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Heh, the appropriation of American culture by Japanese was my other argument tactic! Our brains are on the same wavelength.
I don't know who the mystery person is (and I feel a little bad that we're talking about him/her without him/her choosing to bring this up themselves) so I don't know their personal argument. But I do know my sociopolitical activist acquaintances' arguments. This isn't my POV, but I do find it interesting to hear it.
I don't think that the reasonable, non-extremist anti-appropriation folks are suggesting wonder bread and tang. I think they're suggesting that we should consider and respect the origin of the cultures we're exploring, as well as, in the case of India or other third-world countries, to strive to understand the difficult conditions that the people currently live in. I don't think that's a bad thing to suggest, nor do I think you're not doing it.
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