Thread:Eureka Enderborn/@comment-26184570-20170127031413/@comment-26347028-20170131081729

Argali1 wrote: Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Argali1 wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Argali1 wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Argali1 wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Argali1 wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Argali1 wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Argali1 wrote: A universal language makes perfect sense, but not at the expense of native tounges! Eureka, think of it like this - there would be so many political and military advantages to the Terrans keeping alive lesser-known native languages. Such as? Military codes, cultural identity, a way of keeping secrets from the enemy... Codes are much better done in conlangs that are designed to be awkward to understand, and labelling cultural identity valuable is a denial of their common humanity that is being denied by their "cultural identity". Cultural identity has nothing to do with denying common Humanity. You have two options here, when you get down to it. "We're all human" or "we're British, they're French, they're Irish, and you're American." Who's to say you can't be both? The latter detracts from the former. Not true! What detracts from the former is the artificial construct of racism, not cultural identity. Cultural identity = inherent racism. For you maybe. It is the human condition that if we draw attention to differences, we place inherent values upon those differences - generally that the ones we align ourselves with are considerably more valuable. Racism. Heart, just because I identify as Jewish doesn't make me hate non-Jews! Thing is, it does… even ever-so-slightly.