threeonethree
Journeyman
so like i took part in this debate thingy in my college. that beautiful booth babe told me that my topic will be about effect of american culture on indians. she asked me if i wanted to speak in favour of the american culture or against it.. i looked in her eyes and forgot to think, then nationalism crept in and i said i want to say against american culture.i was kinda pissed why we all wear shirts/pants , why we all starve to learn english .why most of us use pirated copies of MS windows..
she wrote it down and i turned back and walked a few steps..
suddenly a thought crept in my mind as i saw a visual image of myself.. how will a guy who is wearing lee jeans, converse shoes, shirt, creative zen stone + creative ep 635(with a playlist of 400+ songs, all non indian) going to speak against american culture in a debate? i knew i will look stupid..
i turned back and told her that.i asked her to make it a positive debate and went..
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now what i want to know is , was that a good decision ? and how will i be able to defend american culture in india in front of indians without saying things like
"hey american culture is better because
1) hollywood owns bollywood, bollywood even stole its name from hollywood.
2) the game cricket most indians love isnt indian at all .. but its infact an english game and is related to american baseball..
3) american tv shows and american actors are all way cooler than rajnikanth..
4) they do not have our politicians..
5)we have a lot of things to steal(learn ) from them so we cant stop youths from copying their culture.we dont even have proper broadband like them. etc etc i can go on and on ..
so they wont boo me out of the auditorium?
your ideas on the topic? how topics should i speak about in the debate? wont "hey if that other guy spoke against american culture then why did he speak it in ENGLISH and with american clothes on?" be a good weapon against other people debating AGAINST american culture..
i also want to make a point.. does the american people stop japanese culture or any other culture to spread in their country? arent we supposed to be a democracy? isnt everybody entited to do whatever he likes and follow any culture?
looking forward to your help to win the debate and also the heart of that booth babe
she wrote it down and i turned back and walked a few steps..
suddenly a thought crept in my mind as i saw a visual image of myself.. how will a guy who is wearing lee jeans, converse shoes, shirt, creative zen stone + creative ep 635(with a playlist of 400+ songs, all non indian) going to speak against american culture in a debate? i knew i will look stupid..
i turned back and told her that.i asked her to make it a positive debate and went..
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now what i want to know is , was that a good decision ? and how will i be able to defend american culture in india in front of indians without saying things like
"hey american culture is better because
1) hollywood owns bollywood, bollywood even stole its name from hollywood.
2) the game cricket most indians love isnt indian at all .. but its infact an english game and is related to american baseball..
3) american tv shows and american actors are all way cooler than rajnikanth..
4) they do not have our politicians..
5)we have a lot of things to steal(learn ) from them so we cant stop youths from copying their culture.we dont even have proper broadband like them. etc etc i can go on and on ..
so they wont boo me out of the auditorium?
your ideas on the topic? how topics should i speak about in the debate? wont "hey if that other guy spoke against american culture then why did he speak it in ENGLISH and with american clothes on?" be a good weapon against other people debating AGAINST american culture..
i also want to make a point.. does the american people stop japanese culture or any other culture to spread in their country? arent we supposed to be a democracy? isnt everybody entited to do whatever he likes and follow any culture?
looking forward to your help to win the debate and also the heart of that booth babe
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