Confronting one's culture with that of others makes it possible to question certain ideas, values or well-anchored habits, and to broaden our vision of the world and therefore the possibilities of choice in our life.
I survived natural selection. And if you are reading this message, so are you. You always looked before crossing the road, you didn't eat the little candies that read: keep out of reach of children, and you never licked an electrical outlet cause you wondered how it tasted. Well done !
I love the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, these are books that educated me and without which I will be another person.
There are too many movies that I really like, but I'm going to choose "Princess Mononoke" mainly because I'm too lazy to look for english titles for the other. But you can come and discuss it!