@Kate.Kunming
My guess is that he doesn't have any real face-to-face friends and this forum is his only emotional outlet. Just my own opinion though.
@Quester
Yes it is, but don't tell him that.
@mmkunmingteacher,
I don't even know where to begin, I have even contemplated not responding to your musings but alas, I am a mere moral and could not overcome my urges to be petty.
So here we go:
1) It is ironic that you speak of cultural colonialism and in the same breath, talk about "the common" Chinese people as if you are above them by virtue of you being a foreigner.
2) Can you speak functional Chinese? If in order to communicate with you, your Chinese friends in which you are so fond of, are required to speak English then you are causing undue influence on Chinese culture by forcing them to learn and speak a non-native language.
3) What is your employment in China? If it's anything other than a traditional Chinese profession then you are committing cultural colonialism by bringing Western ideas into China.
4) Do you spit on the sidewalk, pick your nose in public, jump the queue, push your way onto a crowded bus? If you don't do those things then you can't claim that you have accepted and embraced Chinese culture. The fact that you don't "Do as the Romans do" makes you a bonafide foreigner which will have a cultural effect on those around you through your actions and in-actions thereby imparting cultural colonialism.
5) Do you not sometimes patronize Western dining establishments and do you not drink *gasp* beer and wine? IF so, you are directing supporting an institution that promotes cultural colonialism. Doesn't that smack of hypocriticalism? Do you not realize that beer is not native to China and was brought over during the "real" colonial period.
6) China does not have 8000 years of history, by Chinese oral tradition, it is said to have 5000 years of history. If going by archeological evidence, it is only around 4000 years.
In summary:
Mr. mmkunmingteacher, you have the right to your opinions and lifestyle choices as much as anyone else, however, do not point and wag your finger at us with an holier-than-thou attitude when we make different lifestyle choices. Yes, the forum is a place for open discussion, but it is also a community in which we all belong to. And as such, there are social rules, spoken and unspoken, in which we must adhere otherwise we risk the ire and retribution of fellow netizens as you are now experiencing. You as much right to say what you want to say and we have as much right to mock and ridicule your behavior. This is called the freedom of speech. Ooops, I think I now just committed cultural colonialism myself.
Ciao~