Author Topic: The Far East (Read 10831 times)

wallflower · « **Reply #10 on:** December 04, 2012, 04:09:22 PM »

I just thoroughly enjoyed the first one and have marked the others for later. I loved the part around 21:10 with the little kid stored away on the camel with all the stuff. So cute tucked in there, bobbing up and down! The kids are really cute.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #11 on:** December 04, 2012, 06:39:28 PM »

:shocked:

a bunch of guys sitting around eating gooey camel head with their fingers
:shocked:

I am not cut out for the Nomadic life, but thanks for the interesting link Pere Joseph.

Lighthouse · « **Reply #12 on:** December 04, 2012, 09:18:44 PM »

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DISCLAIMER : THIS IS A REALISTIC TRIP ACROSS THE POST-SOVIET WORLD. NOT ALL SCENES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR MIXED COMPANY; SOME SCENES SHOW GRAVE IMMODESTY (washing, shirtless men, prostitutes) OR CONDONE IMMORALITY (drunkenness, for instance) OR COULD BE DISTURBING.

Well, there then is the rub, eh?

Not saying I don't agree with some of your points, but don't go over the waterfall into the same bathtub that Thomas Merton ended up in.

PereJoseph · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2012, 07:43:33 AM »

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DISCLAIMER : THIS IS A REALISTIC TRIP ACROSS THE POST-SOVIET WORLD. NOT ALL SCENES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR MIXED COMPANY; SOME SCENES SHOW GRAVE IMMODESTY (washing, shirtless men, prostitutes) OR CONDONE IMMORALITY (drunkenness, for instance) OR COULD BE DISTURBING.

Well, there then is the rub, eh?

I don't see how. Perhaps you could explain.

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Not saying I don't agree with some of your points, but don't go over the waterfall into the same bathtub that Thomas Merton ended up in.

No offense, but given everything I've said on this forum, I think that this statement of yours just sounds like paranoid silliness.

wallflower · « **Reply #14 on:** December 05, 2012, 08:57:50 AM »

FWIW we didn't find those scenes shocking. There are few and you are so engrossed by the story and captured by the adventure, the focus is not on the flesh or glorifying in it. Even the prostitutes were more dressed and demure than the average American, sadly.

If one is particularly sensitive they could forgo the series, it's not a necessity, but I would think it's not an issue for the average person.