The Islam Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

It's not a matter of different barometers, it's simply not true, just like it's not true that all Asian people look alike (you can say everything is relative and all that blah but that's bull**** in this context). If you drop me in London or Paris I can tell you which one it is within a second, and that's not me being skilled at such things. Each European city has a strong specific identity.

And you can call my dismissal of nationalism 'colonial', but that doesn't make it less true

I can tell the difference between London and Paris too. But you ride the metro and it’s the same m and m collection of people on the tube or the NY Subway.

And Asian people generally do look like Asians but they all look alike is an old racist trope that’s probably still alive in Europe. Are you arguing two Asian people equal two European cities?

Anyway, it’s not an opinion that I was sorry to see how non-exotic the bits of Europe I’ve been lucky enough to see. My reaction was like oh it seems like New York. In Seoul I was like hell yes this is different. Then take a place like Kathmandu, it’s like balls deep different.


I will admit that India is the most multicultural place I’ve ever been to and none of it looks western except for the trains the Brits built for them. They use the same underground sign.

Question: Would the world be a better place if every country were multicultural?

I think it’s cool that different countries have different cultures and do things different ways.

And yeah frown I’m a nazi. Good point.