"David Johnston" <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:29:13 -0400, "Len McLaughlin" <len@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>>"David Johnston" <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:37:13 -0400, "Len McLaughlin" <len@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> wrote:
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>>>>"David Johnston" <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:43:43 -0400, "Len McLaughlin" <len@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>Can you blame them? They're proud of THEIR culture and want to
>>>>>>preserve
>>>>>>it.
>>>>>>However, they better be careful because a culture consists of more
>>>>>>than
>>>>>>merely a language.
>>>>>
>>>>> <shrug> You can "preserve" a culture or you can let it live.
>>>>===============
>>>>Aw, you only tell that to the white guys.
>>>
>>> By no means. The best thing that ever happened to Japan was
>>> abandoning efforts to "preserve" their culture.
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>>Culture is not as simple as French on the corn flakes, which is
something
>>the pundits always like to say when lost for a better answer.
>>This originated from politicians whose sole purpose was to deceive and
>>then
>>the pundits picked it up as a form of derision.
>>
>>If allowed all cultures will evolve freely on their own, with the best
>>features surviving.
>
> "Evolving" is the opposite of "preserving"
It most certainly is not. Devolving is the opposite of evolving and
preserving has nothing to do with devolving. The opposite of preserving is
destroying and has nothing to do with devolving.
By virtue of the number of times you have attempted to do so, I must ask,
why are you so willing to lie and deceive?
>
>>The fact the Japanese have changed some of their dress and speak more
>>English doesn't mean they have lost their culture.
>
> The fact that Canadians allow some different coloured skins to have
> citizen****p doesn't mean we have lost our culture
>
There are no moderate, reasonable voices claiming what you suggest. I
suggest you are aware that this is the case and are complicit in genocide.
>
> Clothing styles are
>>continually changing in the west but that's not a culture change.
>
> Yes it is.
The lack of substantive evidence, argument or even rhetoric to back your
claim is evidence you are aware it is false. What would motivate you to
spread falsehoods so readily?
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