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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (2833)	8/18/2001 8:42:45 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) of 23908

The Internet is perceived as the most recent and most pernicious form of the U.S.-led cultural imperialism. The words that the average French person would use to describe the Internet are probably "useless," "complicated," and "another tool of American cultural imperialism" (Giussani, 1997). Always a popular rallying call, the protection of national cultural identity is being touted as a spur to regulate content on the Internet. France's preferred weapon against cultural imperialism is the imposition of quotas upon the entry of non - European (read American) cultural products. In the recent past, legislation to protect the sanctity of the French language has been enacted. The presence of foreign words in a nation's language was perceived as a contaminating influence. The sanctity of maintaining the purity and integrity of the French language is seen as an essential element in the preservation of France's cultural identity. Jacques Chirac has objected to the fact that 90% of traffic worldwide on the Internet is in English. The magnitude of the risks it apparently poses for French cultural identity are presented as so colossal that regulation is necessary to prevent the dilution of France's Frenchness interculturalrelations.com

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