Are Some Cultures Superior to Others?

[Toro]

Two cultures

1. Based on the principle of inherent rights, values science and religion, strives towards high standards of living and health

and

2. Eats people

1 is better than 2

 

[Asclepias]

Two cultures

1. Based on the principle of inherent rights, values science and religion, strives towards high standards of living and health

and

2. Eats people

1 is better than 2

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

 

[Publius1787]

Two cultures

1. Based on the principle of inherent rights, values science and religion, strives towards high standards of living and health

and

2. Eats people

1 is better than 2

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

Yeah? Liberian warlords EAT people. (present tense)

WARNING!!!! GRAPHIC!!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo]The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia (Full Length Documentary) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Asclepias]

Two cultures

1. Based on the principle of inherent rights, values science and religion, strives towards high standards of living and health

and

2. Eats people

1 is better than 2

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

Yeah? Liberian warlords EAT people. (present tense)

WARNING!!!! GRAPHIC!!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo]The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia (Full Length Documentary) - YouTube[/ame]

Another bad habit we picked up from you guys.

 

[Toro]

Two cultures

1. Based on the principle of inherent rights, values science and religion, strives towards high standards of living and health

and

2. Eats people

1 is better than 2

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

Cultures and societies evolve.

At one time, European culture was worse than Arab or Asian cultures, as those cultures were the apex of progress and enlightenment. Today, that is the West. It may be another culture in the future.

 

[Asclepias]

Two cultures

1. Based on the principle of inherent rights, values science and religion, strives towards high standards of living and health

and

2. Eats people

1 is better than 2

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

Cultures and societies evolve.

At one time, European culture was worse than Arab or Asian cultures, as those cultures were the apex of progress and enlightenment. Today, that is the West. It may be another culture in the future.

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

 

[Publius1787]

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

Cultures and societies evolve.

At one time, European culture was worse than Arab or Asian cultures, as those cultures were the apex of progress and enlightenment. Today, that is the West. It may be another culture in the future.

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

As of this current day in age? Safety, stability, rule of law, democratic elections, republicanism, individual rights, relatively low corruption, technology, employment, trade, clean water, transportation, large scale pluming, electricity, access to healthcare, education, low crime, shall I go on?

 

[Asclepias]

Cultures and societies evolve.

At one time, European culture was worse than Arab or Asian cultures, as those cultures were the apex of progress and enlightenment. Today, that is the West. It may be another culture in the future.

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

As of this current day in age? Safety, stability, rule of law, democratic elections, republicanism, individual rights, relatively low corruption, technology, employment, trade, clean water, transportation, large scale pluming, electricity, access to healthcare, education, low crime, shall I go on?

If you want to go on by all means do. It doesnt matter what you say. You dont have the authority to define anything. That has to be agreed upon not dictated.

 

[Toro]

So are you saying European culture is worst? They ate people.

Cultures and societies evolve.

At one time, European culture was worse than Arab or Asian cultures, as those cultures were the apex of progress and enlightenment. Today, that is the West. It may be another culture in the future.

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

 

[Pheonixops]

Are Some Cultures Superior to Others?

Of course., just look at the immoral, bloodthirsty culture of the Nazis vs the culture of the Jews they slaughtered in the most horrid ways. Whose "culture" was superior?

 

[Asclepias]

Cultures and societies evolve.

At one time, European culture was worse than Arab or Asian cultures, as those cultures were the apex of progress and enlightenment. Today, that is the West. It may be another culture in the future.

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

 

[Publius1787]

Are Some Cultures Superior to Others?

Of course., just look at the immoral, bloodthirsty culture of the Nazis vs the culture of the Jews they slaughtered in the most horrid ways. Whose "culture" was superior?

Considering Jews were likely responsible for the technological advancement of the Nazi's, the only thing they were guilty of was being in the minority amongst a conservative culture.

 

[Pheonixops]

Are Some Cultures Superior to Others?

