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Date Posted: 17/02/03 23:25:19 GMT+10
Author: The Scarlet Scorpion
Subject: Culture clubbings.
In reply to: SofaMan 's message, "Re: Transformers Armada Discrimination (ethical discussion)" on 16/12/02 5:38:40 GMT+10

>It may be interesting to consider that Mini-Cons (like
>other sub-cultures, such as the Jews, Amish or Gypsies
>to give 3 examples) may have chosen to partially or
>totally segregate themselves from the mainstream for
>cultural or religious reasons.
>
>Cultures that do this can often be directly shunned,
>ridiculed, ignored or marginalised by the dominant
>cultures, who don't like the fact that people exist
>who reject the way they live, and take it as a
>personal snub. Over time, this aversion becomes
>culturally inculcated, to the point where the dominant
>culture can claim to have initiated the
>marginalisation of the weaker subculture.
>
>Even when elements of the weaker subculture may wish
>to assimilate with the dominant culture, they may find
>themselves ignored or reviled for their ancestors'
>long-since forgotten or distorted historical
>rejection.
>
>Thoughts?

I can understand, being that I happen to be part Cherokee as well as a big history buff, about bigotry and the assimilation/destruction of one culture by another. It is rare that a civilized middle ground can be reachedby two large, radically different groups of people. Instead of that persecution, enslavement, and possibly even out-and-out genocide are usually the results.

Shame.

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