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After a long debate over an LJ community, it really pisses me off how a certain cultural group seems to think that theirs is superior to everyone else. So that I won’t offend anyone, let’s call them Culture X.

What makes me really angry is how people from Culture X seems to think that everyone else in the world are savages (which we shall call Culture B) unless they adapt Culture X’s worldview. And this isn’t from just one person. It’s a trend I’ve noticed and often ignored, until I finally couldn’t stand it tonight. I’m not one to debate and argue, because I believe that debates are useless. In the end, we’re still going to stick to whatever we believe in. But I figured, I’m sick of telling all the people I know that I really despise people from Culture X. It’s about time I let someone from Culture X know about it.

The point I’ve been trying to make is that no matter how “barbaric” a certain cultural group seems to act, nobody, save someone from that cultural group, is in the position to judge them as such. People from Culture X specifically are rasied to cherish values such as life, peace, and (I’m beginning to hate the word) freedom. And just because they believe differently from what other cultures do doesn’t mean that they have the right to change them and enforce their worldview on others. It’s really very simple.

But then the person from Culture X starts saying something about how if we think someone is doing something wrong, we should question it and change it. Again, person from Culture X is looking at it from his cultural POV. That he feels the need to question Culture B’s beliefs presupposes that he thinks Culture B is inherently savage, crazy, etc. But it’s not always so. What’s right for Culture X isn’t always right for the rest of the world. Why the hell can’t they understand that?

I should stop caring about things like these, really. It only makes me angry and anger makes me unproductive.

Update:

I got the following response from another person from Culture X. (What I said is in italics):

Other peoples’ cultures are none of your business.
Not so. To the extent I am capable, I have a duty to prevent the infringement of the rights of others.

What’s right for Culture X isn’t always right for the rest of the world.
Bullshit. What’s right for humans is right for humans. Whether what’s right for any of us is the same as what is currently practiced in Culture X is a seperate question.

*headdesk*

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