The hypocrisy has reached new levels

[Chaerophon]

Indeed we all do have a culture. But from my perspective its not something we should be proud of(nor ashamed mind you). But I think we do better when when form our beleifs on reason rather than culture.

Culture is part of humanity - but it should never be an exscuse for mistreating people.




NOTE: I suppose you could go down the road of saying my respect for humanity is an artifact of culture. Thats true but I think we need to willing to discard problem elements of culture as we relize conflicts with in it, and we must use reason to make these choices.

Before making blanket statements, define culture. Then read someone who has actually thought about it with some real depth, and get back to us all. Start with Charles Taylor. His (very basically put) belief: your life and its meaning only have significance within a sphere of significant horizons. Reason, ideas, liberty; they have no meaning without contextual reference points that have meaning and it is your shared culture, your affinity with other humans that gives such abstractions meaning and make the pleasurable and meaningful things in your life pleasureable and meaningful.

As far as your last sentence goes, fair enough, the ability and desire to synthesize and relate one's own cultural and historical experiences with those of others so as to create "cross-cultural" points of reference is an important skill and a generally "productive" idea. However, to disavow culture is nothing more than 21st century liberal cultural elitism in its own right and a denial of that providential maxim that "we rest on the shoulders of giants". To forget those who have come before is to have beliefs with no foundation, and, as you well know, those kinds of beliefs are apt to be rendered insignificant.

In sum, a very ill-conceived troll.