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[QUOTE]Originally posted by J: [QB] To get it out of the way: [b]THOSE EMOTICONS ARE COOL![/b] Next as to the subject. The main cause for American unconcern with the rest of the world is the original isolationist attitude of the country. It wasn't until the turn of the century [last century] that the US actually started to have a place on the world scene. Today much of it remains, although the government and large corporations are extremely involved in other countries. Now the reason that American media is hard on Russians is obvious. A fifty year cold-war isn't going to make a lot of positive movies about your advisary. You'd all be saying the same thing about Russia if 1) Their society created as many movies as the US. 2) If their movies were as popular as the ones from the US. Neither of which is true of course. Russia was just as hard on the US in their movies, if not worse in some cases, as the US-- and the same can be said in reverse. Germans. It has nothing to do with Jews. In fact the claims of hating Germans seems a rash inflated to me. Most of the movies with Germans in them are WWII movies, are they not? Most of the movies that remain are those with a plot traced back to WWII [either in the real-time line or an alternate one]. --- What remains? I bunch of B-movies and that stupid episode of Seinfield with the Soup-Nazi? Arabs. If I have to explain this one I think I'll be highly confused. Yeah, maybe it's propaganda... but it's been a near image of real life for the past three decades. Americans haven't been enthuzed with Arabs since the Iranian Students took hostages [now my memory is failing me at the moment, were their two incidents, one with IBM employees and another with the embassy staff--- or did that happen at the same time?]. But the fact that Arabs would prefer us all dead doesn't help either [blanket statement I know, but most of the Arab population has voiced this opinion]. The final nail is when Americans look at Israel, a country which was formed by an agreement in 1948 and has been under attack by it's Arab neighbors ever since. Israelies are Jews, yes, but that's no excuse for living in fear from all sides or from your next door neighbor who happens to be a Palistinian. This is a Star Trek forum... and we're getting back into a discussion that need not be. Star Trek is an American show... who cares if Gene Roddenberry put together a multi-ethnic TOS senior crew--- look at the background folks. What was their predominate majority? Star Trek isn't about inclusiveness above all else--- that's a form of discrimination in itself because you look for people who are different. Star Trek is about the fact that people are different, and no one cares if you're black or white or arab, or from America or Europe or Africa or Asia, or if your Jewish or Muslim or Christian or Athiestic. You guys are looking for those people because you see their difference and care if they are there or not. I'm not looking for those people because I see their difference and don't care if they are there or not. That's the truth of the matter... but whenever it's said a whole lot of somebodies get their panties in a wad. Like it's been said on shows besides Star Trek "The very young rarely understand." B5 and SG have it down pretty well on those notes... so concerning reality and ST this is my advice: [b]GROW UP![/b] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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