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To: Ilaine who wrote (90222)	4/5/2003 12:22:19 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> Bin Laden is the one who wants to homogenize the world. Actually he doesn't. I have listened to several tapes of extremist clerics. They are not after an explosion of their ideas to the world. To the contrary, more than anything they want to have an implosion of their society and be left alone. Clearly I disagree with them and find them very dangerous. As the article pointed out theirs is a very dark future for mankind. But it is not expansionist. As to the issue of homogeniality of mass culture, it depends on what angle you look at it. Certainly from a commercial perspective, which is the main aspect, it is very homogeneous; you try to find new products and market them to as many people as you can. In doing so you try to persuade the either extremes to join the middle. Frontline had a very interesting program on the culture of MTV. It talked about the music executives who work hard to find "cool" kids and trend setters. Then the blending (or is it Blanding <g>) process begins. To be sure, there are positive aspects to globalization. Not the least of which is that it guarantees certain level of personal freedom and prevents wars. But there are also many negative aspects to it which the article points out. Personally I like neither extremes. ST