| Author |
Message |
Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001
Posts: 27256
Location: United States of America
|
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:50 pm |
|
I'm not the one who made the comparison, 
-------signature-------
Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with our scars
|
|
|
Lord Borg
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 27 May 2003
Posts: 11214
Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
|
| Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:34 pm |
|
[quote="4evajaneway"] | Quote: | | God told Abraham to take Issac to a mountain and sacrafice him.... |
yes, but god also didnt let him go through with it
|
|
|
Starbuck
faster...
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 8715
Location: between chaos and melody
|
| Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:43 pm |
|
yeah, and these people didn't go through with it either
|
|
|
Jeremy
J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002
Posts: 7823
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
|
| Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:59 am |
|
| Theresa wrote: | | What about psychological damage? And if anyone says that being buried alive for even just a minute wouldn't cause terror in a child... |
I'm not saying it's right, just that they probably wouldn't die. I disagree with it as I implied.
|
|
|
Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001
Posts: 27256
Location: United States of America
|
| Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:16 pm |
|
^I didn't quote or indicate to your post, Jeremy. Don't take statements so personally.
-------signature-------
Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with our scars
|
|
|
Kylon
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 03 Jun 2002
Posts: 292
Location: In a distant galaxy far far away...
|
| Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:29 pm |
|
Link, you should read this article, it discusses how being a multiculturist isn't good, due to the fact that it allows us to turn a blind eye to human rights violations, and more importantly, it's written from a liberal perspective, so you may respect it more than a conservative trying to cram their ethics down your throat.
http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~perspy/issues/2003/feb/patrick.html
-------signature-------
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
|
|
|
webtaz99
Commodore
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 1229
Location: The Other Side
|
| Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:03 am |
|
This reminds me of a ceremony held in either Mexico or somewhere further south, where, in a religious ceremony people are expected to climb a long stairway on their knees while carrying a candle. The authorities are trying to get people to use glow-sticks instead, because evey year several older ladies accidentally catch fire, sometimes igniting those around them.
-------signature-------
"History is made at night! Character is who you are in the dark." (Lord John Whorfin)
|
|
|
Link, the Hero of Time
Vice Admiral
Joined: 15 Sep 2001
Posts: 5581
Location: Kokori Forest, Hyrule
|
| Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:29 am |
|
| Kylon wrote: | Link, you should read this article, it discusses how being a multiculturist isn't good, due to the fact that it allows us to turn a blind eye to human rights violations, and more importantly, it's written from a liberal perspective, so you may respect it more than a conservative trying to cram their ethics down your throat.
http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~perspy/issues/2003/feb/patrick.html |
There's a big difference between multiculturalism and Anthropology.
Athropologists strive to see things from am emic perspective without overstepping into Multiculturalism, which then becomes bad. When using an Emic perspective, one tries to see things without trying to shoving his own cultures beliefs and feelings upon that culture, but only to a point.
|
|
|
WeAz
Commodore
Joined: 03 Apr 2004
Posts: 1519
Location: Where you aren't
|
| Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:48 pm |
|
this is incredibly horrid
-------signature-------
At Least In Vietnam, Bush Had An Exit Strategy
It was Bush, not Clinton, who ignored the warning signs for 9/11.
|
|
|
nadia
cookie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 8560
Location: Australia
|
| Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:18 am |
|
| Quote: | | God told Abraham to take Issac to a mountain and sacrafice him.... |
And that was kind of like a trust thing and to see if Abraham was faithful to the Lord
|
|
|
zero
Rear Admiral
Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 4566
Location: Texas
|
| Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:39 pm |
|
it is still gross to think about.
|
|
|
madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
|
| Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:44 pm |
|
Hmm, it probably traumatises them, but I suppose it could be seen as a baptism, with mud and leaves.
If they did it to older children, such as a rite of passage at the age of 16, I think it would be more humane, and I would actually quite like to go through with it. It would be an interesting experience, especially if it was completely silent as it happen. If it was noisy, it would be like you were being buried from society.
They are humane enough to knock out the children with drugs though. I would like to go thorugh it fully percieving, like a floation tank. It could put you more in touch with the earth and the world around you.
Anyway it's not a religious thing. It's cultural, like many other horrific things, such as the circumsisation of women in parts of africa. I have grown up around Indians all my life and I know a lot about their religious beliefs and this is not one of them.
This is perhaps their way of saying thankyou for a child, just as the aztecs used to bleed their children and throw them down wells.
|
|
|
Beta6
Commander
Joined: 02 Jan 2005
Posts: 475
Location: ~*City Of Angels*~
|
| Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:19 pm |
|
Oh people, don't be so touchy about it. If this is in thier culture..so be it. I doubt the kids actually die from this. It is kind of wierd but, what can you do?
|
|
|
zero
Rear Admiral
Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 4566
Location: Texas
|
| Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:53 pm |
|
^ you would feel that way. 
|
|
|
|
Search
FAQ
Log in
