CULTURE DIFFERENCE...A FACT OF LIFE

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There are people of different backgrounds who are not comfortable with the idea that people are different in so many ways. It is a fact of life that we are different in so many ways and not only confined to religions, languages, or even skin color; however, it takes an an individual with an open-mind to coexist with others without relinquishing his/her cultures or values. 

The main problem that I find within this subject that there are people who pass a judgment on a specific culture or an idea that exists on a certain location within his/her own mindset that was formulated by his/her up-bringing which is basically unfair. The proper way is to understand anything within a specific culture or heritage is how does the local people of that heritage look at that issue. Nobody has the perfect world or that utopian land that he/she lives in; there will be always a different way or ways into looking at things. human beings interacts with each other since the stone-age, they always exchange ideas that are related to so many thing in life. Transferring knowledge for example was carried out to different civilizations which contributed immensely on today's advancement of sciences and technologies. Therefore, trying to attribute human achievements across history to one civilization or  culture is absolutely absurd and total ignorance. 

Traveling is one of the most effective tools in understanding and learning different civilizations and cultures.  However, it is up to an individual to be selective on what is the appropriate for his/her taste and would benefit this person to improve his/her individuality. However, if bad choices were made for whatever reason, no blame should be hanged on the shoulders of a specific culture or society; it would be always the fault of the person that made that choice. People of different faiths coexisted on same geographical location and other civilizations were totally decimated by wars or natural causes and new empires or established on its ruins.

With today's technology, humanity should uses it to its advantage in propagating mutual understanding for our differences and should maximize our tolerance to each other.

It is NOT important of what others things about you and your values, it is about the size of your believe about yourself and what you stand for.


Omar
Dhahran - Saudi Arabia
omar.ghamdi@gmail.com

 

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