The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105709 Message #2177830
Posted By: Les in Chorlton
24-Oct-07 - 03:18 AM
Thread Name: Tradition - Reflection for the Day
Subject: RE: Tradition - Reflection for the Day
"You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others" by John Searle."
"Don't explain it to me 'cause I really don't give a turkey......or a shit or a fuck for that matter."
Speechless is what I am. This quality of thoughtful irony at the start of my day can only suggest a special kind of day.
Some religious groups go on about how family orientated they are as if the rest of us are not. Some English men dance with other men in the Morris and are surprised to find many cultures where men dance to celebrate things. We visit other countries are are knocked out by natural wonders only to come back and rediscover them at home.
About 200.000 years ago we lived in Africa. Some of us wondered off around the beaches of the world and did things a bit differently. But we are basically the same people and we share much - perhaps we can share it a bit more? No, not all of us.