The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do.
- Samuel P. Huntington
100% Muslim, 100% Londoner. Deal with it.
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DE 08.04.08 at 8:07 pm
Not that the West’s ideas are bad. But if you don’t agree with them, they tend to get upset.
StefZ 08.05.08 at 8:33 pm
Reporter: What do you think of western civilization?
Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.
though I’m with DE on this one. It’s not so much the ideas that are at fault, more the way some of us westerners have chosen to try and finish the argument
Indian 08.23.08 at 7:08 pm
This is what really pisses me about Westerners especially Brits, Australians, North Americans, West Europeans - if you don’t agree with their beliefs, they hate you. They expect you to kiss ass and when we try to uphold our culture/tradition it annoys the crap out of them. Whenever I speak in Hindi with my Indian colleagues in presence of Westerners, they give us looks and stares as if ‘what the fuck’. We’re not supposed to speak anything which does not resemble English!!!!!
Get off your high horses and LEARN about the non-Western world. Always Remember WE are the numerical majority on this Earth-the ancient civilizations of India, Japan and China, the distinct Islamic cultures of North Africa and the Middle East, the enigmatic South-East Asian countries, the emerging Central Asian republics, the entire African continent. Even the countries in Latin America do not follow strict Western culture and have LOT MORE respect for us.
Developing countries should increase trade and commerce among themselves and STOP looking at the world through Western eyes and Western media. And yes, Fuck BBC and CNN and their one-sided propaganda.