Thread: Honor killing and the difference in cultures.

Originally Posted by flyboy

Yes, we sometimes need to say that is just wrong. It is really needed when it comes to honor-killing and unfair treatment of women.
But it is parts of the culture that needs to be taken away, not the cultures. Every culture has got good and bad sides, imagine how awesome it would be if they got rid of the bad sides.

perhaps, but many theistic cultures proscribe changes to the culture, strengthening their traditions while at the same time preventing adaptation. if the culture is homogenous enough, and has a strong enough resistance to change (whether by legislative fiat or by supernatural threat) then the only way to remove the unacceptable elements is to completely wipe it out.

Originally Posted by jockeys

perhaps, but many theistic cultures proscribe changes to the culture, strengthening their traditions while at the same time preventing adaptation. if the culture is homogenous enough, and has a strong enough resistance to change (whether by legislative fiat or by supernatural threat) then the only way to remove the unacceptable elements is to completely wipe it out.

Explain what you mean by wipe it out? I hope you do not mean kill them all?

Originally Posted by jockeys

if the culture is homogenous enough, and has a strong enough resistance to change (whether by legislative fiat or by supernatural threat) then the only way to remove the unacceptable elements is to completely wipe it out.

I grew up in the segregated Southern USA in the 1950s and '60s. Who would have ever thought that this country and it's culture could have changed as much as it has ? For the better IMHO.

If you want to see an example of what the general perception of women and ethnic minorities was in say 1931 then get a copy of Cimarron. It was the first film to win an Oscar for best motion picture.