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Date Posted: 02:23:08 04/13/04 Tue
Author: mt. healthy mountaineer
Subject: culture
In reply to: stu 's message, "Re: off the top of my head" on 04:36:55 04/12/04 Mon

Maybe its the sociology classes I've had but here's the essence of my take on what you said:

We all have a culture.

You are a part of one, rather you recognize it or not.

Culture helps to provide one with a frame of reference and you really can't escape it. For example, being an American (I assume, but I guess you could be a Canadian and the point would still apply) you assume it is your natural birthright to speak your opinion on any and every topic - rather anyone wants to hear it or not (a common trait shared by all of those on this message board). Some cultures would definitely frown on that. If you moved into one of those cultures you would still have opinions and you would have to constantly be biting your tongue so as not to offend. Your cultural frame of reference would still be American, despite "acting" like another culture.

Having a one-culture-world by definition means that parts or the totality of other cultures will have to be emliminated in order to assimilate into this new culture.

Personally, I like the totality of the spectrum of world cultures too much just to see them eliminated in the name of some arbitary higher "good".

BTW - I really was not upset over your cult/religion comment - it really was a long pasted post just to clarify the definition in its most modern and up-to-date usage.

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Replies:

Despite this -- mvd, 09:28:45 04/13/04 Tue
- Re: Despite this -- stu, 16:37:47 04/13/04 Tue
- Re: Despite this -- stu, 16:38:24 04/13/04 Tue
  - Despite this -- Omega, 19:46:16 04/13/04 Tue
Re: culture -- stu, 16:51:08 04/13/04 Tue
- Re: definitions -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 23:10:39 04/16/04 Fri
  - Re: definitions -- stu, 15:39:04 04/17/04 Sat
    - Re: definitions -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 00:13:17 04/20/04 Tue
      - Re: definitions -- stu, 01:40:33 04/20/04 Tue
        Re: definitions -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 21:29:28 04/22/04 Thu
Re: culture -- stu, 01:38:14 04/15/04 Thu
- Re: culture -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 23:13:02 04/16/04 Fri
  - Re: culture -- stu, 05:32:42 04/17/04 Sat
    - Re: culture -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 23:44:38 04/19/04 Mon
      - Re: culture -- stu, 01:33:44 04/20/04 Tue
        Re: culture and Black assimilation & world gov't. -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 01:47:58 04/24/04 Sat
        Does assimilation to a certain culture make you unique? -- stu, 17:53:24 04/24/04 Sat
        Re: Does assimilation to a certain culture make you unique? (NT) -- stu, 17:53:55 04/24/04 Sat
        Re: culture and Black assimilation & world gov't. -- mvd, 22:12:44 04/24/04 Sat
      - American Culture -- mvd, 09:27:25 04/20/04 Tue
        Re: American Culture -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 02:06:21 04/24/04 Sat
        Re: American Culture -- mvd, 19:23:04 04/24/04 Sat
        Re: American Culture -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 23:09:29 04/27/04 Tue