[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:52:54 -0800
> Columbia Journalism Review (March/April 2004) at
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2004/2/beckerman-iraq.asp
> The conversation just kept on leaping around without any rational back and
forth. Many of the Iraqis he talked to had a hard time developing clear
arguments, explaining themselves fully, and, as Packer put it, understanding
their own situation. Packer thinks this might be related to the fact that
the Iraqis were isolated and denied free will for so long. A psychiatrist
whom Packer quoted in the article explained that Iraqis lack the power to
experience freedom.
This is so silly! Those reporters simply have no idea what it is like to
live outside of their own country. They can be in Europe for ten years and
they're still in the USA.
There is a fascinating book: Geography of Thought, by Richard Nisbett, that
explores the differences in the way Americans and Asians think, perceive,
and express themselves.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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