Culture

In my last post, I made a sweeping generalization against "culture". BEAJ, pointed out to me that in my statement, I failed to appreciate the benefits of Western culture.

This got me thinking.

"Culture" has many meanings and in my statement, I was thinking very specifically of certain cultures which place much emphasis on symbolism, have a core set of values that are incompatible with the notion of everybody being equal and having equal rights.
I was thinking of cultures that are steeped in tradition and superstitions and have close associations to a religion. I was thinking of cultures that store values in symbolism without giving any thought to rationalist thinking.

My apologies for being vague in my statements.