Arlo and Christoffer 1 Jan:
[Arlo] > > 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. Multiculturalism has little to do with attitudes, it just describes a society with many different ethnic inhabitants. It can however give rise to "attitudes", animosity usually. For instance the old Austrian/Hungarian Empire was known for its multiculturalism and its old capital Wien also become a hotbed of antisemittism that influenced Hitler who spent his younger days there. Arlo also goes somewhat lightly over dress and nutrition codes that are religiously motivated and those that climate and what is available dictates. For Jews and Muslims the mentioned outfits are religious signs as is Halal and Kosher food (a ceremonial way of slaughtering animals). It has nothing in common with German würst or Japanese (and Norwegian) whale dishes. All in all a most shallow analysis, but what is to be expected from one who rejects the SOL? ;-) Bo > > This is very true. > > //Chris > > PS: Happy New Year > > 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/
