The looming question- what if pointless cruelty and prolonged suffering is an important part of the culture? What then?
I’ve never been convinced we can reconcile relativism with humanity.
I’ve never been convinced we can reconcile relativism with humanity.
Then it would be irresponsible for the US congress to be spending public money to buy tools which create the expectation that we would sustain our effort sending our beloved sons to immerse themselves both in that culture and the cruel trauma of war.
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But does anyone here actually think that pointless cruelty is an important part of the relevant east asian cultures? I know myself that my understanding is so superficial that I'd be arrogant and lazy to make any judgements without spending far more time and attention to learn. I also have not seen any evidence of that in the individual people I've met, only the same varied mix of human cruelty and compassion in other peoples.