Re: neo-folk, right wing connection?


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> "David Damerell" <damerell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> And that's foolish; they can't ignore the 20th century context. It's like
>> calling yourself [1] a "gay boy" merely because you happen to be jolly;
>> it
>> sends another message whether you like it or not.
>
> I think it rather depends on who you're talking to though. Presumably a
> lot of the Hindus and Buddhists using the swastika are doing so among
> other Hindus and Buddhists, for whom the symbol retains the same meaning
> it always has.

I think I'll have to agree with that ;-(
A couple of friends of mine were in Sri lanka at christmas and went to a
buddist temple where I'm sure I remember them saying they saw swaskitas
there, they haven't attempted to remove them so I guess they assume people
won't call them Nazis
for having them.

>
> We tend to assume that our view of the world is universal, but that's
> obviously not the case.

Which is where Star trek comes in, it does help you think out of the box,
if you consider the ideals and beliefs of particular human ciluters and
religions
and exagrerate them we can use them to 'design' an alien race and we can
give them rights and perhaps mwe shouldn't interfere with their development
(unless asked to do so) which is basically the prime directive, which is
closely
linked with asylum seeking.....



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