Text 48057, 102 rader
Skriven 2007-01-29 10:21:44 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
  Kommentar till text 47906 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: Bj"rn is a fool, was: Four fools?
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Hello Björn.

29 Jan 07 15:32, you wrote to shannon talley:


 >>> That's why I don't watch any of them since none is unbiased.

 st>> Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

 BF> After having seen Fox News here in Thailand I'm even more convinced
 BF> that Fox is more biased than BBC.

     I think Fox os one of the worst and I avoid watching them as much as
possible. Most news media has a certain amount of twist on the news that
they want you to know. What is worst is when the media deceives the public
instead of coloring or packaging the news for entertainment or ratings points.

 >>> st> And -- American Idol -- you wouldn't want to be labeled an st>
 >>> st> American
 >>> now would you...?  <g>
 >>> Not after seeing that, no and not after watching Roys Red Bastard
 >>> either. Where do you find all those guys? Here in Fido?

 st>> What's really fantastic is that we live in a country were people
 st>> are free to be themselves, no matter how freaky or weird we think
 st>> they are.  They have jobs, live and go through their own lives
 st>> without worrying about government oppression or being jailed
 st>> because they are different.

 st>> THAT is what is so great about this country....

 BF> And you think that you're alone with that? I believe that every
 BF> country in Europe have it like that. Actually I think we are even
 BF> better. We don't put a blur at small childrens asses when they appear
 BF> in TV as you do. We can even show a womans breast.

     I think that that is somehow supposed to protect our morals and the
impressionability of children. I can only speak for myself but I wouldn't give
seeing a babies/toddlers butt a second thought. It wouldn't
be an issue until it is made an issue by it's censorship. The same principal
holds true for children IMHO. We as adults don't give children nearly enough
credit for inteligence IMO. Again many/most children wouldn't think something
is supposedly wrong until we as adults treat it as wrong and make an
unnessesary issue of it.


     Suggestion and presentation has alot to do with it too. Look at some of
the GGW (Girls Gone Wild) television ads. Nothing is really shown but ALOT
is suggested. So much so that I find it somewhat inappropiate. Now don't get
me wrong. I enjoy the beauty of a women's body as much as any other guy. I just
don't need it shoved in my face.

     On second thought......<g>


 st>> But, when someone states they don't like "Americans" -- what they
 st>> are really saying is they don't like Muslims, Christians,
 st>> Chinese, Japanese, Colombians, Swedish, English, French, Spanish,
 st>> Africans, the Wicken, the Atheists, or any one of the incredible
 st>> multitude of people of all religions and all walks of life that
 st>> make up this country.

 BF> I don't think anyone have said that they don't like Americans, only
 BF> those who are the loudest and behave like assholes and misterpret
 BF> everything they read and publish it on their website. :-o I know of a
 BF> lot of very nice Americans too.

     Being ignorant, biased, prejudice, hateful or an asshole isn't linked
or dependant on one's nationality. People like that come in all colors and
nationalities.

 st>> I'm part Irish, part German, part Apache, and part mutt.....  I'm
 st>> not a "purebred" anything... I'm an American and I'm both proud
 st>> and humbled to be a citizen of what is and has become a great and
 st>> free nation.


     Me too. I'm part German, Irish, and Swede. And proud to be an American
regardless of any politics involved. To often when people hate a countries
politics it is presented as a dislike of that countries people also. People
are all too often grouped together unnessesarally. BTW, meant as a general
statement.

 BF> Well, I'm proud of being a Swede too but not to the fanatic state
 BF> that
 BF> I'm willing to kill or to be killed for it unless there is someone
 BF> coming to invade my country. Then I will do as they are doing in Iraq,
 BF> I will defend myself whatever it takes, perhaps even become a
 BF> suicidebomber. Who knows.

     IMHO, if we (Americans) are there to help Irag on a path of their choice
that is one thing. If we are there to dictate or direct their future down a
particular path of our choice then that is another matter entirely.


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Jeff

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