You know how people always talk about borrowing things from other cultures as though it's a bad thing? Well, I just started wondering right now. Is it really a bad thing? If yes, why? If no, why not?
Now, as I can see, this blog has quite a few readers (from quite a few countries). So why don't you comment on this one? Whoever you happen to be, I'd be interested in reading your thoughts.
Run Wire Behind Baseboard
2 weeks ago
5 comments:
Hei! Ma kasutan Su blogi hetkel väga vägivaldselt oma huvides ning lisan siia ühe kutse:
Nimelt oled oodatud minu sünnipäeva puhul 9.07.09 kell 17:00 Aiagrillile minu kodus Tallinn Põllu 88a. Rait peaks olema ka tulemas, niiet kui Sul vähegi aega on siis ehk saate ühildada Pärnust sõidu:).
I prefer a mild balance between total copying (would be boring) and being totally confused in every new country you visit :)
see küll ei lähe teemaga kokku, aga arva, kes see üks inimene luksemburgist on, kes su blogi jälgib:D....haaaaah
Hmm... no ma nüüd ei tea... päris paraja pähkli panid siin ette ragistamiseks. Samas me teame, et vastus kõigile küsimustele on 42, nii et ma eeldan, et see on rakendatav ka antud juhul.
Interaction between cultures is something that always happens, and it is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is also possible to have too much influence, stunting the natural growth of the culture. It's just like a person growing up: he receives outside impressions all the time, learns from them, thinks about them, digests them -- but that process of learning and incorporating takes time. A culture, like a child, needs both encouragement and protection.
And like persons, all cultures aim at the Good and embody it in different ways. Strong cultures should take care that they do not smother the good elements in the weak ones -- this will destroy it.
Only very occasionally is such destruction necessary -- for instance, when a culture lives by violence, is militant and closed to any kind of improvement, and presents a threat to a superior culture.
I'm not thinking about any existing cultures here; all cultures I know of would be open to some sort of improvement.
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