Re: Cultural Protectionism, and other things
- From: David Starner <prosfilaes@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Cultural Protectionism, and other things
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:23:40 -0600
On 1/25/06, Bones Monkey <dudeman5685@[redacted]> wrote:
> I am not entirely familiar with the present World
> Trade conundrum, but I have heard that there is an
> effort to restrict the flow of "cultural products"
> from one state to the other in the name of "Cultural
> Diversity" -- an Orwellian excuse, really as the aim
> of the convention seems to create tariffs on foreign
> "cultural items" in order to maintain each areas
> uniqueness.
I fail to see why that's an "Orwellian excuse"; if the goal is
cultural diversity, stopping Hollywood from overrunning the Phillipean
movie industry by adding tariffs seems a plausible solution.
> (I do note the irony of how
> much the MPAA has lauded president Bush on this
> subject, while the vast majority of its members are,
> it goes without saying, viscerally anti-Bush on most
> other subjects. Hypocrites.)
It's not hypocritical to agree with someone on one point and disagree
with them on others.