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From: gordon wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >no-one forced you to love American film and American records. Or
forced...
> Have to disagree there though - the media in Britain LOVE American
culture,
> often at the expense of indigenious arts/enterainment etc...
he said "no one forced you to 'love' American..." not "no one force-fed you
American..." I think you've missed the point. *gasp*
> >Personally I love the cultural exchange - when English have imitated
> >Americans and vice versae.
> And as someone whose got a parent from the birthplace of America's future
> president (Will Smith!) - I love the way that UK people absorb all the
> stereotypical Americanisms, yet laff at Americans who pretend to be
English
> Ya.
I laugh (what's with the spelling?) when I see Americans trying to be/sound
british, and I laugh when I see Asian people that try really hard to act/be
American (it's very sweet.) I thought I had somewhere to go with this, but I
suppose I started out nowhere as well... ever seen National Lampoons
European Vacation?
> >>How different is your average urban white
> >>kid in America to your urban white kid in England.
>
> No guns in our schools.
> That makes a BIG difference, believe me.
> Oh and we dont have the Death Penalty either(never saw the wisdom in
gassing
> people for being poor and illiterate)
Pardon? Um... what? The chair is reserved for murderers and is outlawed in
most states.
-robert
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