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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Cultural identity is not a combination of both at least not from a secular perspective.
The society deals with the public. Law, order, government etc.
Cultural identity is in the same realm as religion (except it doesn't make any grand claims other than it exists).
The private realm.
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It sounds like we are talking about two different things. The culture I am thinking about is not a private thing. An individual may identify oneself privately with a certain culture,but the culture itself is public, no?
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Originally Posted by File0
I'm sorry MMM but you failed to see what sangetsu said.
He wasn't simply saying that one culture is more advanced than another, but he's saying it's advanced cause its people surpassed their mere animal-instinct.
According to this, I'd say for us many of the Americans are closer to animals than many other nation's people, and you should agree with me cause you agreed with sangetsu previously...
When someone say a race/culture is closer to animals than others s/he does exactly what racists do!!!
Now, I'm not saying this, cause it's not just racist but also incredibly stupid.
I mean, WTF, you don't have to agree with them just because they're also Americans. I'm not even sure they are...
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I showed no agreement or disagreement with what Sangetsu said, and I asked an independent question independently. Although my question came up from your exchange with Sangetsu, it was a neutral question raised in my mind from the exchange and I didn't mean to show alliance to either "side". I would never agree with someone "just because they are American".