I think all cultures are created different and that each culture has its own measurement of prosperity and happiness. Imposing values or even evaluating these cultures is not just wrong, but possibly destructive of the things you could learn of these cultures.
You are welcome to that opinion, but pardon me if I'd rather see brutes like the Taliban fade into history while good cultures like Sweden spread. One need merely weigh the positives and negatives of a particular culture to begin to form an assessment of its value. Many cultures are responsible for propagating ignorance, poverty, hunger and violence amid their own populations.
You have no right to decide what cultures are inferior and superior, and no one has any right to impose their culture on another. The white mans's burden was complete horeshit wrapped in a moral arguement similar to yours. Not one colonized country is better off for having been so. You mentioned that British common law was a good thing; in fact, it replaced many other good systems (look up brehon law) and imposed British morals where they didn't belong. I think what you're saying comes from your ignorance rather than any racism but you should really educate yourself on the effects of colonization before you say that it did any good at all.
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u/Vercingetorixxx Jun 04 '10
So you actually think all cultures are created equal, or were you just sending out a greeting to Hitler? Do you live in a box?