Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,316
Bosnia and ma in history. And you?

Of course.

Belgium, ba in history, ma in law.

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I really like how this debate is going towards the point where the lot of you will tell me that all countries have their problems and that we should respect all countries and their policies.

It's especially fun because it's coming from expats! I'm really looking forward to it!
 

Dostoevsky

Tzu
Administrator
May 27, 2007
88,980
Of course.

Belgium, ba in history, ma in law.

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I really like how this debate is going towards the point where the lot of you will tell me that all countries have their problems and that we should respect all countries and their policies.

It's especially fun because it's coming from expats! I'm really looking forward to it!
I just remembered you totally ignored me on facebook. That was really mean.

I missed our chat when you were in the library lurking. :p
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,868
I really like how this debate is going towards the point where the lot of you will tell me that all countries have their problems and that we should respect all countries and their policies.

It's especially fun because it's coming from expats! I'm really looking forward to it!
There is a middle ground between cultural relativism and cultural imperialism. My impression is that you're dipping into the second category which is utopian and brings a plethora of negative consequences with it. It seems like you're writing from a kantian perspective in regards to universal human rights, so you have a normative instilled. What you're writing and how you're writing it is exactly the problem of the concept of human rights and why it isn't applicable in international law today. States in Western Europe such as Italy, France, Hungary and Bulgaria have in the last year failed to treat people of a certain ethnicity with any degree of dignity - once you betray your own ideals it becomes a futile task to bash someone else over the head with them.
 
Apr 15, 2006
56,640
Of course.

Belgium, ba in history, ma in law.

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I really like how this debate is going towards the point where the lot of you will tell me that all countries have their problems and that we should respect all countries and their policies.

It's especially fun because it's coming from expats! I'm really looking forward to it!
Nah, I'll just tell you that you're fucked in the head, and you're too stupid to realize that.

Also, you got a distorted understanding of reality. Bye bye.
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
Henry is a cool dude despite his tacky Arsenal past. :agree:
Henry is a cool dude especially because of his Arsenal past!!


There is a middle ground between cultural relativism and cultural imperialism. My impression is that you're dipping into the second category which is utopian and brings a plethora of negative consequences with it. It seems like you're writing from a kantian perspective in regards to universal human rights, so you have a normative instilled. What you're writing and how you're writing it is exactly the problem of the concept of human rights and why it isn't applicable in international law today. States in Western Europe such as Italy, France, Hungary and Bulgaria have in the last year failed to treat people of a certain ethnicity with any degree of dignity - once you betray your own ideals it becomes a futile task to bash someone else over the head with them.
:tup:
 

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