who is that nation which is trying to be like the americans? i suppose the nations that the us colonised via economy like to imitate us pop-culture because that gives those poor people the illusion they are a part of the power that's in fact exploiting them! (lol, now i'll be accused of being a commie, and i hate commies!). take any european country with a significant cultural background (italy, france, uk, germany), and you'll see that they are not imitating you....unfortunatellly, americans are not much liked in europe. i said 'unfortunatelly' because that is the same kind of attitude europeans get here, but based on different presumptions. while europeans are usually considered "dirty, smelly, trashy, devious" in the usa, the americans are considered "vulgar, common, naive, without taste" in europe. but this is not drama, *sigh* i was getting too serious. another thing - pop culture is not the only aspect of culture one could consider. there still is ART as well (or high art)! enjoy your osama-weekend:laugh: