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(written by Dominic Beehan, brother of the immortal Brendan) Francis On 1 Sep., 14:28, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps the tilte is a bit missleading in that it is only an indirect > referance to the topic I wish to talk about. > > Something Chris said last week about cultural differances had me > pondering over the weekend about it, specificaly how strong an effect > our culture has on our mindset, and whether or not it is possible to > formulate ideas that transend culture. > > So to kick the ball about a bit, I thought if I intruduced this > particular sticky knot, and asked us all to bear in mind wheter or not > or culture has any bearing on our answers to it, and if so what > effect, then perhaps we could find out. > > Sticky Knot. > > I see no merit or value in the idea of patriotism, to my mind it > serves to divide mankind and seriously renders the coming together as > a species, rather than as distinct 'subsets' of the same specise quite > impossible. > If we are to feel prinde in the achivents of our countries then > logicaly we should then feel shame for the crimes, yet I don't think I > can point to a single patriot willing to feel such shame. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
