Asonokirk V 2.0
05-28-2006, 09:44 PM
Ok, ok, I know this is something so obvious, and I should have thought of it way before now, but at least I thought of it now.
I was checking out the BBC website and found something called "country profiles." I looked up the U.S. and read what the brief article said. It was very fair and accurate, and it suddenly occured to me that I was reading something that was not written by an American about America.
I had never actually read anything about us from the perspective of some official foreign source, like the BBC. I've spoken with many foreign people, and that is on a daily basis, but I had never actually read something from an official foreign perspective until the BBC article.
I've always thought of England as being "us" and never really considered them as a "foreign" country. Reading the BBC article reminded me that they are a foreign country, and they can look at us differently than I look at us.
So, to cut to the end, I've decided to take an internet journey of foreign press sites and media sites and see what is being said officially around the world. I think that will be fun and helpful. I'll report back about anything worth reporting back about.
I was checking out the BBC website and found something called "country profiles." I looked up the U.S. and read what the brief article said. It was very fair and accurate, and it suddenly occured to me that I was reading something that was not written by an American about America.
I had never actually read anything about us from the perspective of some official foreign source, like the BBC. I've spoken with many foreign people, and that is on a daily basis, but I had never actually read something from an official foreign perspective until the BBC article.
I've always thought of England as being "us" and never really considered them as a "foreign" country. Reading the BBC article reminded me that they are a foreign country, and they can look at us differently than I look at us.
So, to cut to the end, I've decided to take an internet journey of foreign press sites and media sites and see what is being said officially around the world. I think that will be fun and helpful. I'll report back about anything worth reporting back about.