Re: OT: Socialism (WAS: Re: Saving endangered langs (was Re: Extrapolating languages)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 23, 2003, 0:06 |
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:48:20PM +0000, Tim May wrote:
> Why is it that so few people are apparently able to follow the very
> simple guideline that you DO NOT DISCUSS POLITICS ON THE LIST?
But Dad! He started it! <points to Andreas>
STOP POKING ME!
AND GET ON YOUR SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT!
Ahem.
Sorry.
To get back on topic: what holidays do your various concultures celebrate,
and how?
This is a topic I'm trying to devote some attention to, especially
the religious aspects, since the culture I'm dealing with was
separated from the rest of the planet long before any of the current
major religions existed (I know, religion is just as taboo as
politics, but this is speculation, not proselytizing.)
It's hard to imagine what sort of path the older religions might have taken if left
to grow across a planet without
those major influences. Would some other monotheistic, prophet-centric
religion have cropped up, human nature being what it is? Is there a natural
point of cultural development at which something of the sort is practically
inevitable? Or would we have a planetful of people still following the
nature-religions; global not-so-neo Paganism?
-Mark
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