Is It REALLY Chinese?

[omarthefish]

Originally posted by Merryprankster
I'm confused about this, because there was a big thread awhile back that claimed two things:

1. That a chinese art taught by a non-chinese person isn't really authentic,

2. Chinese food cooked by a mexican line cook wouldn't really be Chinese. It would be "Chinacan."

Please help.

Thanks.

Yeah I stopped posting on that thread after I realized that nobody was actually reading anyone elses posts anymore. The above quote an excellent case in point. There were some arguments being made about the importance of learning the language and the culture but nobody actually made either of those 2 claims.

Straw dog arguments like that get tiresome pretty quick.

(although point number 2. is valid just because it's funny.)

edit: after seing the quote in bold I had a thought: "the thread claimed...." ???