Should Dublin ban Burqas and Hijabs?

dennispenn wrote: »

NOPE.


Are you familiar with the ethno state? Didn't think you were.

Plenty countries out there are ethno states.

You do know a lot of stuff bout a lot of things!
Yesterday you told me you know far more about Muslims than me, or anyone else here.

What do you think of ethno states

bubblypop wrote: »

What is the native culture exactly?
Can someone describe it?

Well, I'd kinda have to break it into two parts:

First.... Western culture is a term to describe a general culture that is shared among most westernized nations. It usually comes as a result of a shared history, and the evolution of philosophy/morality, psychology, and also, the development of religious issues throughout.

When we consider Europe, Australia, Canada, and the US (to a lesser degree since it's moved away quite a bit), all the countries share common viewpoints regarding areas like women's rights, the values of life, the consideration towards education, political movements etc.

The point is not that there is a completely common culture. The cultures of Britain and France are very different, but they share a common outlook on many issues due to the influence of the Romans, Christianity, WW1/2, etc.

Then when we consider other cultures outside of Western influence, like India, China, or Iran... the cultures are far different. There might be similar attitudes on some issues but that's more likely due to the spread of western culture due to western success in the last 3-4 hundred years. Instead, in most cases, you can point to distinctive cultural differences which directly conflict with "ours".

Second, in terms of local culture, it would be the culture that is native to the region/nation. When the English/British settled Ireland they sought to destroy the Irish culture by banning religious services, the use of the Irish language, and attacking the traditional beliefs through the use of education (or lack of). [Yes, yes, I could mention a lot more about Ireland, but that's beside the point] The local culture was a distinguishing set of beliefs that set the two peoples apart. Generally speaking, any conquering force needs to seek the destruction of the local culture if occupation is to succeed long-term even if they already share the more generalised western outlook (think how German occupations tended to disrupt local cultures).

In modern terms, there aren't huge differences between local culture among the western countries. The westernized culture aspect carries a deep connection for all countries/nationalities involved... although the local culture of language, unique historical perspectives, national attitudes etc all factor in to keep us different (thankfully).... but the western set of values is pretty ingrained in all our systems.