.. Or would it be more correct to say that, while any civilisation has a culture, the American culture is to show a great lack thereof?
2007-01-19 02:12:24 · 17 answers · asked by McAtterie 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
arrogant, you prick.
2007-01-19 02:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The American film industry must count as very successfull culture. I think that Europeans can be a little to elitist about this issue. I mean, how many Brits have read Shakespeare or speak and write English well? We are not particularly cultural in comparison to the US. We don't even rate philosophy and most of our artists seem pretentious and uncreative.
I don't think that you are arrogant or neurotic, just incorrect.
2007-01-19 02:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course we have a culture, though obviously not one of which you approve. Any group, whether it be a nation, community, or institution has norms, traditions, etc which are it's culture.
Are you referring to our lack of operas or classical musicians? If so, the reason they are more prevalent in Italy, for example, than they are here is because Italy was established at a time when that was the popular music of the day, and they have carried on that tradition. The United States was formed after the fact. We have hip hop and rock and roll.
2007-01-19 02:19:36 · answer #3 · answered by melouofs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be more correct to say that USA have a down rated culture. But, cose there are always exceptions, this country gave birth to some of the greatest people in human history.
I am not american and I'm not very fond of this country, but we should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.
2007-01-19 02:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by Leon the african 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be a little arrogant, but as an American I can tell you that this country does lack a lot of culture in some places, and I can tell you that my opinion comes from the places I've lived and visited around the country. I haven't been to a lot of places, but I've been to enough.
2007-01-19 02:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I hate questions like this....
I love my country and believe that we have much to be proud of, but I'm also not blind....
The same country that has given the world Mark Twain, Eugene O'Neill and Joseph Heller,
Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix, Aaron Copland,
Orson Welles and John Sayles,
Robert Frost and Maya Angelou,
Andrew Wyeth and Georgia O'Keefe...
...I readily admit has also produced a cesspool of crass and ultimately empty popular crap.
One has to take the good with the bad, I suppose.
2007-01-19 04:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“I've lived in Europe for the better part of twenty years, and I've noticed that one of the biggest errors Europeans make is to dismiss America as having no culture. That's an incredible mistake, and whether it's born of arrogance or neurosis, it's wrong.”...hmmmm?...
2007-01-19 02:46:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
neurotic?? What a strange use of the word...
I'm British but I'm confused as to what you mean.... no culture? Erm, New Orleans Jazz, The Gugeinhiem, New York art gallerys, blue-grass, culinary diversity........
2007-01-19 02:20:47 · answer #8 · answered by Madam Rosmerta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
America is a beautiful Country and i dont think you should be unkind...The British Isles has fallen way down in the culture stakes and i am British.....
2007-01-19 02:21:56 · answer #9 · answered by chris w. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the question one above yours is: "who would you rather get in a fight with,Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan?" (and the asker misspelled 'Lindsay')
I think this is fairly representative of U.S. culture in general.
2007-01-19 02:17:02 · answer #10 · answered by Dyslexic God 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh! You are so right, they don't know the meaning of the word !!
2007-01-21 12:52:35 · answer #11 · answered by Sierra One 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