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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (90218)4/5/2003 12:03:51 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
>>The short version is that any manufactured good is the product of the culture that produces it.<<

And therefore what? Bread is eaten all over the world in some form or other, whether it's pita bread, Pepperidge Farm, baguette, naan, or buns stuffed with bean paste. If I eat baguette or naan rather than Pepperidge Farm, will I be transformed?

How will it change me if my bicycle was made in China rather than France?



To: Sun Tzu who wrote (90218)4/6/2003 12:31:50 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
And when you use that product, you are forced to make cultural concessions.

You're talking smack to an Anthro major, ST. The above is 100% pure bullshit. Technology diffusion has been going on since chert tools were high tech secret weapons. My eating with chopsticks doesn't force me to make any "cultural concessions", whatever that is.

Derek


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