Comments on: Some readings from the past week http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/some-readings-from-the-past-week/ Haunting Pasts, Uncertain Present, Utopian Futures Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sepoy http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/some-readings-from-the-past-week/#comment-2932 sepoy Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:04:41 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/some-readings-from-the-past-week/#comment-2932 "For some people parental intervention may seem like an arranged marriage. But for today’s superattentive parents, involved in almost every aspect of their children’s lives, dating is merely one more sphere of influence." I love how the word 'arranged', 'influence' and 'meddling' are so-quaintly set up in that piece. Because 'arranged' is only something kooky asians do. Not decent white folks! “For some people parental intervention may seem like an arranged marriage. But for today’s superattentive parents, involved in almost every aspect of their children’s lives, dating is merely one more sphere of influence.”

I love how the word ‘arranged’, ‘influence’ and ‘meddling’ are so-quaintly set up in that piece. Because ‘arranged’ is only something kooky asians do. Not decent white folks!

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