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charlou 23rd January 2012, 03:28 PM I'm reposting this OP from a thread I started at rationalia a while back ... turned out to be an interesting discussion. Taken from this thread: Where are you on the Political Compass? (http://mindromp.org/forum/showthread.php?t=213) ... I'm just curious ... There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures. I disagreed with this statement. What do others think? So, what do you think? nostrum 23rd January 2012, 04:17 PM I think savage and civilised is a false dichotomy, so I agreed with the statement. But I did wonder if that question was just a test of political correctness. Grumps 23rd January 2012, 11:17 PM There most certainly are savage and civilised cultures. A culture which demands surrendering of the individual will is savage. A culture which segregates and oppresses contrary opinions is savage. A culture which demands that any one part of society is more deserving of any other is savage. A cultur...

charlou 23rd January 2012, 03:28 PM I'm reposting this OP from a thread I started at rationalia a while back ... turned out to be an interesting discussion. Taken from this thread: Where are you on the Political Compass? (http://mindromp.org/forum/showthread.php?t=213) ... I'm just curious ... There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures. I disagreed with this statement. What do others think? So, what do you think? nostrum 23rd January 2012, 04:17 PM I think savage and civilised is a false dichotomy, so I agreed with the statement. But I did wonder if that question was just a test of political correctness. Grumps 23rd January 2012, 11:17 PM There most certainly are savage and civilised cultures. A culture which demands surrendering of the individual will is savage. A culture which segregates and oppresses contrary opinions is savage. A culture which demands that any one part of society is more deserving of any other is savage. A cultur...