[Cindy]

I beg to differ that knives and forks are easier to use. I grew up using chopsticks, and I think they are elegant and very intelligent utensils. Instead of stabbing your food with a fork, we pick up the food delicately between two chopsticks. Most Asian foods are delicately put together and do not lend themselves to be mauled apart by knives and forks. For example, how would you eat sushi with a knife and fork? I guess you can, but you would destroy the whole point of sushi - it should be eaten whole in one bite. Almost all our foods are prepared so that they are already bite-sized when served on the table, so there's no need to cut. All that is done in the preparation stage, in the kitchen. In that sense, I think knives and forks are less efficient and cumbersome. I have a similar question for you: Why do Westerners insist on using knives and forks when they travel to Asian countries, even though chopsticks are available and are so much easier and more efficient to use? You are looking at things from only one viewpoint - very dangerous.

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[Cindy]

I hardly call anyone from the upper middle class 'rich.' First, I don't understand the nerve of some people to call themselves upper middle class. What does that mean, anyway? How do you know you're not just middle class? I think the distinction is just a snobby way to be exclusive. Come to New York City for one minute and I can guarantee your class level will be dropped down a notch. I can't believe anyone would give a 19-year-old such materialistic advice. Money does not guarantee success or happiness. Just look at all the eating disorders and suicides associated with the rich.

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[Cindy]

That's why I don't buy this religion crap. Why someone would choose to believe in such a religion is beyond me. One of my best friends became a born-again Christian when she was in high school and recently she told me that her mother was going to hell because her mother is Buddhist. How does one know what God will do, if there's a God to begin with? I think religion is just another way to be exclusive, even in death we have to find some way to divide.

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