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| No matter what country, religion, or belief system, the people one finds around are consistently similar. Given a large group, you will find similar percentages of thieves, killers, sweethearts, leaders, gays, ventriloquists, writers, musicians, child molesters, bad drivers, DJs, soccer players, lazy students, and nose-pickers in every cultural group. We are speaking here not of tactical equality -- there are less photographers where you can't buy cameras. But all other things being equal, the guy next to you is equally likely to be cheating on his taxes whether you're at church, the ball game, the airport, or abroad. |
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Well in my experience they all taste the same. |
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Broadly speaking, I would agree that this is an accurate assessment. National, ethnic, racial,
social and religious differences are all constructed and not primordial. We are not born Catholic or
Muslim, British or French, middle class or lower class. Instead, these different identities are all
products of the environment in which we live. As such, it makes good sense to argue that we are all
broadly the same, when it comes to specific character traits, qualities and faults among different
peoples and societies.
I would, however, argue that certain traits, qualities and problems are simply more common among
certain groups, as opposed to others, though not due to ingrained reasons or a certain
predisposition, but rather as a consequence of external factors and recent history. For example,
during the twentieth century and even in more recent years, African Americans were less likely to
have had an extensive formal education than Americans of European descent, primarily as a result of
segregation and prevalent attitudes about race in the US.
In terms of religious identity, we can witness a similar situation. There is a larger concentration
of people willing to die for their faith among Muslims than among Christians or Jews. Yet this is
not because Muslims are born with this trait, but rather this reality is a result of the specific
socio-political and cultural environment in which they live. |
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Putting aside the socio-cultural-economic differences, YES, for the most part you get a wide variety
of people anywhere you go. You can find someone stupid or genius, pretty or ugly, gay or straight,
etc. Anywhere you look closely at a large group of people. |
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Hmmm I guess. |
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The world would be a very boring place IF we were the same..we are not the same..Every culture,
every society rising on the edge of every continent..the belief systems, the educational, the
lifestyle choices..VERY different from each other.. |
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You think that we are all the same; I disagree. Therefore, we are different. |
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In general, I believe this is true. It ignores the effect of migration, though, in changing the
character of particular countries. When you have mass migrations in or out, the people who come or
leave are usually not just random samples of the population. They have distinct attributes and the
gain or loss of those distinct attributes can shape a country's character for good or ill. |
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In a way humans across the world can relate to one another, but I feel as if our differences should
be celebrated; for it is our differences that make us unique and interesting. |
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People are not the same. Their actions, cultures, and ideas are the same, but people in general are
not the same. No two people are exactly alike (including twins). There is something different about
every single person. God made us all unique. However, our cultures, traditions, customs, ideas, and
actions can be alike. People tend to mimic those around them. The dress alike, they listen to the
same music, the develop the same religions and beliefs. But as for people being the same, I
disagree. If people were all alike in general ways, life would be boring. This is why God made us
each uniquely in his eyes. |
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I agree with you generally speaking, that people of different character exist the world over, but
your small print is incorrect. There are so many aspects of culture that make groups of people
different. To pick on just one of your examples; football, or sport in general. In China the
people do not look to sport in the same way as we do, if someone is not outstanding at a particular
sport it is considered pointless to participate. They see the idea of just taking part for fun
completely bizarre. I could list 100 examples. I won't though. |
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I'm better than anyone else 'cause my religion says so. You could become enlightened to, providing
you accept me into your heart and wallet in the form of a cheque for $100 for my book, which is
available from all good bookstores. |
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