Message from @Mal
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You can judge current cultures
Otherwise they will never better themself
yes, but we judge them based on the current highest ideal, I wouldn't want our cultures to be judged in 200 years based on the ideals 200 years from now
cause of course it will be considered defficient
from the perspective of an imagined culture that has had longer time to mature and develop, I'm certain we'd still be considered drooling barbarians.
Well, if they were ignorant
Not putting us in our historical context
perhaps, but I wouldn't immediately fault them for thinking so
If we know better, then they should
Yes we are connected
That is why we live a better life
We do know better. If we're struggling with the same issues in 50 years, which I certainly don't hope, there's a case to be made against at least part of us.
That's fair
Nobody is perfect
Yes, but we still have people who believe in judging the past on the present, which is very worrying
considering they have had sucess
whoa whoa
Colonialism was a net bennefit for Africa
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You can judge current cultures
Otherwise they will never better themself
cultural relativism detected
I think it's fair to be able to point out the terrible ideas of the past, so we can learn from them.
no, like using current morals to judge the past
that's what I'm against
tell me again how the saudis culture of hanging gay men with a crane en masse is in any way comparable to liberal western democracy
because the past will always be defficient
The morals have evolved
It's Iran who does that
Well one can judge the cultures, but the actions of individuals should be considered relative to their environment
Jared Taylor is a literal God
but the current time should be judged on the current highest ideal, so hanging gays off cranes is still imoral
that doesn't mean all current cultures are equally valid
god of retards lol
No one said that
I think you're misinterpreting what I'm saying
@Fulcrum010 is that because you cant handle the truth
yup
not you, franti said it
Oh boy, here we go
> You can judge current cultures
the first salt righter is here
Yes you can