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Originally posted by Donnie Darko
The idea of "eye for an eye" is a totally Western idea; indigenous cultures didn't think in those terms, at least for the most part; they might get revenge in anger, but never did they consider it an ideal as far as I know. Non-western cultures tend to have a more practical approach to justice.
Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
reply to post by CAELENIUM
Where do you get 1% from? I'm curious now! Can you please state your sources.
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
The human journey is very interesting , every human alive today who does not come from Africa came from a single tribe who managed to leave the African continent. So the Chinese, Indians, Afghans, Westerners have all come from just one tribe who spread out throughout the world. 1 in 25 of us are descendants of Gehngis Kahn
[edit on 14-7-2009 by woodwardjnr]
Originally posted by tonypazzohome
its impossible to have an intelligent conversation about this without being branded a racist. its really sad. "everyone is the same and no one is better than anyone else at anything"
Originally posted by JScytale
oh yeah, the difference between a russian and a spaniard is so much bigger than the difference between an inuit, zulu and chinese man.
and saying "im not a racist" and "i dont think one is superior to the other" doesnt change the fact that you are a racist, by definition, once you start categorizing people and saying ridiculous things like "native people tend to ___". sure, its not dangerous racism, but it is complete and utterly blatant racism to think along those lines.
Originally posted by JScytale
yeah regarding more defined nose... you ever met a quechua (inca)? an indian person? (the subcontinent) the only real distinguishing characteristic of white people is very low amounts of pigmentation. that's where the skin comes from. thats where non-brown eyes come from. that's where lighter hair colors come from. all of the above are VERY far from being genetic variety - you'd be surprised to learn the part of the world with the most genetic variety (by far) is east africa.
oh and "non-white" science did not categorize things the way "whites" did? science only survived the dark ages thanks to the arabs preserving and progressing it (guess where the concept of zero comes from), and china was *vastly* more advanced than europe was for the tremendous majority of human history.
[edit on 14-7-2009 by JScytale]
Originally posted by Unregistered
When I travelled to Japan and Korea some years back and saw the people there. Damn. That's what you call white. When I went back, the "Whites" now look more pink than white.
[edit on 7-8-2010 by Unregistered]