Idea

[RedAnarchist]

To help integrate the human family (no such thing as races) into one equal and multicultural world, we should learn of other cultures.

It would be a good idea for people to have different cultures than the one they were brought up in. For instance, an Englishperson can learn French and eat French food and so on.

Dont be bound to one culture. We learn each others languages and use them, so we should be able to follow whatever culture we wish.

In my personal opinion, the culture i would like to partiipate in would be either Greek, Finnish, Irish or Cuban.

[Pedro Alonso Lopez]

You mean to tell me there is no such thing as seperate races?

Explain that to me...

Im guessing you are one of the deluded internationalist who believe the working classes of London are just dying to learn French.

[shakermaker]

what's so interesting in finnish culture?

[RedAnarchist]

I dunno, but Finland itself is a beautiful country

[RedAnarchist]

Geist, why are you talking about Londoners? I'm from Lancashire.

Of course there is no such thing as races. We are human, and we have differences and similarities that we should celebrate, but to divide humans up by physical characteristics or nationailty is going too far. We need a world where all people can be free to go wherever they like.

Anyway, there is no pure races nowadays anyway, and that is a positive sign.

[Pedro Alonso Lopez]

Originally posted by [email protected] 23 2004, 12:39 PM
Geist, why are you talking about Londoners? I'm from Lancashire.

Of course there is no such thing as races. We are human, and we have differences and similarities that we should celebrate, but to divide humans up by physical characteristics or nationailty is going too far. We need a world where all people can be free to go wherever they like.

Anyway, there is no pure races nowadays anyway, and that is a positive sign.
It was just an example, London, Dublin, a city with workers, do I have to make it personal for you? :unsure:

Of course there are races, to think otherwise is absurd. You seem to believe in one humanity that disregards that there is no races at least no differences between them in terms of potential. To deny race is like denying types of fruit, we all know they are fruit but can also seperate the apple from the orange.

I dont mind you calling for no borders or liking diversity, multiculturalism but to deny differences in race is going to far.

[SittingBull47]

I see what you mean and it is a good idea. Incorporate as many different cultures as possible into the family. Encourage different religions, etc. etc. If people lived in a more culturally diverse world, with multiple ethnicities in schools, we wouldn't have alot of the problems we do today. Call that naivety, but thats what I think.

[Pedro Alonso Lopez]

Why should we intentionally integrate foreign cultures and especially why why would we encourage people into other religions.

Ludicious idealism is all I see here.

[cubist]

i think your right to create a multicultural society learning other cultures would enable society to tolerate it easier, personally i like the idea of japan and bushido and the way of the japaneese samuri, japan still holds family values and dishonour very high. also the peruvian and cuban cultures.
to learn japaneese will be hard where would i start??

[revoevo]

I think we need to teach people, especially the children of the next generation (most adults have already formed life-long predjudices) to have open minds and tolerance if we want to destroy race barriers, we shouldn't literally destroy the concept of race. People have different cultural and racial traditions and views of life depending on their ancestors and family and religion, it's a personal thing, and important in many peoples' lives. It shouldn't be abolished. I do agree that people should learn as much about other cultures as they can, but that doesn't mean they have to embrace these cultures as their own, just respect and understand them. Of course, they can, if they're doing it in an earnest and respectful way.

Personally, I have very little culture of my own. My family is German-Irish (but doesn't embrace it) living in upper-middle-class America. I don't have a religious life. I'm sort of lacking culture... very depressing...
Even if German-Irish culture isn't actually interesting to me, and it's by my choice that I am not religious, it's sort of a empty, not to mention boring, feeling to be without culture.

So I don't think I should be discouraged from embracing another culture. In fact, I think it's people like me (i.e. lacking a specific culutre in the home) that are the ones embracing new religions, cultures, ideas, music, languages, etc.

I think we should be putting children in as diverse eviroments as possible from an early age to teach about tolerace and other cultures. Then they can choose what culture to embrace. Regardless of race or ethnic background you can embrace another culture or religion if you really believe in its values and what it stands for. Even music and life styles can be considered another culture. Doing it to be fashionable, on the other hand, is highly disrespectful...

[monkeydust]

I think we need to teach people, especially the children of the next generation (most adults have already formed life-long predjudices) to have open minds and tolerance

I've never supported notions of racial tolerance, I don't think that youth should be taught to 'tolerate', it doesn't help.

Really, we should learn to understand that there really is nothing to be tolerated in the first place.

[revoevo]

By definition:
tol·er·ance ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tlr-ns)
n. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

Tolerating the cultures by respecting and embracing them, not tolerating as in putting up with minorities. Sorry if I sounded like that...

[monkeydust]

I never meant to imply that you did, though it must be stated that many people advocate tolearance in a manner that involves division, after recognising that there is something to actively 'tolerate'.

[SittingBull47]

Originally posted by [email protected] 23 2004, 03:36 PM
Why should we intentionally integrate foreign cultures and especially why why would we encourage people into other religions.

Ludicious idealism is all I see here.
to offer a wide range of spiritual choices. Kids grow up in families that don't believe in Judaism, etc. and think that Christianity is the only way to go. If people learned to live with one another, varying backgrounds and religions, he would be far better off.

[insurgency03]

I'm totally with on that, there is nothing more important than understanding one anothers culture, we can make no progress so long as we consider the idea of race applicable to our society. I have fortunate enough to grow up with so many other cultures influencing me, but there our so many of us out there who were raised on the whitebread poisions of the Anglo-Protestant elite that seems to dominate american culture. I dont think America even has its own culture in the first place,, unless ur talking about indigenous peoples anyways

[Saddie-sad]

Yea that could work in theory. I agree that it's important for everyone to take a personal interest in different cultures. It's how we expand as people. But there are so many people in the world who just wouldn't care to know about things outside their own enviroment. It's really a shame though becaue the world has alot to offer...eh that was really cliche, but it's true. There is so much to learn about eachother.

[Pedro Alonso Lopez]

To be honest I dont believe kids should be exposed to religion at all until their intellectual faculties have developed and they can decide for themselves.