[UA] The Bartman Baseball

[wild at park.net]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:13:28 +1100, Liam Routt wrote

> Why do people always complain "that's so US-centric!"
rather
> than simply 
> saying "interesting! here's something of a similar sort
from
> my culture!". 
> This stuff isn't exclusive - the US material doesn't stop
> anyone from 
> posting about other places.


No, it doesn't.  But then if I posted something saying "Ken
Livingstone is obviously an urbanomancer" without any
further context, then I'm not actually helping you
understand anything about my culture.

When Greg wrote 

"On Decembe 1, the infamous Bartman Baseball goes up for
auction.  The starting price is $5000, but considering how
many Florida people have been giving Bartman cars and such,
the price is likely to go much higher."

That doesn't actually tell me enough about the situation to
know whether or not it is worth me investigating it further.
That's US-centric because it presupposes a level of
knowledge that I for one don't have, in the same way my bald
statement about Ken Livingstone presupposes some knowledge
of English politics.

Sure, I could go investigate further, but that's not the
point.

John