- Justin -
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In answer to a previous question I asked on here, someone wrote "As we all become part of the world community we have to learn to respect all cultures." This sounds fuzzy and warm and nice but does it work in reality? Some cultures promote bad things like female circumcision or censoring and executing citizens for speaking against their own government. Even my own culture (American) has things that aren’t that respectable, and honestly I wouldn’t be that offended if someone didn't respect our culture. (Not to say the USA isn't awesome, I feel very fortunate to have grown up here despite our problems.)
Does respecting different cultures mean looking past human rights violations and mistreatment of women and beheadings etc in other cultures? What do people mean when they say this help me out!
Alright how about this example: In the United States we have a small sub-culture of people who believe that it's ok to train dogs to brutally fight and rip each other apart. Why didn't our "respect all cultures" umbrella of understanding cover Michael Vick? Who are we to say who's right and who's wrong in this case, shouldn't we just respect his culture?
Does respecting different cultures mean looking past human rights violations and mistreatment of women and beheadings etc in other cultures? What do people mean when they say this help me out!
Alright how about this example: In the United States we have a small sub-culture of people who believe that it's ok to train dogs to brutally fight and rip each other apart. Why didn't our "respect all cultures" umbrella of understanding cover Michael Vick? Who are we to say who's right and who's wrong in this case, shouldn't we just respect his culture?