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Tone · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 175

I think no culture is better than culture. Culture is something to seperate humans together. We live in the same world.

If we feel that we are all the same. We are the world populations. There will be no fight. There will be no war. If there is no culture there will be no fight and there will be no war.

Don't you think so?
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Lorikeet · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: San Francisco

No, I don't think so. I think a world where everyone had the same holidays, the same traditions, the same food, the same clothing, the same places to live, and the same things to do would be very boring. It think it would be much better if we could celebrate our diversity and find the similarities between all cultures. Yes, we are all human, and if you look at different cultures, you will see that much is the same.

Bob S. · Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 1767 Location: So. Cal

You can't have NO culture anyway. What do people eat? How do they dress? How do they interact? What are the underlying assumptions of their legal code? Innocent until proven guilty, or guilty until proven innocent? How strong is the rule of law in relation to contract enforcement? What are individual liberties in relation to responsibilities to and of the state? What are the rights of the weakest members of society? All of these are part of Culture. You can't have no culture. You must have somebody's culture. Whose culture will dominate? This will lead to even more war as everyone tries to force their culture on their neighbors, all to supposedly create regional peace and harmony.
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cheung · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 9

i don't agree with on some points .i think every culture does not only stand for one nation which differenciate you from other ,but also show their life style which is different from other .if you would like live a world in which every one takes the same life style every day and do the same thing with other and there is no interesting thing happening for them ,become they are the same person .but you dislike the war,and i can not agree with you any more on this point .i also wish that the world we live in become more peaceful day by day .though it is more hard ,there are many people who are working hard to make it come true one day . Very Happy

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victor · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 9 Location: macau

The issue of culture is a complicated one. It's everywhere.

victor · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 9 Location: macau

We all tend to be domineering in a way. It's our cultural norm of behaviour. We are social being and strive to spread our individual culture on others so that our views and attitudes are shared and we feel supported by others. The bigger the influence onothers, the more proud we get since our cultural stereotypes conquer other cultural territories. This is all cultural psychology.

victor · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 9 Location: macau

It's hardly possible to understand cultures without socialing with people, knwoing their habits, stereotypes, views on life and accpeted or shared norms of behavior. The way people speak contributes to understanding cultures as well. What do you think?

ChuckAD · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 8

Culture in itself does not separate humans; humans separate themselves from others. I think culture could be seen as something people have in common with others. If anything, it should have the effect of bringing individuals together.

Besides, it's hard to tell which is best between 'culture' or 'no culture' since nobody knows what 'no culture' is like. Everyone belongs to a culture. You cannot decide all of a sudden that you are not part of one anymore.

And world peace can't be done anyway...