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[Satori]

The question is a bit absurd. Do they believe thier system of morality and values ( in other words, thier culture - I see this as the core of culture, pots and paintings and songs are just fluff except in thier capacity to comment on the core values of a culture ) are better? Of course they do, everyone does. If I didn't believe my value system was best I would not have it as my value system. Everyone is the same on this, the world over, nothing interesting to be had down this line of thinking. As for technologically, that is different because it can simply be quantified and tested, it resides in the world of reality. The former is based on pure opinion, based on cultural setting.

Having said all that, people who really go as far as to see things as large and amorphus as a country, culture, ethnicity, as "superior" are living out of a set of very unexamined, unevolved, and unsophisticated values.

[jinju]

[Rteacher]

The case can be made that Vedic culture strongly influenced all other cultures - especially eastern Asian cultures (eg: Angkor Wat was a huge Vedic temple complex in Cambodia ...) Although there is no conclusive proof empirically, there is considerable evidence consistent with the idea that in ancient times, Vedic culture was global in scope as there are traces of it found on all continents (eg: Rome comes from Rama, Argentina comes from Arjuna ...)

Public perception is still colored by the work done by early British Indologists who tried to discredit the native culture of "their" Indian colony as barbaric, and Christian missionaries tried their darndest to impose their meat-eating religion (although early Christians were vegetarians because Jesus and John the Baptist essentially personified Vedic culture...)

Of course, everything in the material world - even Vedic culture - tends to get corrupted in time. The original Varna-ashrama dharma outlined by Krishna in Bhagavad-gita degraded into the caste system when unqualified brahmins claimed social superiority by birthright...

However, the sankirtana movement begun by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the early 16th Century in India and brought to the west by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is gradually restoring the original Vedic idea that all the diverse social and spiritual conponents of society should function harmoniously to achieve progress toward real happiness for everyone - including animals.

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/proof_of_vedic_culture's_global_existence.htm

http://www.salagram.net/VWH-x-cultures.html

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity_and_the_vedic_teachings_within_it.htm

http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/03-07/features579.htm

[Adventurer]

[4 months left]

[RACETRAITOR]

I think the Japanese think they're superior but Koreans know they aren't, and they don't give themselves enough credit. Most Koreans don't know they're smarter, more disciplined, more well educated than western kids (even if there are major faults with that education). I also hear a lot of Koreans say they think foreigners are more polite than Koreans. Definitely not.

[VirginIslander]

Who would you rather teach? There is your answer.

[mikowee]

I'm gyopo, so I guess I'm as qualified as any to give an answer on this subject. I'll be honest, I feel that as a race Asians are intellectually and culturally superior to westerners. Our smaller penises keep my pride in check though...

[endo]

Let's just answer this question.

What region in the world are the majority of people on this planet striving to move to?

Is it Asia? Africa or South America?

No it's the West particulary America. Western money dominates this planet. The strongest combined military easily comes from the West.

Three out of the five Security council nations are from the West. This block of countries dominates the global political arena.

Hollywood culture is the most widely spread and Western movies, music, ect.. have been copied and adopted around the globe.

The far majority of technological advances (internet, light bulb, nuclear energy, basic city planning - buses, subways, ect..., automobile, ect...) are Western inspired.



Yes there are many different cultures who believe their culture is superior. But in the cold harsh world where survival of the fittest reigns supreme, no other block of nations complares with the West.

Nobody.



Now I certainly have some problems with Western culture. But I'll save that for another thread.

But no one can deny the power and attraction (positive and negative) and Western culture holds over this globe. And as a result you have to think that many outside the West feel and certain sense on inferority as a result.

[Juregen]

[blynch]

americans are neither east asians nor westners.

americans are americans.

god bless america...

[skinhead]

[Rteacher]

I guess the irony of "skinhead's" avatar name is too obvious to point out:
http://www.adl.org/racist_skinheads/wsgwssm.asp - Reportedly, there's a resurgence of racist skinheads in the U.S. (not that all skinheads are racists, necessarily...)

At all levels of American society there has always been some ethnic and racial discrimination, and when we fought wars against Asians they were often demeaningly referred to as "gooks"...

An interesting article on racism appears in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

With so much diversity - and individuals and groups with negative attitudes - it's amazing that there's as much unity as there is in the United States (God bless America!...)

[Trumpcard]

The Chinese have always believed themselves to be superior to everyone else, including other Asians. After all it's ZhongGuo (sp) - The Middle Kingdom. They regarded the Vietnamese and neighbouring countries as utter barbarians and basically were forced to open up trade with the British or face having Canton blasted to smithereens. Similar thing with the Japanese - look at the use of the word Gaijin, Guailo in Mandarin?) derogatory word for foreigner now part of mainstream, they themselves have felt superior in every way and certainly left their mark on the continent as history has shown.

[RACETRAITOR]