Australia ex-PM Howard attacks 'multiculturalism'

[Danno 1,228]

Danno, what is the exact degree of relevance of personal experience when discussing cultural norms?

ahhh in other words you were parroting with you heard about American culture.. with no actual experience.

Lets touch on something you might know of, did the English have a predominant culture in the 50s-60s?

[Peikko 1,575]

ahhh in other words you were parroting with you heard about American culture.. with no actual experience.

Lets touch on something you might know of, did the English have a predominant culture in the 50s-60s?

No Danno, that is not a safe conclusion to draw from my question. Try again, what degree of relevance does personal experience have when discussing cultural norms?

[Peikko 1,575]

I'll give you a little hint, personal experience is inherently biased. It has a value, but only in so far as it can be contextualized. In that sense, a person who has no first hand experience can have a much more valid overview if they have the relevant knowledge.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

...

The United States hasn't done jack to keep its own culture. Instead we've let whoever wants to come in here and put theirs in effect to do so.

You assume Paul, that this country actually had/has a culture to keep--a point on which this doubly-naturalised^1,2desi strongly disagrees (of course, I know it ticks both of you off, but....).

1. To Canada 1982/03/25, and to US 2005/04/25
2. also, our northern neighbour has NO distinct culture despite of its all-to-oft attempts to prove otherwise--and with taxpayers' C$!

[Danno 1,228]

Without digging to deep into the word Culture and if a country had it or not, lets examine the word first.

I have highlighted the definitions which apply to our application.

cul·ture [ kúlchər ]

noun (plural cul·tures)

Definition:

1. arts collectively: art, music, literature, and related intellectual activities, considered collectively

Culture is necessary for a healthy society.

popular culture

2. knowledge and sophistication: enlightenment and sophistication acquired through education and exposure to the arts

They are people of culture.

3. shared beliefs and values of group: the beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular nation or people

Southeast Asian culture

4. people with shared beliefs and practices: a group of people whose shared beliefs and practices identify the particular place, class, or time to which they belong

5. shared attitudes: a particular set of attitudes that characterizes a group of people

The company tries hard to avoid a blame culture.

6. growing of biological material: the growing of biological material, especially plants, microorganisms, or animal tissue, in a nutrient substance culture medium in specially controlled conditions for scientific, medical, or commercial purposes

7. biotechnology biological material grown in special conditions: biological material, especially plants, microorganisms, or animal tissue, grown in a nutrient substance culture medium in specially controlled conditions for scientific, medical, or commercial purposes

8. tillage: the cultivation of the land or soil in preparation for growing crops or plants

9. improvement: the development of a skill or expertise through training or education

physical culture

---------------------------------------