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actsnoblemartin
05-05-2008, 04:07 AM
what do you like and not like about it

I like, nothing about it really

One thing I cant stand is hooking up, I mean Why do we call it hooking up?

when it really should be called being promiscuous, unsafe, and immoral

http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/specialreports/2007/MediaAssault/MAAV.aspx

The Media Assault on American Values

The conflict between the media,
personal responsibility and respect for religion.

This Culture and Media Institute Special Report, The Media Assault on American Values, is the second in a series of reports presenting the most important findings of CMI’s major survey of American cultural and moral attitudes, the National Cultural Values Survey. CMI is a division of the Media Research Center, America’s foremost media watchdog.

The first Special Report in this series, America: A Nation in Moral and Spiritual Confusion, summarized the survey’s overall findings. The survey established that Americans overwhelmingly believe that our nation’s moral values are in decline. 74 percent of American adults believe moral values in America are weaker than they were 20 years ago.

The Media Assault on American Values will report the survey’s revelations about how the American public perceives the news and entertainment media, and how the media may be influencing the nation’s social and moral values.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17540879/

NEW YORK - During a class discussion on adolescence, a high school teacher recently asked her students whether they go on dates. We don’t “date,” the 12th graders reported. We “hook up.”

If you’re in your 40s, “hooking up” might mean catching a friend downtown for lunch. But to people in their teens or 20s, the phrase often means a casual sexual encounter — anything from kissing onwards — with no strings attached.

http://www.boston.com/yourlife/relationships/articles/2007/02/13/hooking_up_is_the_rage_but_is_it_healthy/

Hooking up is the rage, but is it healthy?

Boston University students Carolina Aparicio (left) and Chloe Nolan both have boyfriends, a rarity in the age of hooking up. (Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe)

By Barbara F. Meltz, Globe Staff | February 13, 2007

Carolina Aparicio , a Boston University junior from Los Angeles, met TJ in a Shakespeare class a year and 11 months ago. There was dinner and a movie. He paid. They've been together ever since.

Chloe Nolan , a sophomore from Boston, met Max at a party her freshman year in an old-fashioned, "Hi-my-name-is-Max" introduction -- which was, she emphasizes, all that happened that night. She glows when she talks about him. "I'm hoping he'll spring for Godiva tomorrow," she says. Valentine's Day will be the first anniversary of their first date.

In a culture where young women take pride in having guilt-free sex with partners they barely know, Nolan and Aparicio are rarities. They have genuine boyfriends, not hook ups.

"I don't know anyone else who's in a relationship, do you?" Nolan asks Aparicio. Nope, no one else.

midcan5
05-05-2008, 10:20 AM
Good question but a tough one too.

I like the fact we consider all Americans equal and alike - I dislike the fact we consider all Americans equal and alike. A paradox for me as it is more of an ideal than a reality. What I mean by that is too often we judge others by where they are, not really considering the obstacles or lack of obstacles to where they are.

I gotta agree with you on the sex thing, I am old fashioned and amazed at TV with its constant viagra ads and four hour erections. And when the moment is right? I try to imagine a child watching that and wondering.... Or the guys that have to pee all the time but if they reduce the peeing the semen goes down. Do I (we) need to know that.

And two and half men is sorta unreal. Charlie is one lucky guy but please. I read somewhere that TV is a refection of our dreams. If that were true all the writers are 15 year boys with constant impure thoughts as we used to confess.

Anyway let's see if you get some replies. This is a topic that could be discussed endlessly. The URLs below are interesting.

american culture test
http://www.zompist.com/amercult.html

note picture at top lol - definitely the American dream
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

http://www.lifeintheusa.com/culture/index.html

A. culture from above:

"1) Time focuses on the future rather than the past; it needs to be planned for; youth is more valuable than age.

2) We should be able to control nature; it is here for our use and we are separate from it.

3) Given human nature, you can count on people to do the right thing given the chance; at least it is not inherently bad and in need of strict control.

4) The individual’s wishes, needs and aspirations are more important than the groups (including the family’s), and it is appropriate for an individual to move away from and function independently of the group.

5) What one does, accomplishes, is more important than the way s/he conducts her/himself. Thus one’s job is important in determining one’s relative value in the society."

avatar4321
05-05-2008, 12:06 PM
our culture is atrocious. Atleast the part influenced by Hollywood. but there is also a good culture in America. Good hardworking people that dont put up with that crap. we just get drowned out by all the media noise.