http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 15 May 2005 18:21:41 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/14/084600.php#comment-153041 I love how the rest of the world is so quick to jump on the "isn't America horrible" bandwagon--without even thinking (the word Baaaaaaa comes to mind~~!!!) and they are soooo quick to say how "weird" we Americans are with OUR strange cultural enigmas ....... But ~~~~~ I don't see too many American sports fans having huge stampedes and killing other sports fans after their team loses, like happens quite often at soccer games and championships in Europe and south America .... 153041@blogcritics.org Sun, 15 May 2005 18:21:41 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/14/084600.php#comment-153029 And half the world's obsession with soccer and cricket. 153029@blogcritics.org Sun, 15 May 2005 18:11:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/14/084600.php#comment-152708 Very odd. Of course, all cultures have their quirks. For instance, our culture's seeming obsession with talentless trollip Paris Hilton... 152708@blogcritics.org Sat, 14 May 2005 22:48:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/14/084600.php#comment-152534 How interesting. To the Western mind, it seems so counter-intuitive. 152534@blogcritics.org Sat, 14 May 2005 12:53:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/14/084600.php#comment-152495 For 9 years I had a stream of Japanese tenants occupy the first-floor apartment of my Shaker two-family. One of the most telling moments for me was when one of the couples was leaving after spending a 3-year residency at a local hospital and they mentioned something that had bothered them all along, but that hadn't wanted to hurt my feelings by mentioning it. So they simply pointed it out when they were leaving, saying I might want to change that for the next people. I was mortified to think these lovely people had been inconvenienced for 3 long years and never said a word. 152495@blogcritics.org Sat, 14 May 2005 08:55:36 EDT