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Hundreds of whales slaughtered in Faroe Islands as annual cull turns sea blood red (www.the-independent.com)
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[–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

This is just me questioning 'culture' : I saw a video of an Israeli child, not more than 7 years old in one of those chat platforms that matches people around the world for 5 minutes chat, and she was matched with an adult that greeted her and said he is Palestinian. The child immediately punched the camera. Is this culture? Is there a difference between the whale killing and this? I think maybe the concept of culture being this unchangeable thing that transcends humanity and empathy should be questioned, specially in how society is evolving ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Is this culture?

    Yeah, unfortunately it is. But there's a difference between traditions and ingrained cultural racism.

    Is there a difference between the whale killing and this?

    Is there a difference between continuation of traditional practices of food sourcing and culturally acceptable racism? Yes, definitely. Does that make culling whales morally acceptable? Of course not.

    I think maybe the concept of culture being this unchangeable thing that transcends humanity and empathy

    I never said that, though I can see how what I said could be perceived that way.

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