Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA07874 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:04:29 +0100 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:37:40 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: World Language Losses at a Glance Message-ID: <20010621093740.A521@ii01.org> References: <20010620192319.AAA8155@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010620192319.AAA8155@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 03:23:10PM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> X-RBL-Warning: (orbs.dorkslayers.com) 195.8.69.94 is listed by dorkslayers.com Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 03:23:10PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> 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.
I doubt that. It looks a little too much like supremacism. But if
a culture died because it had been prevented from practicing supremacist
traditions, I probably wouldn't mourn it.
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