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Old 08-10-2003, 12:33 PM   #2
Whit
Umm ... yeah.
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Arkansas, USA
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     Wait, let me get this straight. The telegraph and follow up forms of communication did nothing to improve understanding of other cultures? It's done nothing to extend knowledge of how other parts of the world differ from ours?
     Might we consider that maybe, just maybe, people continue to connect with the place of their origin while learing more of the world is a form of grounding, of reseating oneself in ones own perspective for viewing all this new information?
     Also, what's your gripe with the poor and ignorant here? What are you suggesting? Maybe we should buy them all a Big Mac and a DVD player?
     Reality check dude. Do people in the US live at a higher standard generally? Yes. Does that make us bad people? No. Or perhaps you think we should all be ignorant and starving, would that make you happy? We don't have the money to bring the world up to our standard and when we try to bring in education to underdeveloped areas we are accused of trying to "westernize" them. That's life.
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