CULTural PRIDE
For example - America
Taking just a few statistics --
US Obesity Trends 1985 - present (CDC)
Excellent animated US state map showing trend of % obese adults by state. Site also has good clarification of overweight vs obese.
Here, we have one revealing statistic. We´re not talking about just a few extra pounds, we´re talking about being
GROSSLY overweight. When Wayne saw this, he wanted to question every facet of his culture to find out what
was the cause, and then find the solution.
Clickable map of Obesity in the U.S.A. from 2004-2006 (MSNBC) - August 27, 2007 - Obesity rates rise in 31 states (MSNBC)
Obesity_over time 1985 - 2006 in USA (Weight.com) - another animated map - different colors
...there´s always the NATION of TON-GA
The "great thing" about a CULTure is that anything can be justified.
Aug.3, 2006 - Trouble in Paradise (Guardian - UK)
"More than 90% of Tongans are overweight, making the South Sea islanders the world's fattest nation." ......
There isn't the same kind of stigma attached to being fat either.
Tongans, like other South Sea islanders, revere large bodies, though
they are
beginning to admit that the western ideal is more desirable,
at least in health terms.
Nov.15, 2007 - Tonga attracting fatter tourists (TVNZ) - October 1997 - Tony Little Saves Tonga (Outside Magazine)
--- So go ahead...find a CULTure that fits your BeLIEfs! ---
There are many nations in Africa too with similar beliefs about large bodies.
And why should an American be proud of a nation of obese people...when "they can be proud of"----
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Lawsuit crazy CULTure $54 million lawsuit over drycleaning (MSNBC) Jury weighs $200M fast-food strip search suit (USA Today) |
Guns Most armed country in the world #1 arms dealer (Al Jazeera) |
Prescription Drugs Comfortably Numb: U.S. life span shorter (Boston) |
Slot machine addicts Jackpots hard to resist for the elderly (ABC News)
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Incarceration rate US Prison Population at all-time high (ABC News) ...death penalty (Wiki) |
Soft & Hard DRugs cocaine (NIDA), meth, heroin |
Carbon_footprint / emissions It might be worth it, if there was a net "good." But -- the other examples here tell the tale. |
National DEbt Current Debt (US Treasury) Government Debt (Wiki) |
$6.1 Million Award for McDonald's Employee Strip-Searched in Hoax (ABC News) - McDonald's must pay $6 million for strip hoax (MSNBC)
Quarter of U.S. women suffer domestic violence (MSNBC) - Couch-potato culture may cut our lives short (MSNBC)
Metropolitan Las Vegas Tourism Statistics (Center Bus & Econ Research - UNLV) - Las Vegas Visitor Authority -
International Gaming Technology (IGT) - Annual Report 2006 - largest manufacturer of slot machines in the world
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Those are present , how about the past....
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Slavery
Thanks to the Dutch CULTure for |
Indian reservations More about Indian Reservations (TripAtlas) |
Going Dutch - The Netherlands' slave trade - Traces of the Trade documentary trailer
Lose your pride -- and you lose your L(I)Egacy! BEeeeeeee
Traces of the Trade (Official site) - July 14, 2008 - CBS Early Morning: Traces of the Trade discussion (Youtube)
What kinds of souls get reincarnated on IN-DIAn RE-SERVations?
anyways......then there is segregation - ku klux klan, civil wars, etc...etc..etc....this isn't about digging up the past as an exercise in
shame - rather it is about destroying the PRIDE in your MIND about your CULTure.
Eternal Culture of Ancient Rome
If you are unable to hear the audio - double click on the video to watch it on Youtube. 2 parts.
What you choose to be proud of -- that´s your answer.
Did Jesus play slot machines or carry a gun? Was he fat? Did he sue anyone? Watch TV?
If you WORship him -- shouldn´t you know the answer? Or are you too busy looking at the I-CONs and reading sCRIpture (CRYing)
We don't need any more multiCULTural activities or interCULTural exchanges. Nor CULTured people.
We just need to be "Good" to each other. But - not by trying to BE Good, but by just BEing. And about agriCULTure....
