And I'm not sure I'd call a fair amount of what has come with globalization a good thing for the poor. Latin American's losing their farms to certain trade policies, sweatshops and the global trafficking of sex slaves, into our own country as well are some of the downsides of this very broad and complex process
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And sorry if my post seemed to jump down your throat at all; I suppose I'm a little sensitive of views I sometimes hear of America as a chosen nation, as if we're the center of the Christian world or God's plan. I've seen similar ideas of election used to justify "Manifest Destiny" and such, as a son of two history teachers I suppose I tend to be a little sensitive to such things. Though you were talking about the West as a whole, not just America.
I think these are interesting times... I pray we might see greater equality, but fear greed and coorperate systems will continue to spread out to other countries. One of the most important things the wealthy "north" can do, in my opinion is to try and show leadership and reform around the resources and influence we have- especially issues like AIDS in Africa, gross poverty, etc.
I noticed that, hence my apology for assuming things he didn't say. Why I made my subsequent posts speak of the "Global North" (in my opinion a somewhat more useful, and increasingly common term for present (mis)distribution of wealth and power we're talking about than "the West").
Um... My widely used nickname is Pixie, because I'm just over 5ft and Irish, and my username isn't my real name but the pen name I write under and is Gaelic for "beautiful wolf" (they're my favourite animal). How does that relate at all to my faith or whether evil has a hold on me?
The dragon image this user has is similar in meaning to old Celtic spiral images and such-like...healing, health and peace. I fail to see how it's a spiritual no-no. I've seen far worse icons used on LJ, both religion mocking and just plain offensive.
Personally, I think asian dragon images are beautiful (though admittedly, I'm half Indian, so have a thing for Eastern art).
My name is Irish/Gaelic in origin, but also comes up as "Kiran" in Sanskrit which apparently means being or ray of light or some such. I feel blessed to have a name with beautiful meanings in 3 great cultures (though many people associate the Japanese version with the beer than the mythological beast :P
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I'm from the UK, not the US, but lets face it, everything you say about America's history counts here too. I'm Irish-Indian, so the cruelty of the British Empire comes to mind.
I think "globalisation" is probably too broad an area to be black and white about - it's too complex an issue.
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I think these are interesting times... I pray we might see greater equality, but fear greed and coorperate systems will continue to spread out to other countries. One of the most important things the wealthy "north" can do, in my opinion is to try and show leadership and reform around the resources and influence we have- especially issues like AIDS in Africa, gross poverty, etc.
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I noticed that, hence my apology for assuming things he didn't say. Why I made my subsequent posts speak of the "Global North" (in my opinion a somewhat more useful, and increasingly common term for present (mis)distribution of wealth and power we're talking about than "the West").
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My widely used nickname is Pixie, because I'm just over 5ft and Irish, and my username isn't my real name but the pen name I write under and is Gaelic for "beautiful wolf" (they're my favourite animal). How does that relate at all to my faith or whether evil has a hold on me?
The dragon image this user has is similar in meaning to old Celtic spiral images and such-like...healing, health and peace. I fail to see how it's a spiritual no-no. I've seen far worse icons used on LJ, both religion mocking and just plain offensive.
Personally, I think asian dragon images are beautiful (though admittedly, I'm half Indian, so have a thing for Eastern art).
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I'm from the UK, not the US, but lets face it, everything you say about America's history counts here too. I'm Irish-Indian, so the cruelty of the British Empire comes to mind.
I think "globalisation" is probably too broad an area to be black and white about - it's too complex an issue.
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