Tag: cultural customs

• [YT][posting][response] “China Hates SJW Star Wars” Provides Food for Thought

  

  This is pretty legit. After spending eight-and-a-half years in China, I have gained some insight into current Chinese Mainland culture, which should not be confused with other Asian nations and cultures, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. In a previous post where I discussed some commentaries regarding Solo‘s flop and China’s poor showing, I also touched…

  dappled-things

  August 6, 2018

  culture, interesting stuff, literary critique, nonfiction, original fiction, video

  asia, asian culture, china, cultural customs, culture, rose tico, star wars, technology, the last jedi

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  Interesting considerations in this article. As I have stated before, forgiveness will cease to exist in this regime. Link

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  July 22, 2018

  culture, interesting stuff, quote

  callout culture, censorship, critique, cultural customs, culture, forgiveness, hollywood, informers, james gunn, marvel, matriarchy, mistakes

• “If scientific beliefs are just a particular culture’s mythology, how come we can cure smallpox and get to the moon, and traditional cultures can’t? And if truth is just socially constructed, would you say that climate change is a myth? It’s the same with moral values. If moral values are nothing but cultural customs, would you agree that our disapproval of slavery or racial discrimination or the oppression of women is just a western fancy?”

  -Pinker, Steven Pinker: ‘The way to deal with pollution is not to rail against consumption’ (Anthony).

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  June 10, 2018

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  constructs, cultural customs, postmodernity, quote, science, steven pinker