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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]