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17 Apr 2008, 5:42 pm

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I am so sick of people complaining about mutlicutluralism being forced on them or multi religions. the point of multiculturalism is to increase the acceptance of all cultures, so that is including your own, you are a culture. Just as religous pluralism means the respect of all religions including yours. How would one feel if they went to another country and forced to give up their way of life?

IMO there is a difference between true multiculturalism (what I prefer to call cultural universalism) and cultural relativist "multiculturalism." The first maintains that different cultures exist as must be respected as far as they do not violate human rights, but despite these cultural differences we are all a common Humanity, which is why human rights are universal. The latter claims that notions of "good" and "bad" cultures and of universal human rights are creations of Western "cultural imperialism."

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17 Apr 2008, 6:58 pm

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comapred to america meddling in foreign relations I would much rather have the UN.

Because the UN has such a great track record on that?

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last time we tried this with vietnam it did not go so well

That depends on your perspective. The U.S. acted in Vietnam because of its perceived national interests, which was to enforce containment and prevent the spread of Communism (which is different than the more recent vague goals the UN or the US has). By the time the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, they had a pretty adapted pretty well to the Viet Cong. You could debate about whether or not we should have entered in the first place, but regardless, the U.S. did and in the time it was there, it was completing its desired objective. The Korean war provides a more successful example of the U.S. enforcing containment.

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17 Apr 2008, 7:27 pm

Neither Korea or Viet Nam were real wars or even legitimate excuses to promote democracy. They were nothing more than opportunities to spoonfeed the United States military industrial complex. Capitalism at its finest

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17 Apr 2008, 8:41 pm

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comapred to america meddling in foreign relations I would much rather have the UN.

Because the UN has such a great track record on that?

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last time we tried this with vietnam it did not go so well

actually they have not done so bad

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... A960958260

It is not like we can do much better

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17 Apr 2008, 8:50 pm

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I'm definately rightwing/nationalist or whatever you want to call it.
I'm only conservative on the subject of wanting to keep our values and honouring our past.
I despise the left for forcing multiculturalism on us, and throwing away all our money.
If people come here they should adapt to our ways, not the other way around.
That's my main concern when it comes to politics.
A point of view from a European right winger.

More than the actual extreme left i dislike the center left and center.
They increase taxes, whilst increasing theyr own wages by 30% here in the Netherlands.
Than there is the 1% of the national product wich gets send abroad as develemental aid.
After like 30 years those countries have shown no improvement.
Heck some are even burning our flag and boycotting us.
Yet we are still forced to give our money to them.
The army seems to be lead like a division of the US army, fighting any war Bush pleases.
One thing that also is hilarious is that the supposed left always acts like it's against all these offencive wars.
Yet when it comes to voting on it, they agree to it.

actually the netherlands was rated one of the most democratic countries

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18 Apr 2008, 2:26 am

I am actually a bona fide communist.

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18 Apr 2008, 11:36 am

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Oh-kay...

Isn't that the absolutely primary duty of government -- to protect its citizens from invading forces?

Sure, but isn't there a difference between protecting one's country from foreign invaders and maintaining a large imperial force? A difference between having enough weapons to keep them from storming the beaches of Oregon vs. having hundreds of bases stretched around the world? Even most Libertarians can see that.

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19 Apr 2008, 6:33 pm

I don't know. Generally, there appears to be a more liberal, libertarian, and hardcore atheist slant on things, and all other viewpoints hardly stand a reasonable chance of debate. I've found that often, when I stand up for religion, people take an unreasonable, dogmatic approach to it. "but how can a sane person believe in that crap, it's all fantasy!! !" I'm sick of it, and that's one of the reasons I left for so long.
You also have anarchists with radical ideas which would never work, given human nature.
I guess it's because alot of aspies have such viewpoints, especially the younger, less experienced ones. I can stand that, but one thing I can't stand is that the moderators don't even do anything about it.

*sigh* Grow up people, please.

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19 Apr 2008, 10:08 pm

I'm very conservative politically, and very liberal socially. I am a proud Libertarian.

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19 Apr 2008, 10:54 pm

It is significant that Anubis has a strong desire to suppress any criticism of religious belief. Hopefully, religious people in in general are not so totalitarian but history is not encouraging.

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20 Apr 2008, 5:04 am

That's not true, and you bloody well know it. I, for one, am agnostic, but I'm sick of how people always think it's ok to bash religion about without tolerance for any argument. Again, this goes down to people thinking that all religion is bad, and not tolerating any other viewpoints. Religion is kicked around like turd here. Have some respect, people.

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20 Apr 2008, 8:22 am

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I'm neither liberal or conservative, I'm a free thinker, or individual.

Snake, are you a victim of taxes yet? As other posters suggested, when you own a home and pay taxes on what you earn, your views can really change.

I don't know if I'll ever own a home myself, but I'd be a fool to think I can get away with not paying taxes.

BTW homeowners are all individuals. So are taxpayers.

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20 Apr 2008, 11:24 am

When religions behave badly that should be pointed out. There are many obvious instances throughout history and in current events when that has taken place. To decry this indication is intolerable.

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20 Apr 2008, 1:01 pm

I haven't really noticed a bent in either direction on here.

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20 Apr 2008, 1:09 pm

Anubis wrote:

True, it is kicked around. I usually dont even come to this part of the forum. I am a Theist, but can respect the views of others. Inflammatory statements about religion from others only shows me more of where they are than myself. People can get downright nasty about these sorts of things. Nobody likes to get ridiculed over what they believe and shunned for what they dont.

People are misusing the word 'religion' to the point where it has ugly connotations anyways. I don't find it difficult to believe in God, but then, believing in God should have a certain level of responsibility that goes along with said belief. Beliefs like this should not be used to develop of sense of superiority to others, nor should it be used to lord over someone and oppress them. ugh, it makes my skin crawl thinking about it.

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20 Apr 2008, 1:39 pm

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When religions behave badly that should be pointed out. There are many obvious instances throughout history and in current events when that has taken place. To decry this indication is intolerable.

I wouldn't be the one to tell you that religions always behave well.

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