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Baraka_Guru · 03-16-2011, 02:45 PM

If he's well-suited to the organization, I say go for it. It would be a shame for someone to walk away from a good opportunity based on how he feels about American pop culture.

Here's the way to look at it: despite what you see happening around you, the right thing to do is be sincere.

Lada Gaga has sold some 13 million albums and over 51 million singles worldwide. Sheen's Two and a Half Men ended at 14 million viewers. The 2011 Oscars garnered 37.6 million viewers.

The population of the U.S. is pushing 309 million.

Keep things in perspective. Pop culture gets a lot of noise, but not everyone is listening.

America isn't all Gaga Sheen.

America produces a lot of things worth defending. For example, David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel The Pale King is being published this year, just three years after his death. Beyond that, you're looking at various medical, scientific, and technological innovations and discoveries. For example, I'm sure the members of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography are doing wonderful work. Beyond that, you have things that go unnoticed underneath the glam, glitz, and noise of the things in America that tend to represent the country disproportionately.

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	If he's well-suited to the organization, I say go for it. It would be a shame for someone to walk away from a good opportunity based on how he feels about American pop culture. Here's the way to look at it: despite what you see happening around you, the right thing to do is be sincere. Lada Gaga has sold some 13 million albums and over 51 million singles worldwide. Sheen's Two and a Half Men ended at 14 million viewers. The 2011 Oscars garnered 37.6 million viewers. The population of the U.S. is pushing 309 million. Keep things in perspective. Pop culture gets a lot of noise, but not everyone is listening. America isn't all Gaga Sheen. America produces a lot of things worth defending. For example, David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel The Pale King is being published this year, just three years after his death. Beyond that, you're looking at various medical, scientific, and technological innovations and discoveries. For example, I'm sure the members of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography are doing wonderful work. Beyond that, you have things that go unnoticed underneath the glam, glitz, and noise of the things in America that tend to represent the country disproportionately. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 03-16-2011 at 02:53 PM..