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clray123 (July 28, 2008 at 4:49 pm)
I'm not German, just living in Germany. However, it doesn't really matter much, given that my only claim is the superiority is of rationality over superstition; regardless of any other cultural or racial trait. I'm not saying either that the superstitious people should be persecuted - unless it becomes dangerous to other people. I'm just saying that we should not admire superstition nor should we try to help preserve someone's inaccurate beliefs.
putavyraitis (July 28, 2008 at 10:56 am)
As beeing german, you should know your countries history. Didn't nazis think, that jews, gippsies, and slavs were inferior to Germans?Now, you state, thet we are superior to them. Don't you think, that sounds a little nazism?
clray123 (July 24, 2008 at 5:53 pm)
I'm sorry to break news to you: There is only one reality. Either you're able to understand, predict and control it or not.I have nothing against cultural diversity such as languages, art, music, different dress codes, different tastes and the like. I only have something against outright stupidity some people demonstrate by denying facts and believing in the supernatural. If their culture is built around such stupidity, then the world will be better off without it.
matastar9 (July 23, 2008 at 11:09 pm)
Again, this is your perception of these other cultures. Your reality is different to mine, mine different to theirs and theirs different to yours. Facts are much the same. I repeat, the lecture was about realising these differences,acknowldging them and attempting to understand them from the others point of standing. I personally know of no culture that is without fault in the eyes of another and least of all would like a culture preserved, I would rather they lived. That's all I have for you.
clray123 (July 23, 2008 at 6:10 pm)
Whether something is "superstition" or not is not just a matter of "perception" or "culture", a point apparently missed by both you and the speaker. It is simply a matter of fact and reality: firm statements can be demonstrated to hold - experimentally - or they cannot. People who ignore and misrepresent reality do not deserve attention, no matter what culture they belong to, where they live and what language they speak. Or would you like to "preserve" a "culture" of rapists or murderers too?
matastar9 (July 23, 2008 at 4:07 am)
It is sad that that comment is what you have taken from this lecture. How do you suppose to "get rid" of this culture? What is the culture that you belong to, is it really without fault enough that it deserves to live where another dies? Your perception of this other culture as "crazy superstition" may be exactly how this other culture view you and your belief system. The lecture was not about finding differences but understanding and respecting them, which you seemed to have missed.
clray123 (June 23, 2008 at 5:19 pm)
If getting rid of another "culture" means less crazy superstition and related suffering in this world, there's really nothing to regret. I'm sure this sentimental white moron would quickly change his mind about the inherent value of diversity if he was poked with a spear for the possession of enchanted two-dimensional photos or other such crime.
SixMillionDollarAcid (June 15, 2008 at 1:25 am)
tryptamines CAN be taken orally...
carrottangerine (June 15, 2008 at 12:46 am)
just a small but really important remark... the HUMAN SPECIES is NOT greedy up to the point of destroying their home; the WESTERN CULTURE is.There're other ways of being human--that is what this kind of anthropological research should b reminding us. But we're so close-minded and self-referent that we think being human is being what we westerners are. And thats not true. We should learn with the other cultures instead of erasing them. Its really a joke that we think ourselves more developed..
dbnska (June 13, 2008 at 9:44 pm)
In the mouth of a fool is a rod for his pride.The mouth of the wicked pours out evil thingsBefore destruction the heart of man is haughtyPride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fallWhen the whirlwind passes the wicked is no moreAnd to man He said Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, to shun evil is understanding |
