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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Austin Powers: [QB] Now now. First, it wasn't me who said that everyone in Hollywood hates Germans. That was a quote of Bernd's remark, remember? Second, I didn't say that the media was controlled by Jews. I just stated my observation of the fact that a great number of those people who are responsible for making movies in Hollywood are Jews. Studio execs, producers, directors, writers... I have nothing against that fact and I don't want to imply that this is the reason for the anti-german attitude in American films. I just wanted to offer one possible contributing element - though it might indeed seem quite a bit far-fetched. But I agree with Bernd in that there is a great deal of anti-german, anti-russian and anti-arab sentiments to be found in many films, from small ones right up to Hollywood blockbusters. Third, many Americans - and not just uneducated ones unfortunately - have almost no knowledge of the world outside the U.S. A story to prove it? My colleague at work has lived in the U.S. for several years. She worked for an IT company and while there, asked some co-workers if they wanted to come visit her after her return to Germany. They said that they wouldn't really want to come as, and that is their original quote, "yes, the scenery is quite nice, but we are a bit uneasy about all those concentration camps" !!! :eek: Come on, these were no idiots, they were professionals of a big IT company (HP as a matter of fact!). There are statistics to prove that this isn't just some one-time exceptionary example, but a very common phenomenon in the U.S.: a fundamental lack of knowledge of facts about the rest of the world. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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