Comments on: Red Hot Chile Bloggers Tell Us What Not to Do

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:25:23 +0000

Of course the idea was not to INTENTIONALLY alienate Chileans… it was just a look at how we end up doing it anyway–often without even realizing it! And yes, this was indeed controversial post that provoked a number of related discussions and a whopping 143 comments to date!
But just for the record, it was followed up by a flip-side post entitled “Finding your way into Chile” (http://cachandochile.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/finding-your-way-into-chile/) Which, by the way, only got 30 comments though, which I guess goes a long way toward backing up the old belief that the most controversial sites get the most traffic!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:03 +0000

@Eileen, I’m glad you enjoyed reading your quote. Definitely not something I could paraphrase. Very funny.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:28:13 +0000

@Sara, I can see why the theme about how to “alienate a Chilean” would be somewhat controversial. I think the only reason you could get away with it is because you’re living in Chile amongst Chileans. Plus, most of the observations were pretty good natured. Can you imagine how unPC it would be for me to write a post about how to alienate a Chilean from here in the Wash. DC area? People would wonder “what the heck does he have against Chileans?” (Nothing of course).

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:13:51 +0000

I’m with Eileen. Thanks for the mention. Some of our posts were a little controversial, not among us, but with Chileans. I guess it’s probably obvious why.

By: eileen

eileen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:03:25 +0000

Thanks for the love, and the quote. I know it’s terribly self-serving, but I actually laughed while reading that. And yes, I mean the part I wrote!

Red Hot Chile bloggers, huh? That makes us sound like so much fun!

Thanks again!