The old line about nobody is forcing them to buy it is a red herring. It presumes a perfect world where we a) Are exposed to all the choices and b) Are mature enough to make rational choices.
The (not so good) parts of Amercian culture that we import are mainly in the realms of youth. They have neither a) nor b). What we do have here though is culture via advertising or via music and music video. Advertising is paid for and is made to influence the buying public (ie the youth) and the music video shows are extremely cheap TV and are also promoting sales. So the nobody is forcing this cr*p down their throat line is also BS.
Try thinking beyond your slogans!
Mel
So it's the US's fault that you can't raise mature kids to think for themselves? Now who's not thinking beyond slogans? If the things that make Australian culture unique isn't strong enough to survive on its own, maybe it deserves to be replaced.