tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post454342974436209579..comments2023-12-21T05:31:14.877-05:00Comments on Culture Shock: On Sugar, Guns and Entertainment in AmericaJeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195572180857424144noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post-82106919214106250822013-01-09T04:51:52.795-05:002013-01-09T04:51:52.795-05:00You can get blood checked in Croatia as well for t...You can get blood checked in Croatia as well for the triglycerides and cholesterol. Also, you can have ultrasound of the arteries in your neck. They are simple tests. There are also other treatments (pills) to lower you triglycerides.<br /><br />As for the entertainment, TV is privately-owned (mostly) in the USA, but mostly public in Europe. For instance, BBC in UK has NO COMMERCIALS whatsoever.<br /><br />All TV stations in Croatia are limited in their commercial break time.<br /><br />Regarding guns, they are a big industry in the USA, somebody has an interest to sell guns to people, and keeping the laws quite lax. Then ammo should be strictly regulated.<br /><br />There were gun rampages in Croatia, actually.<br /><br />http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/naoruzan-i-opasan-general-korade-u-bijegu-od-policije/380133.aspx<br /><br />It does take a whole village to raise a child in smaller towns, but not so in Zagreb or Split. Still, both are relatively peaceful cities.<br /><br />In most western European countries (Germany, Italy) there's even LOWER homicide rate than in Croatia. In Germany, the homicide rate (per 100,000) is a quarter of the US rate.<br /><br />CheersDaniel N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14585410511935134909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post-69218937240327150402013-01-08T10:48:19.816-05:002013-01-08T10:48:19.816-05:00This is SO true. Currenty trying to fight the need...This is SO true. Currenty trying to fight the need to be entertained in our family. We're moving overseas and I'm glad of it. My dad says that when he moved my family overseas when I was going up, the loss of entertainment was one of the hardest things for him that ultimately was best for our family. Kaciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374573594800663980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post-32280381383043611052013-01-08T09:51:27.117-05:002013-01-08T09:51:27.117-05:00Yes, there exists, in America, a need to be entert...Yes, there exists, in America, a need to be entertained; however, this need is not simply reducible to a penchant for excitement. There is something deeper that drives this need. Our entertainment is a means of amusement (non-thinking sedative). We live in a cultural environment that creates high levels of anxiety and we find release in our therapeutic entertainment. We are isolated from family and community, made to live as machines and the way we seek to cope with this dehumanizing reality is to stare at our big screen TVs. We don't wish to think or deal with our harsh existence.Barrett Marcantelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001378977760146969noreply@blogger.com