Cultures will and DO place judgements on other cultures. It may not seem 'fair' and it may in SOM terms seem 'subjective', no doubt the Nazi high command at Nuremberg felt just a bit put-upon--being they were hanged and all, but that is the way we find our comparison of day-to-day life.
Tribe-on-tribe violence is something most western cultures find repugnant, whether it's African, Balkan, mid-east, or Ulsterian. Wahabi treatment of women likewise is abominable. Despite being white, there is a general feel that personal dignity, individual freedom from arbitrary treatment and an equal access to opportunity is just a bit superior to habitual supression. It seems higher an intellectual level... thanks--mel ----- Original Message ----- From: "ARLO J BENSINGER JR" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Multiculturalism scam > [Ron] Therefore judging cultures by this standard is unequivicably bias and unsound. (combining with...) > Passing moral judgments on differing cultures seems to be another story > altogether. > > [Arlo] > Conveniently, when Platt passes moral judgments on other cultures White > American culture always comes out on top. Go figure. Platt's > "anti-multiculturalism" is simply a guise for White Supremecy. Don't be fooled. > Or else Platt can prove me wrong by pointing out ways in which non-white > cultures are morally superior to his own? > > Its one thing to say "this is better in this regard, but that is better in that > regard..." and see how all can improve by witnessing what others "got right". > It's another to use wingnut rhetoric to say "everyone should be just like me". > > Multiculturalism is, at its core, about respecting the non-important > differences, the "cultural clothing", that has appeared in wonderous diversity > across this globe. From being at peace with Jews wearing kippahs, or Muslims > wearing hijabs, to tribes that tatoo or piece their body with ornamentations, > from respecting Japanese that eat urchin to Inuit that eat whale, to Germans > that eat Wurst, from not showing the sole of your foot to someone who's culture > deems that an insult, to explaining why in your culture it is not. Its about > learning to speak another's language while teaching them your own. > > Of course, in Platt's wingnut world, where he sits atop the pyramid of cultural > supremacy, all that is required is for everyone else to acknowledge his moral > supremacy and be just like him. > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
