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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (419880)9/25/2008 2:27:47 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1577194
 
Brumar, > Other Christians wrote the words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

This concept is uniquely Western. Most Eastern philosophies believe that men are created differently based on karma or whatever.

Take ST's example, for instance. "An old samurai saying stated the 'punishment' for being a warrior was to return as samurai in the next life, thereby continuing the cycle of restless violent life they lived." That implies fatalism. If you were born into rough circumstances, oh well, you probably deserved it based on your actions in a previous life.

That among other things have given birth to the Indian caste system as well as class hierarchy in other Asian cultures.

Tenchusatsu
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