Re: Speaking about languages...

On Sep 28, 9:08 pm, "santak...@xxxxxxxxx" <santak...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 28, 12:54 pm, Dmitry <dmitrijsfedot...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:



It may not be possible to replace US and Russian movies
with Latvian, for example. Latvia doesn't have enough money to build
a successful film industry, such as they have in US and Russia.

Well, that's the point under discussion, right? That's why I said:

Every country has to figure it out for itself. [...] Some countries with only a million or
two or three speakers try to save money by allowing lots of subtitled
or voiced over garbage, mostly from USA or Russia. I think its short-
sighted. [...] Investing in one's own native langauge and
culture is just as much an investment in the future as is investing in
health care, etc.
Also this is not controllable in democratic societies; even in totalitarian
states people can access any material over internet or using satellite
dishes.

Good for them. But at least clever governments would do their utmost
to try to provid as much locally produced TV material as possible -
without letting standards drop. By that I mean it's a waste of time
funding crap that is supposed to be a Baltic imitation of some Yankee
TV show, mimicking the foreign mindset and foreign images, and trying
to pretend that the Baltics can really be some sort of imitation
Yankeeland if you want it to.

I mean, for example, rap music in Baltic languages - how stupid and
pointless is that?

You hardly find Yankeeland fans in Baltics, if we limited thing with
culture.

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