clash of cultures 3

We need to have parallel cases here, this Phineas Fogg is a fictional character. And this whole thing about England having conquered India is kind of irrelevant. The British conquered it a the point of a sword, not by having free and honest elections, and regardless of whether or not the British had conquered it, I think Phineas Fogg would have pulled that woman out of the fire, but I am not talking about Phineas.

So there you are ambling along through Afghanistan which, well who knows who rules it nowadays, certainly not us at any rate, and you come across a bunch of natives stoning some woman because she mistreated a Koran. Assuming you have the means you are going to rescue her. Your thinking is here is a human life, and the offense is trivial and the right thing to do is save the woman. Maybe later you will have to face some authorities over your breach of law, but that is not your concern when you are saving a life.

Meanwhile, Apu, let’s make him a Jain, those are the guys that walk around wearing face masks so that they don’t accidently inhale bugs and kill them, is strolling along the road past Beaglesonia, and happens to notice you pointing old Betsy at a deer, let’s say a deer is close enough to a cow to be included in that reincarnation thing, or that maybe Apu is nearsighted, but what he thinks is here is a human life, temporarily in the body of a cow or a deer, and he knows that there is a Whole Foods nearby so it isn’t like this yokel is going to starve to death, and assuming he has the means, he foils your kill.

Well both of you are doing exactly the right thing by your culture, so is there any way to determine who is right and who is wrong?

Seems to me the only way is to prove that one culture is superior to another in the, you got it, crucible. I’m thinking of making that the subject of my next post.

I think those people recording violence have already called 911 or somebody else has. I assume you are referring to that general societal eruption that now goes by the simple name of Ferguson, and which appears to be dying out right now. One good thing to come about from it are those body cams which make perfect sense, one bad thing is those New York cops acting like the mayor isn’t their boss because of something he said.

Well of course terrorists have no respect for cultural diversity. They believe that their culture is superior and that is that. That’s what makes me a little nervous about thinking that the western civ is superior.