[HPforGrownups] American musings, gay Karkarov

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 27283


--- Tabouli <tabouli at unite.com.au> wrote:
> Rowena:
> > I would guess the American Wizarding
> population rivals that of all Europe and is probably
> considerably less frowsty and medieval.<
> 
> Ah, the US comes in for a bit of the ol' "New Nation
> with No Culture!" sneering!  We Australians get that
> from Europeans (well, usually the English) all the
> time. 

   I bet you do. I guess people from tired old
countries have to feel superior about *something* ;)

 I do think that the general level of interest
> in and knowledge of intellectual, political and
> "high" culture issues (art, literature, "classical"
> music, etc.) is higher in Europe, especially
> continental Europe, than it is in the US and
> Australia.  

    There are after all all kind and levels of
'culture' a low interest in 'high' culture is not
equivalent to 'no' culture. I would add that much of
currently fashionable artistic, literary and
intellectual thought can best be described as 'vapid'. 

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