[lit-ideas] Re: Cosmopolitanism: Is the dream over?
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:13:33 -0800 (PST)
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=8339
--- wokshevs@xxxxxx wrote:
> Is this funny ... in a funny sort of way? Any truths
> regarding political
> multiculturalism or moral cosmopolitanism being
> expressed here?
>
> Walter O.
> Memorial U.
>
> Last month, a survey was conducted by the U.N.
> Worldwide. The only
> question asked was:
>
> "Would you please give your honest opinion about
> solutions to the food
> shortage in the rest of the world?"
>
> The survey was a HUGE failure.
>
> In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
>
> In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest"
> meant.
>
> In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage"
> meant.
>
> In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.
>
> In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution"
> meant.
>
> In South America they didn't know what "please"
> meant.
>
> And in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of
> the world" meant.
>
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
>
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I merely pass this along.
Last month, a survey was conducted by the U.N.
Worldwide. The only
question asked was:
"Would you please give your honest opinion about
solutions to the food
shortage in the rest of the world?"
The survey was a HUGE failure.
In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest"
meant.
In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage"
meant.
In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.
In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution"
meant.
In South America they didn't know what "please" meant.
And in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the
world" meant.
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