Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id UAA06906 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:27:02 +0100 Subject: Re: World Language Losses at a Glance Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:23:10 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20010620192319.AAA8155@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 06/20/01 13:33, Robin Faichney said this-
>It is simply to say that all supremacist traditions deserve to die,
>regardless of the culture of which they are part.
Indeed - _if_ we can actually separate the supremacist tradition from the
culture at all. It appears to me that this supremacism _is_ the core of
many cultures, especially tribalistic ones.
The supremacist traditions tied at all points to a culture are legion,
unfortunately.
>As to whether there's anything of value in threatened cultures, the
>parallel with threatened ecosystems is exact: we just don't know, and
>if they're allowed to disappear will never find out.
One man's supremacy is another man's dodo bird.
- Wade
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