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Cultures all Equal?
tommyilromano:
I know you have heard liberals say all cultures are equal however; if they were why are there different results? Western accomplishments in science and technology as well as respect for human rights that is expressed in the constitution. American Indians were less accomplished because they didn't build anything as well as didn't invent nothing because before the arrival of the Europeans to America, this land was nothing along with other lands in various parts of the world. They as well as other peoples didn't have a respect for human rights and didn't understand it because it wasn't a part of their world view. To make this point offends many who believe in multiculturalism. Can you say that a culture is superior to another culture or is that arrogance? Or to believe in the multicultural view is being politically correct? Are some cures for diseases more important than others? Why that the Bushmen never developed civilization and to point that out and to suggest that their is something wrong with their culture is controversial or is there a different angle on this. Can you say that since capitalism developed in the west is there something wrong with the African culture? Is Western culture superior to Arabic culture? It is a fact that people in the West enjoy a higher standard of living. I would like your response in some detail... 8)
Z the laidback Virus:
All cultures are equal.
All of them are the same fascinating thing and all of them have their own positive and negative points.
I don't believe so many of you (judging from the poll) seem to be under the impression some cultures ( western culture *cough cough*) are 'better' then others.
The very fact 'our' culture is the dominant one is no argument for superiority. As a rule,the most generalised things survive, and compared to other cultures many of our culture's characteristics are indeed mild. We haven't got extreme values about peaceful living, total-destruction of different cultures and such like many other cultures (used to) have. Tibetans are much more peaceful then we are and quite free of imperialism and will to change and dominate. This could be a powerful reason for saying their culture is in some way 'higher' developed just as in our case our medical achievements are. But no culture exceeds others in all aspects of development and thus no culture can be seen as superior.
We shouldn't forget to name coincedence as a factor complementing to the reason our culture is the dominant one. For example, hadn't the Chinese,who were building an empire in medieval times, stopped their imperialistic motives like they chose to, the situation might have been very different.
[sepehr]:
--- Quote from: Z the laidback Virus on August 21, 2004, 02:45:33 PM ---All cultures are equal.
All of them are the same fascinating thing and all of them have their own positive and negative points.
I don't believe so many of you (judging from the poll) seem to be under the impression some cultures ( western culture *cough cough*) are 'better' then others.
The very fact 'our' culture is the dominant one is no argument for superiority. As a rule,the most generalised things survive, and compared to other cultures many of our culture's characteristics are indeed mild. We haven't got extreme values about peaceful living, total-destruction of different cultures and such like many other cultures (used to) have. Tibetans are much more peaceful then we are and quite free of imperialism and will to change and dominate. This could be a powerful reason for saying their culture is in some way 'higher' developed just as in our case our medical achievements are. But no culture exceeds others in all aspects of development and thus no culture can be seen as superior.
We shouldn't forget to name coincedence as a factor complementing to the reason our culture is the dominant one. For example, hadn't the Chinese,who were building an empire in medieval times, stopped their imperialistic motives like they chose to, the situation might have been very different.
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Co-Sign, i picked equality
Sikotic™:
--- Quote from: Z the laidback Virus on August 21, 2004, 02:45:33 PM ---The very fact 'our' culture is the dominant one is no argument for superiority.
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That's all you had to say, man
infinite59:
--- Quote from: tommyilromano on August 20, 2004, 10:19:12 PM ---I know you have heard liberals say all cultures are equal however; if they were why are there different results? Western accomplishments in science and technology as well as respect for human rights that is expressed in the constitution. American Indians were less accomplished because they didn't build anything as well as didn't invent nothing because before the arrival of the Europeans to America, this land was nothing along with other lands in various parts of the world. They as well as other peoples didn't have a respect for human rights and didn't understand it because it wasn't a part of their world view. To make this point offends many who believe in multiculturalism. Can you say that a culture is superior to another culture or is that arrogance? Or to believe in the multicultural view is being politically correct? Are some cures for diseases more important than others? Why that the Bushmen never developed civilization and to point that out and to suggest that their is something wrong with their culture is controversial or is there a different angle on this. Can you say that since capitalism developed in the west is there something wrong with the African culture? Is Western culture superior to Arabic culture? It is a fact that people in the West enjoy a higher standard of living. I would like your response in some detail... 8)
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America is the biggest human rights violator in the world. The country was founded in genocide. They first massacred a Nation of Native Americans. Then they progressed on the backs of African slaves. Today, they are advancing through a military industry that probably just killed another 100 or so people today, this week, and it continues. 100's of thousands have died in Central America and Asia because of the United States, and the United States is the only country to have used Nuclear Weapons.
The difference is, that when the Islamic cutlure riegned supreme in the middle ages, none of the technology they developed was harmful to the enviroment. It was through Muslim Spain, that the rest of Europe climbed out of the dark ages. Out of Muslim Spain came much of the good technology and sciences that the world is still running on today. Muslims discovered gravity long before Newton, Muslims invented Algebra (Al-Jabeer), the number zero, advanced in chemistry, named many of the stars during advances in astrology, invented the compass, had the first map of the world as we know it today, and on and on and on. If the Islamic culture, with it's hieghts reaching to Western Spain, had developed Nuclear Energy, they would have used it to provide Energy to all the people living without basic life resources, they would not have used it to drop atomic weapons on Japan and threaten countries around the world.
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