Is Ignorance Banable

guys guys just calm down theres no need to come to virtual blows over this

Yep. Go bitch about how minorities are collecting entitlements and write an essay about how the natives needed to be conquered so they could be saved by the teachings of Christianity.
You're just pissing me off now, I'm done here.

There is no word for "culturalist." Ethnocentric is the closest analogue we've got.

Using the term racism at all is incorrect. Ethnocentric isn't entirely proper either. It's mean and troll-y. But it's not irrational to think that cultures aren't equal. After all, the fact that there exists more than one culture (something defined by its uniqueness) means they are by their nature unequal.

I'm not saying he's right. I'm saying that just like any belief, the mere fact that there exist more than one means that they are unequal. Whether or not you think they can be better than each other is up to the beholder. CorB believes this about religion, Kara believes it about culture.

Someone should probably lock this thread before things get out of hand.

This

In fact I would just delete it and try to pass on from the issue.

You're assuming that western culture is superior because you're using western culture as the compass with which to gauge other cultures, which is ludicrous. There's no such thing as a superior culture. However, what really puts you over the racist edge is your saying that their technological superiority made European imperialism justified, and you've even said that killing dissidents who resisted against imperialism was justified to maintain order. You're literally saying that genocide and mass slavery and oppression is justified be cause they were westernized.
It's also notable that is some cases, the Europeans did not even have superior technology, such as with the Aztecs. They were masters of astronomy and their architecture was great as well, creating massive, sophisticated stone structures, which required the knowledge of advanced mathematics. Aztec and Incan farming techniques were also quite advanced, and don't get me started on the massive road network created by the Incans, which nothing in Europe would hold a candle to since the Roman Empire. The only things they really lacked were European ship building and metalworking skills. Superior weapons are really the only things Europeans possessed.

Well this is officially derailed. Or rather, re-railed. Onto the topic that was already locked. In any case we need to put in a train station somewhere on the forums.

I would say re-railed on to tracks that lead off the side of a cliff.

Holy Crap, this thread is tearing us apart

Quickly! Sweep it under the carpet!

inb4 civil war

It's been really interesting reading through everyone's comments.

I'd like to pose a question.

There are two people of the same race but with different cultures.

Both cultures are exactly the same except one enforces child molesting. You can choose to keep the status quo or to remove the the child molesting culture. Which do you choose?

This is a trick question isn't it

I don't think so...

Define children.

My favorite victims.

Hmm... bad question or too difficult to answer?