chelle Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 You probably support cultural homogenization too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Puget Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Don't have time to research this but comment slike the following are just too rich: "The free market is basically homogenous," Dalton argued. "American audiences have far less choice than French or Australian audiences." It is total bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 (edited) ehmmic said: You probably support cultural homogenization too. I support the freedom of the individual to choose the media and entertainment that he/she likes, regardless of whether or not I perceive it to be socially unredeeming. (Child pornography, etc excluded!) I believe this freedom is not for citizens of this nation alone. Why are "liberals" here so concerned with the (read) conservative idea of cultural preservation elsewhere? Edited October 21, 2003 by Fairweather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I was trying to find some AM weather today, and heard Rush Limbaugh spouting about "how the continued existence of a Burger King restuarant at the Saddam Hussein airport was proof that people in Iraq supported the U.S." His logic was that if they were displeased with our country, the restuarant would have been ransacked repeatedly. He went on for quite a while about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 MisterE said: I was trying to find some AM weather today, and heard Rush Limbaugh spouting about "how the continued existence of a Burger King restuarant at the Saddam Hussein airport was proof that people in Iraq supported the U.S." His logic was that if they were displeased with our country, the restuarant would have been ransacked repeatedly. He went on for quite a while about this. Psst...he's on drugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Pssst... so are most of the posters on this website. See the "Smith This Weekend" thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrambler Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacierdog Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 scrambler said: yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............................. Just check my location.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 One could also argue that dependence upon either direct government funding or tariff walls erected by the government could prove to be far more homogenizing and stiffling than a market driven media sector. Whether it be the government or a corporation, the content that receives funding will be profoundly influenced by the perogatives of those institutions doing the funding. At least in a market economy you have multiple institutions with multiple perogatives providing the resources necessary to produce content. In a system in which the government is the primary clearinghouse through which movies, films, and plays must pass the potential for self-interested censorship is considerably higher. Cultural protectionism and excessive government influence in the media sector has actually contributed to the moribund and generally unmarketable condition of cultural output in many countries, in France in particular. Anyone familiar with history will recognize the fact that isolation from the influences of other cultures, rather than exposure to them, is what leads to cultural sterility and stagnation. This, like every other tarriff/subsidy scheme in history will backfire and actually exacerbate the very problem it seeks to remedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Alpinfox said: Pssst... so are most of the posters on this website. See the "Smith This Weekend" thread... Yes, but not prescribed ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Fairweather said: ehmmic said: You probably support cultural homogenization too. I support the freedom of the individual to choose the media and entertainment that he/she likes, regardless of whether or not I perceive it to be socially unredeeming. (Child pornography, etc excluded!) I believe this freedom is not for citizens of this nation alone. Why are "liberals" here so concerned with the (read) conservative idea of cultural preservation elsewhere? It sounds like you support efforts to preserve local programming. Good for you, Fairweather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Fairweather said: ehmmic said: You probably support cultural homogenization too. I support the freedom of the individual to choose the media and entertainment that he/she likes, regardless of whether or not I perceive it to be socially unredeeming. (Child pornography, etc excluded!) I believe this freedom is not for citizens of this nation alone. Why are "liberals" here so concerned with the (read) conservative idea of cultural preservation elsewhere? Cultural preservation is only a conservative idea when it is practiced outside of this country. In fact, cultural preservation is a nice conservative way of saying "keep your culture and language in your country and out of ours." Ask any conservative if they believe people should be able to keep their culture and language intact when living in this country, and the tone changes quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 MisterE said: I was trying to find some AM weather today, and heard Rush Limbaugh spouting about "how the continued existence of a Burger King restuarant at the Saddam Hussein airport was proof that people in Iraq supported the U.S." His logic was that if they were displeased with our country, the restuarant would have been ransacked repeatedly. He went on for quite a while about this. Wow, that guy is such a complete fucking idiot. He doesn't think for a second that it isn't behind ransacked because the airport is a base of U.S. operations and protected by thousands of U.S. troops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.