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Originally posted by Colin
Joe,
Why is the television NOT a product of American culture? i.e. the cult of technology? If I use an abacus, am I using a Chinese cultural item? Why? Why not?
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The television may be a product of your society but the act of watching a television itself does not constitute a cultural experience unless what is being watched - whatever is being shown on the TV - is American.
The Germans invented the Frankfurter but would you say eating a hot dog is a German experience?