> One of the criticisms that some parts of the Islamic world
> levels against
> the U.S. is that we export our popular culture, and that this popular
> culture is obscene. This is one of the few charges I take seriously.

Bzzt. No credit. Sounds like the old joke:

Woman's voice on telephone to police dispatcher: "There's a naked man
displaying himself outside my window! I want someone to come over here and
arrest him!"

[An officer is sent to investigate]

Officer: "OK, ma'am; where's this naked man"?

Woman: "He's right outside my bathroom window!"

[They proceed to the bathroom. The police officer looks out the window.]

Officer: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I don't see anything."

Woman: "Well, of course not; you have to get up on this stool, and lean way
out the window and look off to the right."


Our "obscene popular culture", whatever that means, is ours; anyone choosing
to "import" this "export" has to take responsibility for their decision to
accept and use the "product".

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