Culture

Are some cultures better then others?

Should we as a society actively discriminate and persecute those who follow one culture while honor and applaud those who follow a different culture?

I think we should and I'm willing to bet everyone from the leftest liberal to the rightest conservative agree, when they think it through.

If you see someone befriending a stray dog on the street, take it home, kill and eat it, would you try to stop it? Well in parts of Asia, dogs are food animals, not pets.

If you hear a parent say they are going to circumcise their daughter, would you call child protective services? In parts of African, its a rite of passage.

If you see a brother kill his sister or a father kill his daughter for honor, would you try to prevent the murder or at least call the police? In a number of Islamic Countries, that is the culture.

If someone immigrates from another land to the US, should we not expect them to conform to OUR culture? Dogs are not food animals, female circumcision is not allowed or proper and honor killing is murder.

Or do we allow in the name of cultural sensitivity allow these things to take place in here because they take place in the persons country of origin?

I think some cultures are better then others and am willing to say western culture, for all its faults, is better then the culture in many other places and we in the US should not be ashamed or apologise for our culture.

Hat tip Lucianne