It is points of view like this that make me question the application of "free choice" conservatism. I'm not sure the view that government should stay out of one's personal decisions and the view that all people should conform to a single unified culture are even marginally consistent.On that we will disagree. We need an AMERICAN culture. One which embraces the fact that we are from different places, yet brings that all together into one UNIFIED and DISTINCT AMERICAN Culture. That is.... our own language (which we already have.... American English), our own traditions (which we already have), and a shared history (which we already have). It also requires that those who come here from outside abandon their former culture and take up the AMERICAN culture; which is why it is hard for me to believe that many immigrants can ever truly become AMERICANS.... it's very difficult to give up that old culture.
You're trying to tell me the cultural differences between the north and south of your country wouldn't have happened if America pursued a total isolationist policy? :lol:
why should there be no communication nor travel between the USA and other nations?
I am starting to believe that ALL of these insane & ridiculous posts by you are just one big joke, and you are simply lampooning your vision of the most extremist right-winger possible.
It is points of view like this that make me question the application of "free choice" conservatism. I'm not sure the view that government should stay out of one's personal decisions and the view that all people should conform to a single unified culture are even marginally consistent.
^OK, I guess that would explain it then.
Sorry, guess I haven't been stalking you to the degree I should.Yeah. I was a tad surprised you hadn't caught onto that, since I've talked about it a number of times.
..Remember that comment I made earlier about the US being the last hope for decency in the Human Race? One cannot maintain that sort of culture/climate when one is constantly being bombarded with improprieties from outside....
seems like you are trying to justify and excuse people living a very isolated and closed lifestyle.
America has a culture, several cultures to be exact. But no, we are NOT a seperate ethnicity. There is more to being an ethnicity than simply common language, dress, food, & music tastes.
America has a culture, several cultures to be exact. But no, we are NOT a seperate ethnicity. There is more to being an ethnicity than simply common language, dress, food, & music tastes.
I have to do this...Ive been reading this thread back and forth and I have to inject what some may consider sickening Patriotism...but I am dead serious
I dont care if being American is an ethnicity or a nationality...its what I am, its what Ive always been since my first breath...I fought for this country and I LOVE THIS COUNTRY and american is what the hell I am and I dont care who likes it or not...or what anyone wants to consider it..
Like what? Certainly not physical appearance, because with some individuals it's very possible to confuse Mexicans, Italians, and Egyptians even though the Western convention is to put all three of them in separate ethnicities.
Certainly not genetic place of origin, since people who trace their roots back to very geographically close locations may be considered different ethnicities (e.g. Israel/Palestine, or Spain/Morocco).
Like what? Certainly not physical appearance, because with some individuals it's very possible to confuse Mexicans, Italians, and Egyptians even though the Western convention is to put all three of them in separate ethnicities....
First of all, the important word has been bolded, as a generality Mexicans, Italians and Egyptians look different,
secondly ethnicity isn't a western convention, you look at the attitudes of pre-WW2 Japanese society
Not really. Let's look at three recent presidents. If you didn't already know the answer, could you tell which of them was Mexican, Italian, and Egyptian based on their picture?
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Heck, Mubarak and Berlusconi look like they could be brothers...
Ethnicity isn't a Western convention, but our CONCEPT of ethnicity is most definitely Western (and more specifically, Anglophonic Western). We are the only culture that I know of which neatly classifies people into a few buckets (e.g. black, white, Asian, Arab, Hispanic, Native American, etc). I don't know too much about ethnic attitudes in pre-WW2 Japan, but my understanding is that it was basically "Japanese" and "everyone else." Which would actually support my point that ethnicity tends to be based much more on culture than genetics, ancestral place of origin, or physical traits.
Native American is and ethnicity. We stole their land and we call ourselves Americans even though we aren't.
. . .For Carew, however, the "truth" he found in his reading of history becomes a source of rage: "Robbing peoples and countries of their indigenous names was one of the cruel games that colonizers played with the colonized…. To rob people or countries of their names is to set in motion a psychic disturbance which can in turn create a permanent crisis of identity. As if to underline this fact, the theft of an important place-name from the heartland of the Americas and the claim that it was a dilettante's Christian name robs the original name of its elemental meaning."
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