I haven't had time to read the article, as it is freaking huge.
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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
The question was posed "what do we do when the values of those cultures do not line up with our own?" For example, a lot of cultures do not have equal rights for women. If we respect their culture, do we also respect each of their beliefs, even when they contradict our own?
Or do we impress upon them our own values - even though that assumes a guise of cultural superiority on our part.
And more importantly, how do we deal with entire countries on the world stage that operate under such fundamentally different paradigms?
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I don't think that we need to impress our values upon people who come to our countries from different cultures. And like wise, people from other cultures moving to our country should respect the fact that their new country may not see everything as they do, in reguards to laws etc.
There needs to be a mutual respect, from both sides, that I don't think a lot of people are getting. If you leave your home country, to live in a country that has vastly different religous, political views than your home country. You have to be willing to give up some of what you grew up with. But at the same time, the country you are moving too, must be willing to accept some of your views as well. That's the only way that we can grow as a society. I think for the most part, most countries do try to do this, but still keep the moral fibre at which from which they developed.
Now I have not been to a country that has largely different views from Canada's, so I can't really comment on that. But it would be interesting to see how well other countries accept the beliefs and values of a person who grew up in Canada.
ie: Canadian or US person living in the Sudan or the UAE. Are these people expected to fully conform to their beleif system?