anecdote
an anecdote For those of you whom I haven't already made read this; This is an anecdote I came up with for my honours thesis project about state-building & imperialism in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. I thought it might be a good way to side-step all the political science jargon for those of you who who don't find that stuff particularly appealing. Enjoy An Anecdote An unnamed shopkeeper sits at a shopping stall in a nondescript marketplace. The shopkeeper is the pride of the whole city; people come from far and wide to purchase his beautiful & ornate rugs. One day as the shopkeeper sits in his stall, a man who doesn’t really fit in walks up to him, takes off his hat and gives a nod to the man that looks like he means well, but his nod looks more like a bow that a Kung Fu fighter would give to their Sensei in the Karate Kid. “Wax-on Wax-off” the shopkeeper thinks to himself. He asks the man how he may be of service, to which the man responds he will be of service t