tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32155503.post8739968722730443966..comments2024-03-12T18:24:22.572+11:00Comments on Hairy Mountain Folk: Children of MenPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506803740542991911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32155503.post-88314217725967777742007-05-23T10:56:00.000+10:002007-05-23T10:56:00.000+10:00I totally agree about not wanting a homogenised wo...I totally agree about not wanting a homogenised world - this is my big dilemma. On one hand, I think it is so important for different cultures to maintain their cultural identity because that's what makes the world interesting. But on the other hand, globalisation and global warming will mean increasing migration, and for all these different cultures to be able to co-habit peacefully, and to avoid ghettoisation, there has to be some 'smoothing' of some of the rougher cultural edges between groups. Some traditional practices or beliefs that may be acceptable in one cultural context may cause conflict when transposed into another country. What's the path between the two extremes of homogenisation and ghettoisation? I dunno.Bianca Nogradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851299500645706870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32155503.post-80031054660498472162007-05-18T12:24:00.000+10:002007-05-18T12:24:00.000+10:00This film surely is thought provoking hey Bianca! ...This film surely is thought provoking hey Bianca! Lobbyists surely realise the effect these visceral feelings have on people, and the result is funding for films like 'Death of a President'. The difference being of course, that Children of Men succeeds where others flounder!<BR/><BR/>"I want to feel responsible. I want to feel guilty" <BR/><BR/>It's the individual's choice what they do with their liberties, assets and freedoms for sure. My personal apathy or inactivity on the larger issues of equality are tempered by beliefs that a homogenous world is not achievable, nor desirable. <BR/><BR/>It makes me think of misguided missionaries bringing 'education and enlightenment' to the heathens, disregarding existing cultures and creating an unsustainable existence based on charity.<BR/><BR/>Global warming is, of course a different issue. With the current short term promise based politics, I see catastrophe as the only demonstrable turning point for publicly supported policy. <BR/><BR/>Strong issues, and a strong movie!Adskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06934015372915719756noreply@blogger.com