9th March 2005, 8:51 PM
And that thus you shouldn't be so insulting about it. Where you'd have a point is if someone said 'Ninjas are better than Samurai in every way', and they meant it to include historically, in Japanese cinema, etc, and not just in American portrayals of them... but "Ninjas are cooler than Samurai"? Based on ignorance yes, clearly, but that doesn't matter when the question isn't about real-world issues, it's about "coolness" as viewed by someone who hasn't seen any of the source material... like at least 95% of Americans...
("Americans are ignorant of the world", then? Yeah, that's probably true. But it doesn't mean you can then say 'and that makes all of your opinions on what you do see wrong by all standards'.)
("Americans are ignorant of the world", then? Yeah, that's probably true. But it doesn't mean you can then say 'and that makes all of your opinions on what you do see wrong by all standards'.)