QUOTE (Kit-Tsukasa @ Dec 24 2008, 04:47 PM)
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I haven't seen Dallas or Beverly Hills 90210 (nor have I heard of them), but from what I've seen classmates and friends watch stuff like Gossip Girl, etc... it usually plays on the idea of sex in a very "funny" manner apparently from what I've seen based on reactions of the show from my classmates.
Then trust me on this one : they are not comical at all.
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uhh...I think I'll stop there as I have a slightly different opinion about this at times. Now for Russia being east or west depends on the time period. Pre-World War 2, I believe it was West. Nowadays, it's East I think. They tend to shift, especially after the shift towards communism post World War II.
The split is not only historical but also geographical.
Saint-Petersbourg or Moscow are quite firmly attached to the East-European culture (or the opposite), whereas Siberia or all the little republics in the south like chechnya are not.
QUOTE There's a saying most of us know that history repeats itself. This is where this theory is from. It's also a psychological thing that have been analyzed many times in the past. I'm no psychology expert nor do I have a huge interest in it, but I remember coming across an article a while back in 2003-2004 around the time when the Iraq War started. Because the US was founded based on violence (Revolutionary War) and reunited under violence (Civil War), war and violence simply runs through the blood of Americans. I also remember reading something like this regarding torture in my English class this pass semester. It talks about a very similar thing where the US simply likes to look down on people and remain strong and this is coming from a US author herself. The government resorts to torture to not only feel superior but also believe that force and violence is the only way to apprehend terrorists and other criminals in today's society.
I've read the exact opposite argument.
That the USA, whose last war on its own territories was a thing of the past (the last one was when ? 1812, when the English burned the White House, if I remember correctly), lack empathy toward the nations at war.
One the other hand, Europe (or Japan indeed), having suffer bitterly during the last world war, are far more cautious with the idea of full-scale war.
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This is simply because these titles are ongoing and have been ongoing for a while. This was the same for Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2 and the like when they first started, but are now over. If you compare with some manga or even anime that are about 2 volumes and done with the story, it's something you pick up and are finished with when done reading.
I don't understand your argument.
It's the same thing with Naruto or One piece : the volume 1, or even 10 is not longer a best-seller.
But among the releases of the year, the newest books of Naruto/Bleach/One Piece are among the best-sellers in Japan.
Maybe you want to argue that if the are best-sellers, it's because there's nothing else published this year, nothing 'non-violent'.
But if it's true, if "slice-of-life" stories work so well, why publishers don't publish them ?
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I haven't seen Dallas or Beverly Hills 90210 (nor have I heard of them), but from what I've seen classmates and friends watch stuff like Gossip Girl, etc... it usually plays on the idea of sex in a very "funny" manner apparently from what I've seen based on reactions of the show from my classmates.
Then trust me on this one : they are not comical at all.
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uhh...I think I'll stop there as I have a slightly different opinion about this at times. Now for Russia being east or west depends on the time period. Pre-World War 2, I believe it was West. Nowadays, it's East I think. They tend to shift, especially after the shift towards communism post World War II.
The split is not only historical but also geographical.
Saint-Petersbourg or Moscow are quite firmly attached to the East-European culture (or the opposite), whereas Siberia or all the little republics in the south like chechnya are not.
QUOTE There's a saying most of us know that history repeats itself. This is where this theory is from. It's also a psychological thing that have been analyzed many times in the past. I'm no psychology expert nor do I have a huge interest in it, but I remember coming across an article a while back in 2003-2004 around the time when the Iraq War started. Because the US was founded based on violence (Revolutionary War) and reunited under violence (Civil War), war and violence simply runs through the blood of Americans. I also remember reading something like this regarding torture in my English class this pass semester. It talks about a very similar thing where the US simply likes to look down on people and remain strong and this is coming from a US author herself. The government resorts to torture to not only feel superior but also believe that force and violence is the only way to apprehend terrorists and other criminals in today's society.
I've read the exact opposite argument.
That the USA, whose last war on its own territories was a thing of the past (the last one was when ? 1812, when the English burned the White House, if I remember correctly), lack empathy toward the nations at war.
One the other hand, Europe (or Japan indeed), having suffer bitterly during the last world war, are far more cautious with the idea of full-scale war.
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This is simply because these titles are ongoing and have been ongoing for a while. This was the same for Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2 and the like when they first started, but are now over. If you compare with some manga or even anime that are about 2 volumes and done with the story, it's something you pick up and are finished with when done reading.
I don't understand your argument.
It's the same thing with Naruto or One piece : the volume 1, or even 10 is not longer a best-seller.
But among the releases of the year, the newest books of Naruto/Bleach/One Piece are among the best-sellers in Japan.
Maybe you want to argue that if the are best-sellers, it's because there's nothing else published this year, nothing 'non-violent'.
But if it's true, if "slice-of-life" stories work so well, why publishers don't publish them ?