Get Old, Accumulate A Lot of Stuff

... to. There's so much that goes into it, what with the history, geography, evolution of languages and cultures… well, it's a lot. Q13. Do you consider yourself to be a leader, or a follower?... as much of playing God as not following it, but I think the original intent to keep other cultures safe is important. Without their own trials and failures to understand space ethics and challenges, I don't ...

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... AND A fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only “AMERICA” in the western ...

To the Internet and the World (Interneti et Orbi)

... quasi-mystical parables and messages, became magnified by his tiny cult of followers after his execution, eventually becoming worshiped as a God himself, and in his name, so many traditional cultures and religions have been marginalized and stomped out, and policies of heart-rending misogyny, homophobia, and narrow-mindedness have passed into government and civil thinking and impeded the real ...

Why Americans Hate Christmas

... individuals. The internet has recently made it easier to associate with an even narrower band of like-mindedness. But through luck, chance, or divine providence, families contain a good scramble of individuality. Cultures with strong family ties are much better at dealing with the differently-minded people in their family. Not that it's a 24-hour love-fest, but I believe that they are better at ...

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...invading interests.  In both, realistically, they fail...becuase there isn't a way for them to succeed.  Sure they might delay, but stop the onslaught of Western Civilization?  The Indians and the Samurai cultures were doomed by sheer numbers and then by weight of technology, and by industrial capacity.  The N'avii are no different, but we get a movie that somehow has low tech triumphing over high...

Politically Correct Holiday Greetings!

...and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only “AMERICA” in the western ...

War or Christmas? Meh.

... the first several centuries of Christianity, his birth was not even celebrated. When Church leaders instituted the celebration, they moved it closer to the winter solstice, when pagan and pre-Christian cultures often had festivals. Yule, for example, was a Norse winter celebration. They believed that such a move would make the conversion of those peoples to Christianity simpler. In America, the ...

.... But I don't and I wish I did sometimes but I don't: I haven't neglected my cultures so much as just felt torn by their diversity, not properly part of one or the other and so none... the dead for a moment. --- I suppose growing up in such an isolated place, so detached from the cultures of my parents and grandparents, so distanced from the religion and culture I learned at school, made me never ...

Christmas, The War's Last Huzzah.

... people call it insulting when they do that, because they are not part of the same culture. Ironically, people who tend to hold the "Happy Holidays" belief are quite accepting of diverse cultures and languages. They typically don't believe that Spanish speaking immigrants should be forced to learn English for example. So why should a person who celebrates a particular holiday have to say "Happy ...

Gift fic for aenigmadarai

.... Well, not a whole lot anyway. That is, condoms had been involved, in any case. Often. The things picked up were less demanding things, anyhow, like General Life Experience and Knowledge About Other Cultures. These were arguably more useful and required less diapers.) Akanishi Jin, in fact, had a Plan. It was a good plan, on the whole. Broadly speaking. If it worked. Okay, it might need a ...