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Barack Obama

brer cat

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3. Interesting read.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:38 AM

Nov 2015

This does describe him well.

In his classic essay, ‘The Idea of Power in Javanese Culture’ (1990), the Indonesian scholar Benedict Anderson describes the ruler’s halus as:

The quality of not being disturbed, spotted, uneven, or discoloured. Smoothness of spirit means self-control, smoothness of appearance means beauty and elegance, smoothness of behaviour means politeness and sensitivity.

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An interesting, illuminating essay on the Javanese cultural influence on our President [View all] YoungDemCA Nov 2015 OP

Fascinating. Thanks! K&R. nt tblue37 Nov 2015 #1

Oops, I thought you were misspelling "Japanese" no bs joe Nov 2015 #2

Interesting read. brer cat Nov 2015 #3

An intellectual exercise... yallerdawg Nov 2015 #4