Hmm, I can agree with that, especially with the example of Aboriginal culture.
Are you arguing that cultural intolerance is sometimes justified? Because, no.
Basically, what I think is that we have to decide where our priorities lie. I think that there are times when our values and those of others will contradict each other. We have to decide whether we are willing to stand back, or if our values demand that we interfere. I don't really feel comfortable with interfering.
You can be against particular behaviours associated with a given culture (such as honour killings) without making assumptions about everyone in that culture or saying the whole culture is bad
Yes, of course. But I just feel that if we keep separating abhorent practices from the rest of the culture, and saying that someone's culture consists only of the customs that we can tolerate, then we are not really being culturally tolerant.
I am not accusing you of doing such, but I am commenting because I feel that this is an inherent contradiction that lies in our ideals of tolerance and equality. But perhaps I am seeing a contradiction where there is none.
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Basically, what I think is that we have to decide where our priorities lie. I think that there are times when our values and those of others will contradict each other. We have to decide whether we are willing to stand back, or if our values demand that we interfere. I don't really feel comfortable with interfering.
Yes, of course. But I just feel that if we keep separating abhorent practices from the rest of the culture, and saying that someone's culture consists only of the customs that we can tolerate, then we are not really being culturally tolerant.
I am not accusing you of doing such, but I am commenting because I feel that this is an inherent contradiction that lies in our ideals of tolerance and equality. But perhaps I am seeing a contradiction where there is none.