Comments on: Muslim street smarts http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/19/4003 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amar C. Bakshi http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/19/4003/comment-page-1#comment-29762 Amar C. Bakshi Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:02:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/19/4003#comment-29762 Hi Meryl, Glad you visited the site. Quick point on Bauer. Not saying the show is indicting other countries. If anything Turks were upset when the AKP banned a season for having Turkish terrorists. They thought it ridiculous. The terrorists are so far from realistic, first of all, that people I spoke to weren't offended by that at all. However, some read particular characteristics into Bauer. The other quick thing is the show is fiercely critical of the government itself, as you'll see in later seasons where the president turns out to be the bad guy. I wont ruin it for you by telling you which season. I'm a junky for the show I admit. As to your criticism that I'm only presenting negative views of America, I'd selfishly ask you to click through the site more. There are nearly 100 posts from Kashmiri militants who vest all their hopes in the U.S. to the other extreme. I am going out seeking a variety of views, and very often I hear the accusation you leveraged. In Lebanon for example, a March 14 candidate was very favorably inclined toward the US. All this to say nothing is simple and I don't aim to take one side or the other on this. As a young journalist I'm looking for interesting stories, and I'd love your advice. I just arrived in Jerusalem last week as a matter of fact. Email me anytime or comment on www.washingtonpost.com/america. Thanks! Amar Hi Meryl,
Glad you visited the site. Quick point on Bauer. Not saying the show is indicting other countries. If anything Turks were upset when the AKP banned a season for having Turkish terrorists. They thought it ridiculous. The terrorists are so far from realistic, first of all, that people I spoke to weren’t offended by that at all. However, some read particular characteristics into Bauer. The other quick thing is the show is fiercely critical of the government itself, as you’ll see in later seasons where the president turns out to be the bad guy. I wont ruin it for you by telling you which season. I’m a junky for the show I admit. As to your criticism that I’m only presenting negative views of America, I’d selfishly ask you to click through the site more. There are nearly 100 posts from Kashmiri militants who vest all their hopes in the U.S. to the other extreme. I am going out seeking a variety of views, and very often I hear the accusation you leveraged. In Lebanon for example, a March 14 candidate was very favorably inclined toward the US. All this to say nothing is simple and I don’t aim to take one side or the other on this. As a young journalist I’m looking for interesting stories, and I’d love your advice. I just arrived in Jerusalem last week as a matter of fact. Email me anytime or comment on http://www.washingtonpost.com/america.

Thanks! Amar

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