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To: Dayuhan who wrote (56052)	7/25/2004 12:07:14 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793978

In the war against totalitarianism, MTV may ultimately be a more potent weapon than the cruise missile. The scantily clad gals on MTV, gay marriage, the Jackson gal exposing herself to a worldwide audience at the Super Bowl, a lot of American film and television, young girls showing midriff and cleavage like there is no tomorrow, rap stars talking about "bitches and hos," drug use, rampant commercialism in our culture, etc., are much of the reason why the Islamist totalitarians hate us. They have made us targets precisely because of things such as MTV.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (56052)	7/25/2004 1:06:11 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 793978

"In the war against totalitarianism, MTV may ultimately be a more potent weapon than the cruise missile." Not if you aim it at Mecca. <g>

To: Dayuhan who wrote (56052)	7/25/2004 1:33:44 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793978

One of the things I've been wondering about the Soviet Union is whether Saddam learned to fake having massive amounts of military ordinance from them. They both sure caved easy. As for MTV -- I don't watch it anymore, I don't like rap, hiphop, or boy haircut bands. I have a hard time believing that the world is watching rappers, salivating at the thought of their women showing their booties in public and their young men dripping with blingbling. At least the ones who come here don't seem to be into that. They work their fannies off, save up, buy houses, investment houses, start businesses, work two jobs. At least the Asians, Latin Americans, Middle Easterners, Eastern Europeans, and Africans do. I just don't see Western Europeans doing that. I am sure that materialistic people worldwide realize that America is a great place for materialism. Nothing wrong with that. But maybe they should pay attention to what's happening to socialism in France and Germany. Getting rid of the 35 hour work week in France, and acceptance of a longer workweek in Germany should be sending a powerful message that freedom and material wellbeing are possible in their own countries if they kick out the socialists. Edit: this all seems so trivial when I think about what's going on in the Sudan. Talking about MTV as a beacon for the world seems sort of sickening when I think of black women being systematically raped with the approval of the powers that be because they are black. The world is ignoring genocide of black people once again. To the extent that MTV perpetuates the stereotype of black women as sex objects, that is not something to be proud of.