Of course, just look at the immoral and bloodthirsty culture of the Nazis vs the culture of the millions of Jews they slaughtered in the most horrid ways. Whose "culture" was superior?

 

[Publius1787]

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

Which standard would you like?

 

[Toro]

That depends on perspective. I know people from other countries that claim European culture is the worst. What makes you right over them?

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

If millions and millions of people are being brainwashed by lies, that probably tells you a lot about the people and culture from which they came.

Of course, that's not true. People aren't that stupid. That's why diasporas develop all around the world. People immigrate to where they think they can get a better life, based in large part on what people from their own culture tell them. And the general movement of people is to the West.

 

[Publius1787]

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

If millions and millions of people are being brainwashed by lies, that probably tells you a lot about the people and culture from which they came.

Of course, that's not true. People aren't that stupid. That's why diasporas develop all around the world. People immigrate to where they think they can get a better life, based in large part on what people from their own culture tell them. And the general movement of people is to the West.

Asclepias believes in cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is akin to saying that a culture that values killing it's own people while dancing around a headless chicken and bathing in fecal matter is just as advanced as western culture because who are you to judge? Perhaps they like to kill people and bathe in poo? Who are you to judge? This comes from the theory of cultural Marxism so as to give leftists an excuse to criticize the expansion of western culture while denying that the spread of wealth, prosperity, and technology is necessarily a good thing. That way they can praise the failed ideas of socialism/communism without having to provide a moral justification for adopting their failures.

 

[Asclepias]

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

Which standard would you like?

The ones we agree upon. You are still attempting to dictate by limiting my choices to what you offer. It doesn't work that way.

 

[Asclepias]

What makes you right in your belief that there is no superior culture?

It's a philosophical question, isn't it?

Or, we can apply a basic empirical test. The best culture is where people want to live. Given a choice, most people would rather live in a better culture than a worse culture. Individuals may have preferences and disagree, but movements of broad populations will empirically tell you where people generally want to go.

Where do people want to live? Is there mass migration from the West to the rest if the world, or vice versa? Do millions of people emigrate to the West, many risking their lives and die trying, or are there millions of Westerners clamoring to move to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Tanzania or El Salvador?

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

If millions and millions of people are being brainwashed by lies, that probably tells you a lot about the people and culture from which they came.

Of course, that's not true. People aren't that stupid. That's why diasporas develop all around the world. People immigrate to where they think they can get a better life, based in large part on what people from their own culture tell them. And the general movement of people is to the West.

Do you even have a job?

 

[Asclepias]

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

If millions and millions of people are being brainwashed by lies, that probably tells you a lot about the people and culture from which they came.

Of course, that's not true. People aren't that stupid. That's why diasporas develop all around the world. People immigrate to where they think they can get a better life, based in large part on what people from their own culture tell them. And the general movement of people is to the West.

Asclepias believes in cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is akin to saying that a culture that values killing it's own people while dancing around a headless chicken and bathing in fecal matter is just as advanced as western culture because who are you to judge? Perhaps they like to kill people and bathe in poo? Who are you to judge? This comes from the theory of cultural Marxism so as to give leftists an excuse to criticize the expansion of western culture while denying that the spread of wealth, prosperity, and technology is necessarily a good thing. That way they can praise the failed ideas of socialism/communism without having to provide a moral justification for adopting their failures.

Publius1787 believes that what he says actually goes. He can't take being told that his ideas are flawed and he suffers from the most prevalent of white guys disease. White privilege.

 

[Toro]

Your empirical test could be flawed. You may brainwash someone into thinking they are in the land of milk and honey but it may not be the actual case. You have to come up with a standard that everyone can agree upon.

If millions and millions of people are being brainwashed by lies, that probably tells you a lot about the people and culture from which they came.

Of course, that's not true. People aren't that stupid. That's why diasporas develop all around the world. People immigrate to where they think they can get a better life, based in large part on what people from their own culture tell them. And the general movement of people is to the West.

Do you even have a job?

Yes. A very good one. Why?