Well, now I see where we have gone astray in this topic! Your definition of culture is different than mine. I do think there is a universal sense of truth and beauty in Western Civilization' s history. I am not sure about how the old Far East fits in but also see beauty there. Anyway, I was thinking more about food, style and the quirks that are handed down through the generations- just a personal thought. But I think of culture as fluid- whether we are talking about engineering or constructing an art form. This depends on other realities: health, education, curiousity, talent, the means$$$, the desire and so on. You may be too smart for me to debate with so I give up!
On Apr 14, 8:07�am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Read the actual definition of "cultural heritage" explain to me how your > Parents, Grandparents, etc. NEVER maried a mixed national, NEVER left the > originating country and ALWAYS spoke their native tongue and passed it to > the kids as well who passed it to theirs etc., and then tell me how a > non-citizen has any right to lay claim to a statue or dam in a country they > have never visited or seen let alone acquires a sense of self from it. > > For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be considered as > "cultural heritage": > > *monuments:* architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and > painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, > cave dwellings and combinations of features, which are of outstanding > universal value from the point of view of history, art or science; > > *groups of buildings:* groups of separate or connected buildings which, > because of their architecture, their homogeneity or their place in the > landscape, are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of > history, art or science; > > *sites: *works of man or the combined works of nature and man, and areas > including archaeological sites which are of outstanding universal value from > the historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of view. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:07 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I disagree- there is a cultural heritge we inherit from our past and > > it very much affects who we are, how we behave and how we think of > > ouselves- and others. > > > On Apr 13, 9:00 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A person is what his passport(s) say he is..... not more not less. To > > > claim heritage from the past is to deny your present and that which > > > you are. > > > > On Apr 13, 4:54 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > even though we are mainly German and Irish -- and Dutch and native > > American > > > > and African and Scottish -- but just happen to speak English > > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You might also consider that wars defined America as British > > > > > descendents rather than French or Dutch. > > > > > > On Apr 13, 12:32 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I thought France was a birth defect. > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:25 PM, dick thompson < > > [email protected] > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Phil Smith <http://www.blogger.com/profile/14260673500218460310> > > > > > said... > > > > > > > > Hmm. Let me see if I can get this straight. > > > > > > > > The Europeans are, and have been for years, dumping toxic waste > > of all > > > > > > > sorts - including heavy metals - in Somali waters. > > > > > > > > The Europeans are, and have been for years - to the point of > > starving > > > > > the > > > > > > > locals fishermen - overfishing the Somali waters, to include > > lobster > > > > > and > > > > > > > other shellfish, that are well-known to concentrate heavy metals > > in > > > > > their > > > > > > > flesh. > > > > > > > > So - if both these statements are true, where are the outbreaks > > of > > > > > mercury, > > > > > > > cadmium, and lead poisoning in Europe? Did I just miss the > > suspicious > > > > > rise > > > > > > > in brain damage and birth defects in France? > > > > > > > 5:53 PM< > > >http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/04/pirates-defeated.html#8670142969...> > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > Mark M. Kahle, �,www.filacoffee.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
