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Trump Facts.
Society/Culture Why I blame Islam for the fact it's raining today....
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Did you not watch the video you posted?
It's from your video...
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No he did not.
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Acquaint yourself with international relations since WW1.
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Sorry mate. I just assumed given your hatred of the evil West you just lumped us all in with the global tide. Lets be honest you do have a reputation.
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So you didn't watch the video?
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You must have me confused with someone else.
I even said in my first reply to you that it was from the video you posted...
How did you miss that?
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We are very fortunate that Australian culture derives from Western culture and not from the alternatives.
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You didn't seem to understand what western culture meant.
Always happy to educate
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I posted the definition of when someone says "westernized" or "in the west".
Thats what they mean.
Try and understand
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No, I'm asking you what being 'Western' means. I want you to list the traits of this 'Western culture' for me.
You're the one saying it exists, and it has traits. I would like you to tell me (in your words) what they are.
Can I have dark brown skin and be 'Western'?
Can I be an atheist and be 'Western'?
Can I be of the Jewish faith and be 'Western'?
Can I be of the Islamic faith and be 'Western'?
Rattle off some traits for me please.
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You like giving orders to people
I filled you in on what people mean when they say the west or western culture.
This lesson was for free
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You don't seem to be.
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I'm asking you what your definition of Western culture' is. Specifically traits of this culture. In your own words.
The fact you cant do it, is telling.
I'll go with this definition:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/western_culture.htm
From that article:
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Western Culture:
- High trust / low corruption societies
- Has the concept of free will (effectively non existent in other cultures)
- Strong belief in democracy and individual freedom (derives from both of the above)
- Highly technologically advanced
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Let us know when we come close to achieving these aspirations.
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Do you know the rates of volunteering in Australia versus say China? Why do Western countries have much higher levels of community engagement than the rest of the world?
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You never bothered to answer the question.
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Where would you rather live - the Nordic countries or Central Asia? Why do the former meet the above criteria but not the latter?
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How is that relevant to why Australia has higher civic engagement levels relative to China? Why do we?
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Possibly buried deep in our history:
And back in 2003, a piece in the American Conservative magazine warned that democracy would not flourish in Iraq because of its high rate of cousin marriage. However, at the time there was certainly a sort of a priori idea that democracy must be replicable anywhere, because to say otherwise would be racist. David Cameron made that exact argument around the time of the Arab spring. A rather wiser minister, the United Arab Emirates ambassador Oma Saif Ghobash, explained in a 2014 lecture that Arab democracy was vulnerable, not just because of Islamism, but ‘also because of the lack of institutions that can rise above partisan politics’. He said:
‘Given the social, cultural and educational realities of our part of the world, many of us recognise that an introduction of electoral democracy that precedes the development of effective, impartial institutions may exacerbate tribal and sectarian divisions’
One of the reasons that Islamism emerges so quickly in clannish countries is that it is the only force that can overcome deep-seated tribal divisions. One of the attractions of religious movements in politics is that Islam is seen – with good reason – as being a force for reducing corruption and raising public morals. Hardliners such as Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt appeal to people sickened by corruption and clan-based nepotism, so that given a choice of a crook or a fascist they will opt for the latter. The Brotherhood’s economic platform upon taking power in Egypt was simply ‘more virtue’, which unfortunately didn’t produce quite the economic miracle they might have hoped for. This is why the idea of trying to spread democracy everywhere is not a wise one; it’s why I despair when I hear western politicians talk about installing democracy in Syria (cousin marriage rate: 35 per cent).
How the Catholic Church created democracy | The Spectator
Going to spend Christmas with relatives you don't really like? Well, you can thank God you only have to see them once a year rather than living as an extended family. Or more precisely you can thank the Catholic Church, without whom you'd all still be in the same house as your uncles and aunties...
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