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#161872 09/19/06 02:10 PM
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bel, thank you for that very competent followup. As an aside, however, I'd like to now what "cultural" excludes as well as what it includes, which might simplify the defs, eg

Cultural right, cultural left: All aspects of conservative and liberal thinking except economic matters and international relations


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Quote:

...The cultural left condemns a rich person for his wealth.

The cultural right condemns a poor person for his poverty...





Albeit an ostensibly apt observation, such condemnation is deserved for:

Not wealth, but the attitude that stealing is merely part of business.
Not poverty, but the attitude that the world owe's one a living for no particular reason.

[The usual Channel 7 editorial disclaimer applies.]

#161874 09/20/06 04:56 PM
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All aspects of conservative and liberal thinking except economic matters and international relations - Ah, you are thinking of an aseptic left and right

#161875 09/20/06 05:07 PM
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<ahem>
cultural relativism - the principle that people should not judge the behavior of others using the standards of their own culture, and that each culture must be analyzed on its own terms
</ahem>

edit: this is closely related to Cultural rightS

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