd probably choose Japanese as well. After working with some of those guys I can respect their ethics. Now, I would not want to live in Japan. I learned in my brief trips there that there's nothing to do except play Pachinko and drink after about 4:30 (when it gets dark) during the summer. I actually grow a good many Japanese Maples as I'm a fan of their gardening as well, CRP. I've got about 23 cultivars ready to go into the ground and 40+ seedlings; some of which will get cultivars grafted onto them...

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berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,385	Re: If you had to choose a new ethnicity You have the right idea Marlin T. Native American for me too, just not a "Rez Indian". I have Missouri Blackfoot in me an have been adopted into a family of the Piegan Nation, but if I had to I might as well be 100%. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

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