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Posted by G. G. Grabowicz on May 25, 2000 at 09:10:50:

To the administrators of Brama:

You folks should try to be a little more sensitive to the way your choice of survey topics may reflect on the Ukrainian collective image. Since Brama, for better or worse, is a "gateway" for Ukraine, and Ukrainians, and Ukrainian topics on the Internet, a survey like the present one on "Ukrainian drinks" or the recent one on "nalesnyky fillings" may well tend to confirm some people's stereotypes of Ukrainians--not of being drinkards or gluttons, no, but of simply being unsophisticated, of not knowing what goes where. While culinary preferences and drinking habits are a legitimate subject of interest, they seem out of place on the page in question--which is obviously devoted to other, more "serious" topics. At the very least, questions about whether you prefer samohonka to beer create an awkward counterpoint to the--arguably--more serious questions about the role of the Ukrainian language, the Ukrainian church situation, and so on that also appear on the same spot. In short, some tact and self-respect is called for.

Do give it some thought.

G.G. Grabowicz

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: To the administrators of Brama: : You folks should try to be a little more sensitive to the way your choice of survey topics may reflect on the Ukrainian collective image. Since Brama, for better or worse, is a "gateway" for Ukraine, and Ukrainians, and Ukrainian topics on the Internet, a survey like the present one on "Ukrainian drinks" or the recent one on "nalesnyky fillings" may well tend to confirm some people's stereotypes of Ukrainians--not of being drinkards or gluttons, no, but of simply being unsophisticated, of not knowing what goes where. While culinary preferences and drinking habits are a legitimate subject of interest, they seem out of place on the page in question--which is obviously devoted to other, more "serious" topics. At the very least, questions about whether you prefer samohonka to beer create an awkward counterpoint to the--arguably--more serious questions about the role of the Ukrainian language, the Ukrainian church situation, and so on that also appear on the same spot. In short, some tact and self-respect is called for. : Do give it some thought. : G.G. Grabowicz

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