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From: R.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hey guys, the trouble is you're not IN a U.S. urban
> setting.
>
> Inexperienced athletes on an international 'stage'
> forget to think about it-
> you can't just NOT offend your peers, you've got to
> avoid offending MOST people! If you don't have a
> clue of where your culture fits in with other cultures,
> you're lost in the dark...if you don't care, you risk
> even worse alienation...
Speaking as a foreigner, I must say I enjoyed the antics of the US 4x100
team on the track. No one I know was in the least offended by it in any way.
When Bernard Williams gave the Rock eyebrow in Berlin it was the talk of the
club where I train the next day. (No-one knows who the Rock is there, and I
must confess I do only because my father is an avid fanatic follower of the
WWF and "The People's Elbow"). It definitely rates as "cool".
Cheers,
Elliott
