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You forgot Poland!
How many of you pay attention to the news about countries outside of the one that you live in?
Most of my flist is from America; people say Americans are self-absorbed and rarely listen to anything except American news.
True or not? Historically, America had an isolationist attitude during WWI but that was nearly a century ago. We should have moved on by then.
I know I pay attention to news about Europe, because I grew up there, Asia because that's where my genetic stock is from and where most of my family is, Australia because I lived there too once upon a time, and America because that's where I go to uni/live/was born. Dual nationality for Sri Lanka and America, permanent residency for Austria and Australia -- I've got personal reasons to cover most of the globe, though nothing for Africa or the Middle East.
Not that it matters.
I don't see how anyone can be ignorant of the genocide in Dafur or each successive crisis in the Middle East. It's news. Our world, our events. It might be happening on the other side of the world for now, but if chaos theory says one butterfly's wings flapping can create a storm, then one death (Archduke Franz-Ferdinand) is all it takes to kick off a World War.
Boys kissing. Just as a reward for reading through that.
So do me a favor and answer the following poll honestly? Answers are screened so that nobody will know what you've voted.
[Poll #785691]
Most of my flist is from America; people say Americans are self-absorbed and rarely listen to anything except American news.
True or not? Historically, America had an isolationist attitude during WWI but that was nearly a century ago. We should have moved on by then.
I know I pay attention to news about Europe, because I grew up there, Asia because that's where my genetic stock is from and where most of my family is, Australia because I lived there too once upon a time, and America because that's where I go to uni/live/was born. Dual nationality for Sri Lanka and America, permanent residency for Austria and Australia -- I've got personal reasons to cover most of the globe, though nothing for Africa or the Middle East.
Not that it matters.
I don't see how anyone can be ignorant of the genocide in Dafur or each successive crisis in the Middle East. It's news. Our world, our events. It might be happening on the other side of the world for now, but if chaos theory says one butterfly's wings flapping can create a storm, then one death (Archduke Franz-Ferdinand) is all it takes to kick off a World War.
Boys kissing. Just as a reward for reading through that.
So do me a favor and answer the following poll honestly? Answers are screened so that nobody will know what you've voted.
[Poll #785691]
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I do think it's depressing, so I do avoid a lot of the news - some say ignorance is bliss. Sometimes, I despise not knowing what's going on and a lot of it is my fault (another part is unsure as to what sources are REALIABLE and unbiased to find out what's going on where).
Do I intentionally "stick to America/where I live?" No. If it's news, it's news. If it's important, it's important. Sometimes I hear more about other places than America, sometimes even. However, because a lot of my sources on my own is the news on TV -- local news -- it happens to be America...
Also, a lot of information I read about are from people on my flist -- which anyone who posts news on my flist, MOST, posts about everywhere and anywhere. Be it America or halfway around the world.
So, I'm torn between a few things -- as it's not that I don't care, just that I'm sometimes confused as to it (you hear recent news about a place, but then not sure of what started it -- or even "who's in the right" -- when sometimes neither is... or both are) or just too depressing.
I go in and out of watching and reading about things that happen to just avoiding it.
So... yeah. I think I could check a few of those depending on my mood and the situation?
//lame.
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OMG - Neko's commenting...we'll see how long this lasts
This gets complicated. As I now have friends all over, I'm more than interested in news from all over, but I wasn't interested in the news at all prior to that - not even the place I live in - so I have to wonder if it's "friends" that spawn me to be the slightest bit curious.
I don't like the news much, as it tends to be full of the stuff I try to ignore, but it's a necessity, at this point. I don't have anyone in the Middle East to be concerned about, but I still do want to know what's going on there, especially since I was thinking along the same lines you were - that it could become everyone's problem.
Yeah, you can see why one of my answers was "mmmm, boys kissing". &hearts
Re: OMG - Neko's commenting...we'll see how long this lasts
Re: OMG - Neko's commenting...we'll see how long this lasts
Re: OMG - Neko's commenting...we'll see how long this lasts
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Yay!
And hey. Everyone loves boys kissing. I think it's practically tradition for me to have boys kissing every time that I do a poll now XD
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And OH! One of the music TV channels had a 'gay weekend' where they played tons of songs by gay artists. XD That was pretty cool.
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But sometimes I skip it.
It can get too depressing and some days I can't take it.
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Though, I thought you'd say that, partly because I remember you saying that you thought my journal had too many political things in it.
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No. I never said that. O.o I'd never say that about anyone's journal.
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And that rl is extra depressing, I skip it more. And gobble up whatever good news I can fid.
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I have to seek out news of other countries if I really want it, but then I only look for countries that relate to my country or where I'm going. If I moved to another country, I would stop keeping up with the United States.
xD I'm not particular about my news, and I get very behind even on local stuff. My mind is elsewhere. I also forget what happens in my country and other countries because I have no mind for them. It's not that I don't care, it just that it gets replace with biology and maths and everything I study.
So I suppose I keep up with news more that is extremely local, like my tests and projects due. It's not even really news, but it's what happens in my little world. I know there is more to think about, but if I think about the rest of the world too much, I'll fail another class. If there is a great war tomorrow and my classes no longer exist, what was I going to do about it anyway? My attention is very limited, which is why my fanfiction hardly gets written anymore and I'm unhappy about not having time to work on any fan works. Classes just abduct my brian and make me perfectly useless because my attention is so hard to direct.
Would I be isolationalism in myself? xDxDxDDDDD It's not like I shut off on purpose...though I kinda do. lol.
/end incohernet ramble
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But at the same time, I kinda get where you're coming from when you say that you can't focus on news. My attention span is tiny so I make-do by multitasking 24/7 so that I can keep myself focused on things by only doing a little of anything at once.
Still. If a big war did break out, wouldn't you at least want to know if your family members would get drafted or not? XD
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