What's the name of Hillary Clinton's autobiography?
What's the name of John McCain's Bangladeshi adopted daughter?
What cell-phone does Barrack Obama use?
What did John McCain say about his Internet use?
Which state, for that matter does Hillary Clinton represent in the Senate?
Of which Ivy League university is Barrack Obama an alumnus?
Why do i know the answers to even half of these questions?
Doesn't it seem strange that sitting thousands of "miles" away, we (that is to say, some of us)
follow the American Presidential elections so avidly?
In this day of globalization (forgive the cliche, please), you might argue, no, not at all.
But wait, my question is not drawn from a lack of awareness about the www or the free press in general (aided magnificently by cutting edge technology).
Instead, i refer to the tendency (at least) i have acquired for being attracted to the unreal.
Is it that western politics, sports, books and what have you, have simply replaced Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and their ilk?
Is this a refuge? An escape from my own real world, only masquerading as general knowledge?
More on this later...
this is what is commonly known as cultural invasion....we are forced to know and follow matters which are important to the west....btw great topic to write on....
ReplyDeletethanks! i wasn't aware of the term but it sure is true i my case!
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