http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/sunday-night-showdown-global-warming-vs-global-dimming/ Practical thoughts fueled by divine orange powder Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/sunday-night-showdown-global-warming-vs-global-dimming/#comment-151 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:43:04 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/sunday-night-showdown-global-warming-vs-global-dimming/#comment-151 [...] In the case of AVS, we don’t see an honest represntation of Indian culture, and that is not what we should be seeking from AVS.  We see the cultural id without the ego, exactly how the culture wants to see itself when their parents’ culture looks the other way.  Proposing that AVS changes its broadcast material is just hiding the problem rather than being aware of it.  It would be like solving global warming with global dimming, or adding a James Earl Jones voice over for Steve Guttenberg in the Police Academy movies.  He’ll still sound like a chipmunk. [...] […] In the case of AVS, we don’t see an honest represntation of Indian culture, and that is not what we should be seeking from AVS.  We see the cultural id without the ego, exactly how the culture wants to see itself when their parents’ culture looks the other way.  Proposing that AVS changes its broadcast material is just hiding the problem rather than being aware of it.  It would be like solving global warming with global dimming, or adding a James Earl Jones voice over for Steve Guttenberg in the Police Academy movies.  He’ll still sound like a chipmunk. […]

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