11-06-2002, 11:14 AM
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Originally posted by Darkman:
Uh.. how many of you even watched Oprah's show today? 
Now I didn't watch the entire show myself, but from what I saw I think her guests actually presented some valid points. I don't think it is at all unreasonable to describe the United States as arrogant, greedy, self-centered, gluttonous, and ignorant (at least towards things that happen outside the US). We are all those things. Look them up in the dictionary.
Speak for youself Kimo Sabe [img]smile.gif[/img]
Trying to paint all americans with one description is not going to work, just like you can't say that all French people are snooty and that all Brits have bad teeth or that all germans are efficient. Stereotypes only fit to a certain extent, not all inclusively.
And I highly doubt that Jerry Springer, as entertaining as he is, is a *primary* source of information about American society and culture for any foreign country. For example, do we form our views of the Japanese based on crap like "All your base are belong to us"? American publications like Time Magazine are not restricted to our eyes only, not to mention this little information resource known as the Internet...
Nice theory but you wouldn't know. Neither would I. But I will say there is no majority of people accessing the Internet to form their world views. There are far more people without access than with.
If Im not mistaken "all your base are belong to us" is a Korean translation product...I know it wasn't japan but cant remember the correct country.
Regardless, I find it interesting how so many of you are quick to dismiss what Oprah's show put on the table, especially since I doubt many of you even watched the thing... Is it that Oprah has no credibility or that the notion that what was said might actually have some merit?
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Actually, I didn't see too much bashing of Opra's show as I did see people commenting on the ideas that were presented in the opening post of this thread. No need to get all defensive for Oprah here, Im sure she doesnt care a whit what a bunch of people on the net say about her.
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