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So, what do you think of the West?
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How would you rate the "Western World"?
It is the best culture that presently exists.
29%
 29%  [ 17 ]
It is the least worst culture that presently exists.
8%
 8%  [ 5 ]
I am biased in favour of the West because of my upbringing.
31%
 31%  [ 18 ]
I am not biased in favour of any culture.
14%
 14%  [ 8 ]
The West has a lot to answer for.
5%
 5%  [ 3 ]
The West is the present culture that has the most to answer for.
8%
 8%  [ 5 ]
Mabye when the Western world declines, the balance will be restored. And BTW, where can I find half-decent net access? *Sips his Coke*
1%
 1%  [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 57

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Barking Mad Lord Snapcase



Joined: 04 Nov 2003
PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:09 pm    Post subject: So, what do you think of the West? Reply with quote
I have noticed that a minority of posters seem to take a dim view of the Western world. There is nothing inherently wrong with finding faults with any culture - we are all guilty of it, so long as we are ultimately constructive or specific.

Most people in the world tend to be biased in favour of their own culture; while others fixate upon another because of its "exotic difference" (A Western traveller in the Third World) or prevalence and success (a Korean wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt).

Maybe we should simply be honest about being biased.

(BTW, I'm conveniently using "The West" as a catch-all term to describe a multitude of nations, and I'm aware that this may simplify things a bit too conveniently).
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
if I had to chose I mean F***King HARD to! life depends on it..
I would chose the west over the east to live and raise my familys and spend my life.. its just more comfortable for all mankind! even asians say the same thing!
but where in the west is another story...
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Barking Mad Lord Snapcase



Joined: 04 Nov 2003
PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
To voters: Keep in mind that the 2nd option says "least worst".

Also, saying that you have no bias is a bit like saying you don't m@$turb@te. Laughing
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Homer
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting poll barking!
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keithinkorea



Joined: 17 Mar 2004
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Everyone has a bias. At the same time no culture is perfect and they all have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Nowhere is perfect.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I prefer western culture, but whenever I go on a cultural rant it's about the fucking west.
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I prefer the West over the East any day, but pre-Hispanic Andean culture was something else.

If you extended the choice to cover historical cultures, I'd choose the Andes, particuarly Murra's reconstruction of it.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The problem with your question... as I see it, is that there are really *two* Wests. The European West and the American West are very different, even if they are not so different in the macro sense, there are many micro differences.

I don't know which to choose. If I were to look at it from a UK/European point of view, I'd have chosen option 2. If it's the American West.. then my answer will differ....

So... can you define your version of *west*, please?
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endofthewor1d



Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
tzechuk wrote:
The problem with your question... as I see it, is that there are really *two* Wests. The European West and the American West are very different, even if they are not so different in the macro sense, there are many micro differences.

I don't know which to choose. If I were to look at it from a UK/European point of view, I'd have chosen option 2. If it's the American West.. then my answer will differ....

So... can you define your version of *west*, please?


absolutely brilliant. the man goes so far out of his way to keep this from turning into a my-country-is-better-than-your-country p1ssing contest by lumping us all together in a comparison to 'the east', and you've managed to thwart him in eight posts. forks or sticks, love.
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AdamH



Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Location: Bachman Turner Overdrive...Let's Rock!
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Technically, most of Australia and all of New Zealand are east of Korea.

I'd go for a slight bias towards the west. Even though I bitch about home more than I whinge about Korea, I still know where I'm going to spend most of my life when the time comes to settle down.
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