Comments on: Borat: A Depressing Commentary on “the U.S. of A.” http://blog.synthesis.net/2006/11/14/borat-a-depressing-commentary-on-the-us-of-a/ A music blog with a techy twist, twisted content, and other entertainment oddities viral and live from Northern California. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reybee http://blog.synthesis.net/2006/11/14/borat-a-depressing-commentary-on-the-us-of-a/#comment-2906 Reybee Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:50:41 +0000 http://www.synthesismagazine.net/?p=1482#comment-2906 Well, Mike Z., I don't think your comment was out of context at all... It reinforces the fact that we often don't understand how easy we have it... And how we take many things for granted. I'm not saying that an easier, simpler way of life is needed, but, dang... what's needed in a little bit of, as Ali G. often spouts, "respek". Well, Mike Z., I don’t think your comment was out of context at all… It reinforces the fact that we often don’t understand how easy we have it… And how we take many things for granted. I’m not saying that an easier, simpler way of life is needed, but, dang… what’s needed in a little bit of, as Ali G. often spouts, “respek”.

]]> By: Spencer http://blog.synthesis.net/2006/11/14/borat-a-depressing-commentary-on-the-us-of-a/#comment-2901 Spencer Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:04:50 +0000 http://www.synthesismagazine.net/?p=1482#comment-2901 kudos! kudos!

]]> By: mike z http://blog.synthesis.net/2006/11/14/borat-a-depressing-commentary-on-the-us-of-a/#comment-2888 mike z Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:26:46 +0000 http://www.synthesismagazine.net/?p=1482#comment-2888 Sorry, that was more of a tangent than a comment, and not entirely in the right context... I was pointing out something a little different than the reviewer. Apologies. Sorry, that was more of a tangent than a comment, and not entirely in the right context… I was pointing out something a little different than the reviewer. Apologies.

]]> By: mike z http://blog.synthesis.net/2006/11/14/borat-a-depressing-commentary-on-the-us-of-a/#comment-2887 mike z Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:18:55 +0000 http://www.synthesismagazine.net/?p=1482#comment-2887 BRAVO whoever you may be. I'm still fairly young (26) but had the benefit of seeing different parts of the world while growing up because I homeschooled, and my parents travelled quite a bit for business reasons. I spent quite a lot of time in some of the poorer eastern european countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and surrounding areas. When I was in Romania I was 12 years old, and the average monthly income was $13.00 a MONTH. Amazingly the people were happy... Led simple lives, but with great attitudes. My experiences over seas changed my life forever and I couldn't imagine myself having not gone... We, as Americans, (in general)are so out of tune with reality our daily lives might as well be a video game. I'm so happy to read this short review because it proves some of us still have our wits about us and are more in tune with the real world... Not all of us Americans take our lives for granite. So many of us adust to comforts at a rapid pace, but can't deal with any hardship or inconvenience maturely. The wonderful people I spent time with in Romania ate eggplant in some form or other 3 times a day - they grew their own food. Locally, you can hear peoiple moan when a fast food joint is out of their favorite fatty shitty item (i boycott all fast food btw). I'm encouraged that some can watch a movie such as this (honestly haven't seen it yet) and form an opinion as you did, while others don't get it at all. I could continue but I'll get too riled up... WAKE UP AMERICA! Because you might die and come back in Ethiopia (or some equivalent)... the person writing this comment (mike z) doesn't neccesarily condone reincarnation, which may be implied in the last sentence... BRAVO whoever you may be.
I’m still fairly young (26) but had the benefit of seeing different parts of the world while growing up because I homeschooled, and my parents travelled quite a bit for business reasons. I spent quite a lot of time in some of the poorer eastern european countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and surrounding areas. When I was in Romania I was 12 years old, and the average monthly income was $13.00 a MONTH. Amazingly the people were happy… Led simple lives, but with great attitudes. My experiences over seas changed my life forever and I couldn’t imagine myself having not gone… We, as Americans, (in general)are so out of tune with reality our daily lives might as well be a video game. I’m so happy to read this short review because it proves some of us still have our wits about us and are more in tune with the real world… Not all of us Americans take our lives for granite. So many of us adust to comforts at a rapid pace, but can’t deal with any hardship or inconvenience maturely.
The wonderful people I spent time with in Romania ate eggplant in some form or other 3 times a day - they grew their own food. Locally, you can hear peoiple moan when a fast food joint is out of their favorite fatty shitty item (i boycott all fast food btw).
I’m encouraged that some can watch a movie such as this (honestly haven’t seen it yet) and form an opinion as you did, while others don’t get it at all. I could continue but I’ll get too riled up… WAKE UP AMERICA!
Because you might die and come back in Ethiopia (or some equivalent)…

the person writing this comment (mike z) doesn’t neccesarily condone reincarnation, which may be implied in the last sentence…

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