Culture trap

Washington Times ^ | January 21, 2008 | Ayaan Hirsi Ali

[3AngelaD]

"Culture is formed by the collective agreement of individuals. At the same time, it is crucial that we not fall into the trap of assuming that the survival tactics of individuals living in tribal societies — like lying, hypocrisy, secrecy, violence, intimidation, and so forth — are in the interest of the modern individual or his culture.

"I was not born in the West. I was raised with the code of Islam, and from birth, I was indoctrinated into a tribal mind-set. Yet ... I have adopted the values of the Enlightenment, and as a result, I have to live with the rejection of my native clan as well as the Islamic tribe. Why have I done so? Because in a tribal society, life is cruel and terrible.

"And I am not alone. Muslims have been migrating to the West in droves for decades now. They are in search of a better life. Yet their tribal and cultural constraints have traveled with them. And the multiculturalism and moral relativism that reign in the West have accommodated this." — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writing on "Blind Faiths," in the Jan 6 issue of the New York Times

[3AngelaD]

Yes. We are destroying our own civilization with the moral relativism that has allowed Islam to live among us.

[nuconvert]

“it is crucial that we not fall into the trap of assuming that the survival tactics of individuals living in tribal societies — like lying, hypocrisy, secrecy, violence, intimidation, and so forth — are in the interest of the modern individual or his culture.”

Don’t tell the liberals that.
This goes beyond islam to non-islamic 3rd world cultures.

[Liberty Wins]

“survival tactics of individuals living in tribal societies — like lying, hypocrisy, secrecy, violence, intimidation, and so forth . . .”

So is she saying liberals are "tribal societies"?

Works for me.

[ronnie raygun]

tribal societies = it takes a village, remember?

[XBob]

“the survival tactics of individuals living in tribal societies — like lying, hypocrisy, secrecy, violence, intimidation, and so forth — are in the interest of the modern individual or his culture.”

Now we know why liberals have no problems with terrorists, they have the same values.