[Dean's World] Dave Price: Cultural Context

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Posted by Dave Price:
Cultural Context
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1160329943.shtml


   In the West, we have certain values and a certain way of thinking
   about reality, which we tend to forget are not universal. Here's
   [1]some interesting on-the-ground observations on Arab culture from
   someone who spent a year there.
   As I've said before, [2]context is everything. The author ends by
   noting something we don't consider much: in some sense we are actively
   destroying other cultures through assimilation, and while the process
   is largely voluntary and generally quite beneficial to the "converted"
   (and I'm not arguing against it) it does nonetheless create some
   resentment -- especially among those who benefit from the status quo.
   (via [3]Freedom's Fidelity)

References

   1. http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2006/09/observations-on-arabs.html
   2. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1155702427.shtml
   3. http://freedomsfidelity.blogspot.com/