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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Isolated groups (religious, indigenous, etc.,) should be de-isolated.
 
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wiregrind
Jun 26, 2013

Mineaiki posted:

Is education actually universally important for a high quality of life, or is it highly important to us because that's what it "guarantees" in our societies? As they proved in their behavior during the process of passing the UDHR, Saudi Arabia's leaders believe that a strong faith in Islam is the key to a high quality of life in their society, and to some degree they are correct.
Just like formal education's aim to develop critical thinking for better quality of life is, to some degree, correct. Schools might be daycare timesink prisions and those leaders might be dictators but sure, both are correct to some degree.

Acculturation is terrible but sometimes a little is needed to protrect the human rights of people. For example the campaigns against female circumcision in Africa, where that mutilation is part of "their culture" and the women themselves would justify it. I don't think anyone can back such practices just in order to "let them be."

wiregrind fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Oct 6, 2015

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