I do not think cultural differences are so much to do with patriotism but it shows more the line of how we think and view different ideas. Where and how we were raised has a great bearing on perception of ideas. Allan
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:28 PM, 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. > > > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
