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User	Blue Monk | 2006-05-26 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Just because a culture may seem backward does not mean the people necessarily are if given the chance to be something else. Individual people of the earth are just one generation from the rest in that respect, given the advantages of good nutrition and education.

User	Blue Monk | 2006-05-23 |
Subject	untitled
Message	All people should realize how important it is to honor and preserve their own cultural heritage while at the same time being able to interface with and even protect themselves against what’s "out there". Somewhere in the homeland, in the rural areas in particular, the vestiges of any culture will linger, for good or bad.

User	DavidHirt | 2006-05-22 |
Subject	untitled
Message	It’s like translating a poem. You might get the idea, but you’ll never have the original beauty of the language it was presented in. It won’t have the same sound.

User	kanu | 2006-05-21 |
Subject	untitled
Message	don’t you think that’s a bit offensive to satan

User	Blue Monk | 2006-05-21 |
Subject	monoculturalism
Message	Perhaps this is why the US is called "The Great Satan" in some circles.

User	ghostknight | 2006-05-20 |
Subject	untitled
Message	i still fear the political shifts that are inevitable, some i’m sure i can’t even imagine in the next few hundred years (if we manage to make it that long). i’ve lost the fear that we’ll nuke each other to dust, now after seeing some specials on the history channel about new age weapons... it’s a little more complicated looking now. there may very well be a day where the races sit back and let robots do the majority of the fighting; that alone makes me pause and wonder how much value different cultures will even contain if they no longer have the motivation to fight in the wars they believe they are so justified in starting. if, that is, war continues into the future... mind boggling to think about.

User	kanu | 2006-05-20 |
Subject	untitled
Message	well what goes down in the name of multiculturalsim is basically the representation ( re - presentation) of existing cultures in western paradigms, so its not so much about multiculturalism but monoculturalism.

User	joeyalphabet | 2006-05-20 |
Subject	untitled
Message	I’m all for understanding your own culture and I love seeing different cultures, learning about them. But we need to understand Western culture also. Diversity to me doesn’t mean one or the other but both. There’s room for all cultures. My own belief is that in a few millenia we’ll be mixed enough so essentially we’ll be one race rather than several.

User	Blue Monk | 2006-05-19 |
Subject	untitled
Message	"As people bring more cultures togther and mix them, are we loosing our diversity?" The answer to your question is no, we are increasing our diversity. The real question to ask is are we loosing our identity? The actual study of anything is not a bad thing, however, sometimes it’s merely a moot point. In this case nothing will change whether or not you study it. Call me pessimistic, but the more "multiculturalism" I witness by way of being out in the public and through our blessed television set’s many channels, the more I feel that regardless of ethnicity, etc., elements of the worst of humanity is constantly being sensationalized for entertainment sake. Rich, poor, black, white, hispanic, asians, etc. all seem to be contributing to this by way of the media elite. This leaves the impression that we are being bombarded with the glorification of the trashy and/or dangerous side of everyone involved even though I know that some good people of all backgrounds are just as frustrated as I am. Heaven help my children as this progresses. Does the media defined multiculturalism mean you have to adopt sex and even rape for pre-teens even while they are "safe" at school? I think not, but where did that come from? I say, turn them off, but only after writing their sponsors first. For the other side, isolationism of the races is not a good thing regardless. If everyone looks alike, first it’s boring and second we have this thing called inbreeding which can be a problem even with a relatively large, but isolated gene pool. Mixing of races is a natural occurrence and good for humanity at large. Interesting math in genetics, a half of one plus a half of another makes one unique. There’s no reason that a mixed culture cannot exhibit the good side of all.

User	DavidHirt | 2006-05-09 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Racial Purity is an interesting concept, but I found that when I was in Moscow, there was a deffinite Racial look. In the USA, we’re muts compared to the older nations of Europe and Asia, and we look it.

User	Fantastic Freya | 2006-05-09 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Mixing of cultures is inevitable. The true danger of "multiculturalism" lies with the desire to create a generic culture which reflects the agenda of the dominant paradigm, with no regard to allowing people to find their own comfort zone. It would be ideal if cultures were allowed to meet and mix without political interference -- but politics always privileges one idea above another.

User	alteredlife | 2006-05-09 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Well, racial mixing has and always will be an ongoing thing. Just read up on documented history where the conquering nation came along and mixed with the indigenous culture/race of the people already there... it happens all the time. And sure, culture gets lost but new culture always springs up. It’s like some racial purists saying they are pure-blooded. Come again? That is such bollocks and completely naive.